Frances Ha | The Wolverine | Blackfish | Days Of Grace | Springsteen & I | Viramundo | Dial M For Murder | Best Of Luck | Bajatey Raho
Frances Ha (15)
(Noah Baumbach, 2012, US) Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Michael Esper. 86 mins
Gerwig does a winning line in klutzy/ditzy in what's essentially a tailor-made showcase for her natural comic talents. An aspiring dancer whose sense of fun is starting to look a lot like immaturity, Frances is having trouble negotiating that tricky stage between studenthood and adulthood. A very minor crisis, admittedly, but this is more about character and tone, and Gerwig's New York misadventures are rendered with a casual verve that brings to mind the French New Wave or Manhattan-era Woody Allen.
The Wolverine (12A)
(James Mangold, 2013, US) Hugh Jackman, Rila Fukushima. 126 mins
The X-badass rips into Japan in this solo adventure, but while Jackman's as mean and buff as ever, the story feels a little long in the claw, setting him against a familiar onslaught of mutants and sword-swishing ninjas. There are some high points, but it's uneven and rather serious-minded.
Blackfish (15)
(Gabriela Cowperthwaite, 2013, US) 83 mins
You'll never want to visit a marine park again after seeing this chilling doc, which details how captivity turns killer whales into, well, killers Рnot that the resort owners are keen to publicise it. It's a juicy topic: Jaws as a corporate expos̩, with a fascinating angle on human/animal relationships.
Days Of Grace (15)
(Everardo Valerio Gout, 2011, Mex) Tenoch Huerta, Carlos Bardem, Paulina Gaitan. 132 mins
Structured around three successive football World Cups, this Mexican crime thriller plunges you into a demi-monde of gangs, drugs, hostages and gruesome violence, with a relatively principled but equally violent cop as our guide. It's a stylised sensory onslaught that barely hangs together.
Springsteen & I (PG)
(Baillie Walsh, 2013, UK) 124 mins
Fans pay tribute to the boss in this democratic doc, remembering their moments in his presence, explaining what his songs mean to them and playing their own clips of him in concert.
Viramundo (NC)
(Pierre-Yves Borgeaud, 2013, Fra/Swi) 95 mins
Optimistic documentary following Gilberto Gil – musician, former Brazilian minister, and now roving ambassador for global cultural engagement – on his southern hemisphere travels.
Dial M For Murder (PG)
(Alfred Hitchcock, 1954, US) Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings. 101 mins
Rereleased in its original 3D, Hitchcock's relatively stagey rendition of a fiendishly clever "perfect crime" gone awry.
Best Of Luck (NC)
(Manmord Sidhu, 2013, Ind) Gippy Grewal, Jazzy B, Simran Kaur Mundi. 133 mins
Panjabi crime comedy, partly set in Canada, with bhangra star Jazzy B as a gangster boss.
Bajatey Raho (PG)
(Shashant Shah, 2013, Ind) Tusshar Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey. 106 mins
Hindi farce hinging on a criminal revenge plan.
Out from Friday
The Heat
Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock put their spin on the mismatched-partners cop comedy.
Out from Wed
The Smurfs 2
Sacre bleu! The Smurfs come to Paris for a juvenile sequel.
Out from Wed
Only God Forgives
Revenge is on the agenda as Drive's pairing of Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn come to Bangkok.
The Conjuring
Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson lead an Amityville-style haunted house horror.
Red 2
More hitman hilarity with Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren and co.
My Father And The Man In Black
The son of Johnny Cash's manager pieces together his family history.
Paradise: Hope
Ulrich Seidl rounds off his Austrian trilogy with a trip to a teen fat camp.
From Up On Poppy Hill
Youthful Japanese animation set on the eve of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Heaven's Gate
Michael Cimino's notorious western failure is up for reappraisal.
Coming soon
In two weeks ... Coogan to the rescue in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa … Johnny Depp saddles up to ride with The Lone Ranger …
In three weeks ... Costumed justice is served in Kick-Ass 2 … Denzel and Wahlberg buddy up in 2 Guns …
In a month ... Matt Damon starts a sci-fi class war in Elysium … Amanda Seyfried lives the 70s porn life in Lovelace …
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jul/27/this-weeks-new-film
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