Saturday, June 1, 2013

In Cinemas: May 23 - June 5

Well, we've both been flat out lately and writing about what's playing has taken a back seat to watching what's playing. Thought I might crash through a quick catch-up though, as I feel bad having missed things like SUMMER DAYS WITH COO (河童のクゥと夏休み) as the Japanese Monthly Screening last week and the DOCTOR WHO episodes that screened yesterday (S07E01 & S07E05). Lemme bullet-point;

NEW THIS WEEK:

* FAST & FURIOUS 6 - I dug the fifth, so I'm excited! The Rock, Vin Diesel, Statham or whoever...
* EPIC - CG kids' flick from the ICE AGE crew. Girl gets shrunk down & fights with the leaf people.
* SHOPPING - NZ bleakness in a shitty coastal town, 1981. Young brothers caught up in thieving.
* THE LAST SENTENCE (DOM ÖVER DÖD MAN) - Swedish newsman vs. Fascism. True story.
* YEH JAWAANI HAI DEEWANI (THIS YOUTH IS CRAZY) - Bollywood coming-of-age rom-com.

NEW LAST WEEK:

* POLICEMAN (השוטר‎) - Young Israeli radicals vs. the anti-terrorist unit. Rather exciting!
* THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST - Mira Nair's thriller about racism & the American Dream.
* JATTS IN GOLMAAL - Punjabi comedy about...a gangster in need of a heart transplant??
* THE HANGOVER PART III - John Goodman & Melissa McCarthy join the gang for a third round.
* THE FALL GUYS - NZ crime comedy about three dopey mates finding a bunch of heroin. Hmm.

REPERTORY / ONE-OFF SCREENINGS:

* Finishing Monday; Rialto Channel 48 HOURS Heats - Screenings of all the competition entries.
* Finishing Monday; THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) has been playing at the Vic Pic Palace.
* Finishing Tuesday! OUT TAKES 2013 Queer Film Festival - Haven't even read the brochure yet; so far behind...
* 6:30pm Tuesday (for a change); Film Society: DREILEBEN Pt.1: BEATS BEING DEAD (ETWAS BESSERES ALS DEN TOD) - Young lovers and an escaped killer. On blu ray at the Academy.
* Wednesday morning; MY FAIR LADY (1964) - Monterey Classics are back with Audrey Hepburn.
* Long Weekend; Bridgeway has preview screenings of BEKAS - Two homeless kids in Kurdistan plan to move to the US to live with Superman.
* $20 11PM Sunday Triple! - FAST & FURIOUS 6 / OBLIVION / JURASSIC PARK (3D).
* $20 11PM Sunday Triple! - THE HANGOVER Trilogy.
* $20 11PM Sunday Triple! - STAR TREK / STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS (3D) / G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (3D).

All sessions above are accurate at the time of publication. Your best bet would be to check Flicks or the theatre website before attending. Please let us know in the comments if you spy anything we've messed up/missed out!