What's in the Cinema this Week? (March 16 - 22)
Opening in Oxford this week is Factory Girl , starring Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce and Hayden Christensen. Sienna Miller stars as 60's 'It Girl' Edie Sedgwick. With the help of artist Andy Warhol (Pearce) she becomes the darling of the Pop Art scene, before suffering a dramatic fall from grace. The film contains drug use, strong language and sex.(15)
Also in Oxford this week is Premonition, starring Sandra Bullock and Julian McMahon. Sandra Bullock stars as a housewife who is shocked when her husband dies in a car crash and reappears the following day. Realising it was a premonition; she only has a short time to avoid the tragedy. The film contains one use of strong language and moderately distressing scenes. (12A)
Two foreign, subtitled films are opening at the Phoenix this week: After the Wedding (Efter brylluppet) and Climages (Iklimler). In After the wedding, Jacob runs a struggling orphanage in India. He is presented with a large cash donation on certain conditions, the first being that he returns to Copenhagen to meet his mystery benefactor Jørgen. Jørgen then engineers Jacob's attendance at his daughter's wedding and this event presents Jacob with a troubling revelation, which raises a series of heartbreaking dilemmas for all involved. Climates presents the break-up of a middleclass metropolitan couple, Isa and Bahar (played by Ceylan and his wife Ebru), who we first meet on a beach not long before Isa suggests that they separate. Ceylan then explores with acute observation Isa's mixed, complex and utterly recognisable reaction to the split.
There are two sneak previews this week:
Wild Hogs is showing at George Street on Tuesday. Starring Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy, Wild Hogs is a comedy about a group of suburban bikers who get more adventure than they bargained for when they meet a gang in New Mexico.The film contains moderate sex references and violence. (12A).
300, the suprise U.S. box office smash, is previewing on Thursday at both Magdalen Street and the Vue. Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, the film combines live action and virtual backgrounds to retell the story of an ancient battle in which 300 Spartans inspired Greece to unite against the massive Persian army. The film contains strong bloody violence (15)
Lastly, there is a special viewing of Mr Bean's Holiday in honor of Comic Relief. Mr. Bean is back on the big screen and the Vue is offering you the chance to see it first on Mother's Day, Sunday March 18th at 3.30pm. Tickets are just £10 for adults and £5 for kids and all proceeds go to Comic Relief. Mr Bean is heading to the South of France for a simple holiday in the sun. His voyage from London to the Riviera soon transcends into one of mischief and mayhem as he inadvertently creates havoc wherever he goes culminating in an unscheduled and riotous screening of his own video diary at the Cannes Film Festival.
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