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UP, Rises to the Challenge in 3D
The long list of PIXAR films being released in 3D now includes Oscar winner UP a family favorite that touches the heart and tickles
December 3, 2012
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The long list of PIXAR films being released in 3D now includes Oscar winner UP a family favorite that touches the heart and tickles
This animated underwater road trip has all the right elements and does an excellent job of hitting its target market. Now Finding
Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale complete their Batman trilogy – following Batman Begins and The Dark Knight – with an ambitious, apocalyptic drama in which Tom Hardy’s musclebound Bane is planning to wipe Gotham City off the map.
Walter Hill is one of American’s most underrated action directors and this deeply unsettling 1981 thriller, set in Louisiana’s swampland, is one of the auteur’s finest. A dysfunctional group of National Guardsman (including Powers Boothe and Keith Carradine) embark on a routine weekend exercise and end up being inexplicably picked off by a group of inscrutable Cajun hunters.
One of the most sought after collection of short films has arrived from PIXAR and they are now available in a Blu-ray Combo Pack
Matthew McConaughey, after his louche turn in Killer Joe, once again excels as an ageing, preening stripper in Steven Soderbergh’s lightweight drama.
The resurrected Dallas is riddled with far too many pretty people (Jesse Metcalfe, Julie Gonzalo) but it’s still the old stagers – Sue Ellen, Bobby Ewing, and, of course, the reptilian JR Ewing (Larry Hagman, still wonderful) – who make these slickly packaged episodes of oil skullduggery compelling.
Review by John Delia Doing what Sean Penn likes best, acting in indies like no other performer can, he’s latched on to the film This
“I was an agent for three years before I realised all models are aliens.” Apart from the odd droll line – and a very amusing Andy Warhol “happening” – a lot of this third instalment feels undercooked, slightly tired, even the perennially perky Will Smith.
Watch the stand-up talking about going on holiday with your friends.