Chichester Observer - Cinema Feed

FILM: Beware of Mr Baker (15)

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:01:45 GMT

Best known for his work with Eric Clapton in Cream and Blind Faith, London-born drummer Ginger Baker famously brought African rhythms back from Nigeria to the West in the 1970s, many years before other musicians.

FILM: The Great Gatsby 3D (12A)

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:01:34 GMT

At every great party, there is that inescapable moment when the music stops, the lights go up and all of the imperfections, which have been concealed so deliciously under a cloak of darkness, are suddenly thrown into sharp relief.

FILM: The Stoker (15)

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:01:34 GMT

Not to be confused with Park Chan-wook’s erotically charged thriller Stoker, which was released in March, Alexey Balabanov’s 2010 tragi-comic drama paints a vivid portrait of life in 1990s St Petersburg.

FILM: The Liability (15)

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:01:34 GMT

A young man discovers his deadly calling in this darkly comic road trip directed by Craig Viveiros.

FILM: Fast & Furious 6 (12A)

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:01:33 GMT

Blockbuster sequels are not judged on directorial verve, ingenious plots or award-winning performances, although they certainly help.

FILM: Star Trek: Into Darkness (12A)

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:40:15 GMT

In the captain’s log from the 1960s TV series, James Tiberius Kirk brazenly split an infinitive as the crew of the Enterprise embarked on a five-year mission “to boldly go where no man has gone before”.

FILM: Mud (12A)

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:39:56 GMT

Following strong performances in Killer Joe, Bernie, Magic Mike and The Paperboy, which garnered several awards, Matthew McConaughey’s renaissance continues with an eye-catching central turn in Jeff Nichols’s tender coming-of-age drama set in rural Arkansas.

FILM: The Reluctant Fundamentalist (15)

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:39:56 GMT

Adapted from the 2007 novel by Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a taut drama directed by Mira Nair about a conversation between a Pakistani professor and an American investigative journalist that might in fact be a battle of wits between a terrorist and a CIA operative.

FILM: Deadfall (15)

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:39:54 GMT

Set largely during a blizzard along the Michigan-Canadian border, Deadfall sends a chill of disappointment down the spine.

FILM: 21 & Over (15)

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:16:02 GMT

Scott Moore and Jon Lucas, co-writers of the first chapter of The Hangover trilogy, make their directorial debut with a raucous and gleefully foul-mouthed comedy that attempts to replicate the boozy shenanigans of their earlier script.

FILM: The Eye Of The Storm (15)

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:15:53 GMT

Fred Schepisi directs this drama adapted by Judy Morris from Patrick White’s 1973 novel of the same name.

FILM: All Stars (U)

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:15:52 GMT

Forged in the same creative fire as StreetDance and its sequel, All Stars is a resolutely feel-good family comedy about a group of resourceful tykes who take matters into their own hands to stop bureaucrats from wrecking their local community.

FILM: Dead Man Down (15)

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:13:38 GMT

Like so many European film-makers, Niels Arden Oplev has answered Hollywood’s siren song.

FILM: I’m So Excited! (Los Amantes Pasajeros) (15)

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:13:34 GMT

Oscar-winning writer-director Pedro Almodovar returns to broad comedy for the first time since Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown with this colourful and saucy confection set almost entirely on an airplane.

FILM: Gimme The Loot (15)

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:13:33 GMT

Written and directed by Adam Leon, Gimme The Loot is a low-budget drama which premiered in the prestigious Un Certain Regard section of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

FILM: Scarecrow (18)

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:07:27 GMT

A re-release of Jerry Schatzberg’s road movie to coincide with the film’s 40th anniversary.

FILM: The ABCs of Death (18)

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:07:26 GMT

Horror compendium comprising 26 short films which were made independently by different directors who had complete creative freedom to craft a story about death and suffering themed around any word beginning with one of the letters of the alphabet.

FILM REVIEW: The Look of Love (18)

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:07:25 GMT

Headline-grabbing publisher and club owner Paul Raymond had a simple business philosophy: give the public, or more specifically men, what they want.

FILM: The Lords of Salem (18)

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:07:24 GMT

Rob Zombie writes and directs this blood-soaked horror movie about a radio station DJ plagued by horrifying visions of the past.

FILM: Bernie (12A)

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:07:24 GMT

The foibles of the human heart are stranger than truth or fiction in Richard Linklater’s darkly comic yarn based on the true story of a thirty-something Texan funeral home worker who murderer his wealthy eighty-something companion but still curried sympathy from friends and neighbours.