Hitlist: Films
Up
Unique, brilliant and jawdroppingly detailed film about explorers – another impeccable effort from the Pixar studio. See review. General release from Fri 9 Oct.
Katalin Varga
A tiny budget and limited shooting schedule didn’t hinder first time director Peter Strickland in creating this bleak but moving Romanian road trip picture. See review.
Filmhouse, Edinburgh and GFT, Glasgow from Friday 9 Oct.
The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus
Terry Gilliam’s film is a fine tribute to Heath Ledger’s late talent. See review.
General release from Fri 16 Oct.
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee
Shane Meadows’ hilarious mockumentary. See review.
Cameo, Edinburgh and GFT, Glasgow from Fri 9 Oct.
Thirst
More blood sucking vampires, this time from South Korean director Park Chanwook. See review, page 48. General release from Fri 16 Oct.
Pontypool
Timely reinvention of the zombie movie from Canadian director Bruce McDonald. See preview.
General release from Fri 16 Oct.
Zombieland
More undead? Why not! This rollicking zombie fest with Woody Harrelson and Adventureland’s Jesse Eisenberg is big, dumb and lots of fun. See review.
General release from Wed 7 Oct.
Army of Crime
Gallic wartime fresco about the French Resistance.
Out now at Filmhouse, Edinburgh and GFT, Glasgow.
Sexy Killer
DVD release of this smart and sassy Spanish slasher with college killings and zombies galore.
Out now (Momentum).
Army of Crime
- 2009
- France
- 139 min
- 15
- Directed by: Robert Guédiguian
- Written by: Robert Guédiguian, Serge Le Péron, Gilles Taurand
- Cast: Virginie Ledoyen, Simon Abkarian
This convincingly acted film is an honourable addition to the body of works made about the French Resistance in World War II. Guédiguian here focuses on the story of the Paris-based Manouchian group, who during 1943 launched a series of guerilla…
Zombieland
- 2009
- US
- 80 min
- 15
- Directed by: Ruben Fleischer
- Written by: Paul Wernick, Rhett Reese
- Cast: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
Pitched somewhere between 'From Dusk Till Dawn' and 'Anchor Man', with a nod of the stetson to George A Romero's zombie flicks, this big, dumb and fun flick features four disparate characters hell-bent on surviving a world overrun by zombies.
Katalin Varga
- 2009
- Romania/UK/Hungary
- 84 min
- 15
- Directed by: Peter Strickland
- Cast: Hilda Péter, Tibor Pálffy, Norbert Tankó
Filmed in two weeks on a micro budget, Strickland's debut - a tale of revenge set in Transylvania - is proof of how good independent filmmaking can be. The film's slowly unfolding narrative, non-didactic approach and blistering central performance from…
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee
- 2009
- UK
- 74 min
- 15
- Directed by: Shane Meadows
- Written by: Shane Meadows
- Cast: Paddy Considine, Olivia Colman, Scorzayzee, Shane Meadows
A mock-rock-doc made in the spirit of the low-fi, no-budget shorts with which Midlands-born filmmaker Meadows began his impressive career, the story of roadie Le Donk (Considine) merged with that of local rapper Scor-zay-zee and a serendipitous meeting…
Pontypool
- 2008
- Canada
- 92 min
- 15
- Directed by: Bruce McDonald
- Written by: Tony Burgess
- Cast: Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle, Georgina Reilly, Hrant Alianak, Rick Roberts, Boyd Banks, Tony Burgess, Rachel Burns
When a deadly virus breaks out in a small Ontario town, it falls to local radio DJ Grant Mazzy (McHattie) to determine the cause and find the cure. Loosely based on Tony Burgess' novel 'Pontypool Changes Everything', this ingenious twist on the classic…
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
- 2009
- US
- 122 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Terry Gilliam
- Written by: Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown
- Cast: Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Verne Troyer, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield, Tom Waits, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law
After Ledger's death, the film only saw the light of day once Depp, Law and Colin Farrell stepped in. The typically Gilliam-esque story focuses on immortal carnival owner Dr Parnassus (Plummer) as he enters a wager with the Devil and, given the trauma…
Thirst
- 2009
- South Korea
- 133 min
- 18
- Directed by: Park Chan-wook
- Cast: Kang ho Song, Ok Vin Kim, Hae Sook Kim
Another vampire film, this time from 'Oldboy' master Wook. Admittedly overlong and occasionally disjointed, the film nevertheless offers a bold new take on the genre that's wickedly amusing and strangely moving.
Up
- 2009
- US
- 96 min
- U
- Directed by: Pete Docter/Bob Peterson
- Cast: Voices of Christopher Plummer, Edward Asner, Paul Eiding
Seventy-eight–year-old curmudgeon Carl Fredericksen and eight-year-old Junior Wilderness Explorer Russell embark on the adventure of a lifetime in South America. While it unfolds on a grand scale, at its heart is a human story that will resonate with…
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