What's in the Cinema this Week? (Sept 7-13)
Atonement, starring James McAvoy and Keira Knightley is in full release this week at the Magdalen Odeon, Phoenix, and The Vue. One summer day in 1935, 13-year-old Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) sees her older sister Cecilia (Knightley) strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching Cecilia is their housekeeper's son Robbie Turner (McAvoy), a childhood friend. By the end of that day the lives of all three will have been changed forever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had never before dared to approach and will have become victims of the younger girl's scheming imagination; and Briony, later played by Romola Garai and Vanessa Redgrave, will have committed a dreadful crime, the guilt of which will colour her entire life. This film contains very strong language, bloody injuries and moderate sex. (15)
Playing on Saturday and Sunday only this week is Disturbia, starring Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer, and Carrie-Anne Moss. After his father is killed in a car accident, things unravel for Kale Brecht and he is placed under house-arrest for punching his Spanish teacher. Having nothing better to do, Kale occupies himself by spying on his neighbors. But one night, he witnesses what appears to be a murder going on in Mr. Turner's house. Kale becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind these murders but, after a few unsettling run-ins with Mr. Turner, it becomes a matter of life and death. And the ominous question: Who is watching who? This film contains sustained and strong menace. (15)
At the Phoenix this week is Two Days in Paris starring Adam Goldberg and Julie Delpy. French photographer Marion (Delpy) and American designer Jack (Goldberg) have a two-day stop in Paris to visit Marion's parents. Unfortunately for Jack, Paris proves to be quite a culture shock. Not only are Marion's parents a pair of eccentric and argumentative former "revolutionaries", but they also appear to have a particular distaste for Americans. Add to this Marion's friends who openly discuss their sex lives and the fact that Marion seems to run into former lovers on every street corner, and Jack quickly begins to suspect that he doesn't know his girlfriend as well as he thought he did. (15)
Finally, The Vue Cinema has three days of documentary films from the Adventure Film Festival: High Altitude Adventures on Tuesday, Sports Adventures on Wednesday, and Ocean Adventures on Thursday.
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