What Maisie Knew (15)
Four stars
Dirs: Scott McGehee, David Siegel
With: Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan
Runtime: 99 minutes
THIS updating of the Henry James' tale has Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan as the divorcing parents going to war with their daughter Maisie (Onata Aprile), stuck in the middle. In this version, Susanna (Moore) is a rock singer, and Coogan is an art dealer.
They are just as horribly irresponsible, though, as James's original characters, leaving others to pick up the pieces of their shattered family life.
Moore is excellent as ever, with Coogan showing he is no slouch at drama either, and Alexander Skarsgard and Joanna Vanderham also impress as Maisie's more responsible guardians. Quality performances all round, then, but the real star of the piece is the heartbreaking and hugely charming Maisie.
Paradise: Hope (15)
Two stars
Dir: Ulrich Seidl
With: Melanie Lenz, Verena Lehbauer
Runtime: 100 minutes
ULRICH Seidl's Paradise trilogy has been a watch through the fingers experience for the most part as he has explored sex tourism and religious fanaticism through the experiences of two Austrian sisters.
Here, the baton is passed to a younger character, Melanie, who heads off to a fat camp with hunger in her heart. While there and sharing a room with three other girls, she learns some lessons about friendship and being to thine own self true.
There is more humour, and much more humanity, here than in Love And Faith, but Seidl still can't resist walking on the weird side at times.
Jurassic Park 3D (PG)
Four stars
Dir: Steven Spielberg
With: Sam Neill, Laura Dern
Runtime: 121 minutes
SPIELBERG'S triple Oscar-winning modern classic is 20 years old, a birthday to make some of us feel like the dinosaurs so thrillingly depicted in his tale of an amusement park that pushes the boundaries of science and sense.
Remember that first sight of an ancient creature strolling across the screen? Well now you, and yours, can experience it all over again in 3D.
With a cast that includes Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough, Jurassic Park still rattles along, with spectacle matching story.
Watch out for those velociraptors. They can do marvellous things with door handles, you know.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article