What's in the Cinema this Week? (Aug 31 - Sep 06)
It's a great week for those who like blood, horror, and psychologically intense films. Opening this week in Oxford is 1408, starring John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, and Mary McCormack. 1408 is a creepy tale based on a short story by Steven King. John Cusack is an author who repeatedly discredits paranormal events, until he spends one night in a haunted hotel room. This film contains strong sustained terrorisation and psychological horror. (15)
Also out this week is Death Sentence, starring Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, and Aisha Tyler. A father, played by Kevin Bacon, is devastated when a man murders his son. In revenge, he vows to track down every single member of his gang and kill them in cold blood. This film contains strong bloody violence and vigilante theme. (18)
At the Phoenix this week is Hallam Foe starring Jamie Bell, Ciaran Hinds, Claire Forlani, and Sophia Myles. This is a bittersweet coming-of-age story merged with a distinctly Freudian psychological drama. Hallam (Bell) suspects his stepmother (Forlani) of killing his mother, and he begins spying on her to obtain evidence. Soon his spying develops into a voyeuristic pastime in which he observes others in and around his father's (Hinds) estate in the Scottish Highlands. As he becomes more convinced of his stepmother’s guilt, the more alluring she appears to him. The alarmed Hallam runs away to Edinburgh, where he meets a hotel worker named Kate (Myles) who reminds him of his mother and, all of a sudden, he has a new object on which to focus his obsession. (18)
Finally, previewing on Thursday is the comedy Run, Fat Boy, Run starring Simon Pegg, Hank Azaria, and Thandie Newton. Pegg as an out-of-shape man training for a marathon in an attempt to woo the woman he jilted at the altar 10 years previously. Trouble is, she’s got a new man.(12A)
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