Katy Perry: Part Of Me 3D (PG)
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Dir: Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipstiz
With: Katy Perry, Shannon Woodward
FOLLOWING in the 3D concert movie footsteps of Justin Bieber and Glee is this look behind-the-scenes at another of pop's biggest superstars.
Unlike those previous films, however, Katy Perry: Part Of Me has more emotional depth, given that it captures the highs and lows of Perry's life as she embarks on her 124-date California Dreams tour, while at the same time she falls in love with comedian Russell Brand and battles to hold down their marriage.
What follows may be one-sided and little more than a shorter version of the type of reality show "pioneered" by Katie Price. But it does illustrate that Perry, below, is a likeable talent whose rise to fame was far from overnight and whose continued success comes at cost, a point which is never more painfully realised than when she is seen crying inconsolably at the end of her marriage seconds before performing in front of her biggest-ever audience.
Reviewed by Rob Carnevale
The Women On The Sixth Floor (12A)
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Dir: Phillippe Le Guay
With: Fabrice Luchini, Carmen Maura
Running time: 106 minutes
PREMIERED last year as part of the French Film Festival, but under the awful title of Service Entrance, this comedy of French manners is a slight delight.
Opening in Paris in 1962, it's the tale of the haves (Fabrice Luchini and Sandrine Kiberlain) and the have nots (the titular Spanish maids living like mice on the sixth floor of a fabulous apartment block).
At first, Luchini's Jean Louis makes contact with the maids just to find a replacement for the one his wife has sacked, but soon he finds friends, laughter and a new outlook on life.
Highly predictable, but that's half the appeal.
A film that asks nothing more than that you sit back, allow others to do the work, and enjoy.
GFT, tomorrow-July 19; Filmhouse to July 12.
Storage 24 (15)
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Dir: Johannes Roberts
With: Noel Clarke, Laura Haddock
Running time: 86 minutes
A GAGGLE of youngsters are locked in a storage depot hours after a military plane crash lands in London in this truly horrible-for-all-the-wrong-reasons British horror.
What goes bump in the night is about as frightening as Peppa Pig but the acting, the story, the special effects and the all-round naffness are enough to terrify even the most battle hardened of British horror enthusiasts.
Faust (15)
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Dir: Aleksandr Sokurov
With: Johannes Zeiler, Georg Friedrich
Running time: 139 minutes
FROM the squelch of corpses being dissected to the endless squalor on display, Aleksandr Sokurov's take on the much retold legend makes for a gruelling watch. Certainly makes the notion of deals with the devil unappealing. Avoid seeing on a full stomach.
GFT, July 7-8.
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