Good Vibrations (15)
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Dirs: Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn
With: Richard Dormer, Jodie Whitaker
Runtime: 103 minutes
THIS look at the life of Terri Hooley, the man behind the Belfast shop and record label that gave bands such as The Undertones and The Outcasts their first break, is another swagger down Memory Lane for those of a certain age. Richard Dormer plays Hooley, a dreamer in a city and at a time when reality was only too keen to intrude. Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn's drama is more at home with the rock and roll element of the story than the political angle. Despite the occasional creakiness, its heart and musical tastes are in the right place, and the moment when Teenage Kicks boots down the door is handled perfectly.
Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh.
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (15)
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Dir: Alex Gibney
Runtime: 107 minutes
WHEN it was announced that Oscar-winning documentary maker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) was taking on the subject of clerical abuse, one wondered what he could uncover that had not been said in newspapers or on TV. In taking one case, however, and following it to the top, Gibney puts the whole subject in focus. In Mea Maxima Culpa the case in question happened at a school for deaf pupils in Wisconsin. Gibney, combining meticulous research with revealing, often heart-rending, interviews, finds out why the alleged perpetrator was never brought to book. A film that crackles with anger at the complacency shown and injustice wrought.
Glasgow Film Theatre, tomorrow-March 31; Filmhouse, Edinburgh, April 2-4.
GI Joe: Retaliation 3D (12A)
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Dir: Jon M Chu
With: Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson, Jonathan Pryce
Runtime: 110 minutes
This sequel to GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the first noisy and nonsensical tale about a US Army elite squadron, is even more eardrum-rattling and sense-defying. But it at least has the presence of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to keep things ticking along. Johnson plays a tough but caring soldier battling to rehabilitate the team's reputation after an op goes bad. Jonathan Pryce is the US president leading a world going nuclear crazy.
Finding Nemo 3D (U)
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Dirs: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
Voices: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres
Runtime: 104 minutes
PIXAR'S piscine classic swims back into view, this time in 3D, just in time for the Easter holidays. First released in 2003, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich's Oscar-winning tale of fathers and sons is everything you expect from a Pixar picture: great story, awesome visuals, and a few little touches of genius. And of course it's a little bit heartbreaking, too. Albert Brooks voices the ever-anxious dad who doesn't dare let his son dart out of his sight for a second. When dad's worst fears are realised, a dad has to do what a dad has to do, and to heck with the size of the ocean.
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