(12A)
(JJ Abrams, 2013, US)
Chris Pine, Zachary
Quinto, Benedict
Cumberbatch, Zoe
Saldana, Simon Pegg. 132
mins
Those cinemagoers won over by
Abrams's first Star Trek movie
(even if they can barely remember
it now) won't be disappointed with
this finely tuned follow-up, which
deftly balances action crises, sci-fi
repartee and the ongoing Kirk/
Spock bromance, but adds enough
surprises to keep things
interesting, largely by way of
Cumberbatch's shifty supervillain.
Mud (12A)
(Jeff Nichols, 2012, US) Matthew
McConaughey, Tye Sheridan,
Reese Witherspoon. 130 mins
Another distinctive, beguiling
southern parable from Nichols, this
time tracking the friendship
between two boys and the
mysterious fugitive they find down
by the river. It's like a mix of
Stand By Me, Night Of The Hunter
and Terrence Malick.
A Hijacking (15)
(Tobias Lindholm, 2012, Den) Pilou
Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim.
101 mins
Gripping, innovative account of a
maritime hijack, and the fraught
ransom negotiations that ensue
between the Somali pirates and the
ship's distant Danish owners. The
fact that the two sides never meet
only adds to the tension.
The Reluctant
Fundamentalist (15)
(Mira Nair, 2012, US/UK/Qat) Riz
Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev
Schreiber. 130 mins
Ahmed acquits himself well as a
conflicted Pakistani-American
whose post-9/11 radicalisation –
the story suggests, often in
excessively broad strokes – is as
much a product of Wall Street as
Islam.
Our Children (15)
(Joachim Lafosse, 2012, Bel/Lux/
Fra/Swi) Emilie Dequenne, Niels
Arestrup, Tahar Rahim. 111 mins
A warped family dynamic leads to
breakdown and tragedy in this
unsentimental drama, as
Dequenne's initial married bliss
becomes an escalating battle of
wills with her overbearing father-
in-law.
Deadfall (15)
(Stefan Ruzowitzky, 2012, US) Eric
Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie
Hunnam. 95 mins
Bana and Wilde play criminal
siblings on the run in wintry
Michigan in a post-heist thriller
that's too packed with unlikely
coincidences and silly actions to
really convince.
Vehicle 19 (12A)
(Mukunda Michael Dewil, 2013,
US) Paul Walker, Naima McLean,
Gys de Villiers. 83 mins
Walker trades on his Fast &
Furious driving skills (he doesn't
have many others) in a traffic-
trashing South African chase
movie, set entirely within his
mistakenly chosen rental car.
Village At The End Of The
World (12A)
(Sarah Gavron, David Katznelson,
2012, Den/UK/Green) 82 mins
A poignant documentary postcard
from isolated Niaqornat,
Greenland, where global warming
and globalisation are eroding an
unorthodox way of life.
Journey To Italy (PG)
(Roberto Rossellini, 1954, Ita)
Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders,
Maria Mauban. 70 mins
Reissue for Rossellini's superb,
highly influential movie, fusing
marital melodrama with real
locations to stirring effect.
Out from Friday
The Great Gatsby
Baz Luhrmann recreates 1920s
America for a bold new take on
Fitzgerald's "unfilmable"
masterpiece.
Out from Thu
Fast And Furious 6
Vin Diesel and the gang refuel for
yet another auto-action piston-
headed smash-up.
Beware Of Mr Baker
The irascible Cream drummer
looks back on an eventful life and
career.
The Stoker
Russian maverick Alexey
Balabanov crafts a grimly comical
St Petersburg thriller.
The Liability
An aspiring crook gets a day's work
experience with hitman Tim Roth
in a British thriller.
Rangeelay
Jimmy Shergill leads a Punjabi
action-romance.
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