Hitlist - The best film & dvd releases
• The Yacoubian Building Good Egyptian films don’t come round that often so don’t miss this epic multi character drama. GFT, Glasgow from Fri 21-Sun 23 Sep.
• A Mighty Heart Angelina Jolie stars in Michael Winterbottom’s moving adaptation of Mariane Pearl’s book about the kidnapping of her journalist husband Daniel in 2002. General release from Fri 21 Sep.
• The Brave One Jodie Foster becomes the Taxi Driver in this intelligent vigilante drama directed by Neil Jordan. General release from Fri 28 Sep.
• Michael Clayton Exemplary conspiracy thriller set in a large corporate New York law firm starring George Clooney. General release from Fri 28 Sep.
• The Singer Glasgow and Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Fri 28 Sep.
• Superbad Simple but very funny teenagers in search of booze and a party comedy. General release.
• Atonement Good Ian McEwan adaptation. General release from Fri 7 Sep.
• 3:10 to Yuma Exceptionally fine western remake. General release from Fri 14 Sep.
• Marilyn Monroe: The Collection First volume of classic Monroe films includes Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Bus Stop. Out Mon 1 Oct (Fox).
• One Last Dance Overlooked Singapore-set crime drama from 2005 starring Harvey Keitel finally gets a decent DVD release. Out Mon 24 Sep (Tartan).
Atonement
- 2007
- UK
- 123 min
- 15
- Directed by: Joe Wright
- Cast: James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai, Vanessa Redgrave, Juno Temple, Benedict Cumberbatch
It's a rare thing for a film to fuse the literary qualities of a great novel with dramatic power and cinematic grandeur, but Atonement does just that. Fine, heady and emotive performances from the cast and occasional scenes of astounding visual imagery…
Superbad
- 2007
- US
- 112 min
- 15
- Directed by: Greg Mottola
- Written by: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
- Cast: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bill Hader, Seth Rogen
Cracking autobiographical teen fantasy (written by 'Knocked Up' star Seth Rogen) that harks back to the glory days of 'Risky Business' and 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'. It's outrageously rude and crude, yet somehow remains both sophisticated and…
3.10 to Yuma
- 2007
- US
- 117 min
- 15
- Directed by: James Mangold
- Cast: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda
Pitting Crowe and Bale head to head guarantees a bout of intense, tortured manliness and this glowering, gripping remake of Delmer Daves's 1957 western practically fires rounds of solid testosterone. Crowe plays a charming, scripture-quoting killer…
The Singer
- 2006
- France
- 113 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Xavier Giannoli
- Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Cécile de France, Mathieu Amalric
A French Lost in Translation -style age gap romantic drama. A has-been crooner (Depardieu) works the dancehalls and restaurants of an unremarkable French city, until one night he is introduced to a beautiful blonde called Marion (de France). They are…
The Yacoubian Building (Omaret Yakobean)
- 2005
- Egypt
- 172 min
- PG
- Directed by: Marwan Hamed
- Cast: Adel Imam, Nour El-Sherif, Youssra
Epic adaptation of Alaa Al Aswani's bestselling novel, which delves into the nitty gritty of modern Egyptian life and finds corruption, forbidden love, fundamentalism and the hitherto taboo subject of homosexuality. This scathing satire of modern…
A Mighty Heart
- 2007
- US
- 100 min
- 15
- Directed by: Michael Winterbottom
- Cast: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Will Patton, Archie Panjabi, Irfan Khan
Riveting adaptation of the memoir that focuses on political journalists Mariane (Jolie) and Daniel Pearl (Futterman) who were working in Pakistan when Daniel was kidnapped, leaving Mariane struggling against unimaginable odds to achieve his safe…
The Brave One
- 2007
- US/Australia
- 119 min
- 18
- Directed by: Neil Jordan
- Written by: Roderick Taylor, Bruce A Taylor, Cynthia Mort
- Cast: Jodie Foster, Naveen Andrews, Terrence Howard
Foster plays radio host Erica Bain, whose world is thrown into turmoil when she and her fiancé (Andrews) are attacked in Central Park. No longer safe on the streets of the town she lives in, Bain buys a gun to protect herself and sets herself up as a…
Michael Clayton
- 2007
- US
- 119 min
- 15
- Directed by: Tony Gilroy
- Written by: Tony Gilroy
- Cast: George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack
Inspired conspiracy thriller in which Clooney plays an in-house 'fixer' at a large New York corporate law firm. The career of litigator Karen Crowder (Swinton) rests on the multi-million dollar settlement of a class action suit that Clayton's firm is…
Hitlist - the best films & DVDs 
15 To Catch 
The Singer
George Clooney in Michael Clayton 
A Mighty Heart
The Yacoubian Building
The Brave One
Xavier Giannoli 
One Last Dance
Top films to look out for over the next few months 
Atonement
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