Cinema & Listings

EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY
WRITTEN BY Simon Beaufoy (The Full Monty) and directed by Boyle (Sunshine, 28 Days Later, Trainspotting) this cool, slick account of an impoverished Indian teenager is a real treat.

FAMILY UNWRAPPED
05 Jan 09 - A CHRISTMAS Tale makes for the season's most tasteful cinematic treat. Starring the irresistibly beautiful Gallic ice maiden, Catherine Deneuve, in an exceptionally first-rate performance, director Desplechin, a mastermind, also manages to get more star rated performances. ..

WORLD CINEMA GEMS
08 Dec 08 - ROXY'S REGULAR Sunday cinema screenings of cult and classic films continues with a treble-bill of the best recent World Cinema films to hit the UK, where you can settle down with a drink and the Roxy roast and catch up with three acclaimed films...

MOSCOW, BELGIUM
03 Dec 08 - THIS YEAR'S winner at the Cannes Film Festival, the drama is a genuine and humorous tale about a married couple during their mid-life crisis having a break from each other and a stab at starting all over again in the love circuit...

SUMMER (15)
03 Dec 08 - ROBERT CARLYLE shines again as the intense best friend to a crippled helpless alcoholic in this forceful and deeply emotional drama...

TRANSPORTER 3
02 Dec 08 - STARRING THE likable Jason Statham again as Frank Martin in the third outing of The Transporter, this is a typical obligatory sequel which sadly makes a lot of noise speeding furiously around in circles, but gets nowhere in the end...

MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA
02 Dec 08 - PREDICTABLY, JUST before Christmas comes this rather confusing and anaemic sequel to Madagascar, once again with the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith...

W.
29 Oct 08 - LOVE HIM or hate him, there is no doubt that George W. Bush is a powerful figure, which is undoubtedly what attracted the director, Oliver Stone, to make a film about him. ..

THE SILENCE OF LORNA
29 Oct 08 - ONE OF the most-anticipated films in competition at Cannes this year is this latest offering from the Dardenne brothers...

EASY VIRTUE
29 Oct 08 - BASED ON a Noel Coward play in the 1920s, the film directed by Australian enfant terrible Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) gives the witty comedy a brand new feel to it.....

QUIET CHAOS
07 Oct 08 - AN INTRIGUING and intimate tale of loss and rebirth 'Quiet Chaos' focuses on a bereavement after a sudden death of someone you hold dear to for most of your life. ..