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Charlie Bartlett
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Charlie's a joker who manufactures fake IDs and deals his prescribed anti-depression drugs to his classmates, craving popularity to compensate for a fractured family life. Whilst robbed of any wider social resonance, this is an amusing enough take on the agonies of youth, and 'Charlie Bartlett' deserves a B+ for effort.
16 May–22 May 11.00am, 1.20, 3.50, 6.20 & 8.50; Thu 11.00am, 1.20 & 3.50 Cineworld Aberdeen, Aberdeen
Doomsday
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In Marshall's derivative but enjoyable dystopian fantasy, Scotland 50 years on is a no-man's land ravaged by disease, cut off from England, and presided over by gangs of cannibals. This may well provide a few guilty pleasures for jaded action fans, but non-genre fans will find this about as subtle as a nail-encrusted club in the face
16 May–22 May Fri 11.00am, 4.00 & 9.10; Sat 4.00 & 9.10; Sun–Wed 11.00am, 4.00 & 9.10; Thu 5.45 Cineworld Aberdeen, Aberdeen
The Eye
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Alba (in one of her better performances) stars as a blind concert violinist who becomes haunted by terrifying supernatural visions once a corneal transplant restores her sight. Yet another Asian horror remake, this does contain some disturbing imagery early on but sticks too closely to formula and brings no new focus to the genre.
16 May–22 May Fri & Sat 11.20; Thu 10.30 Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
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Writer and star Segal is Peter Bretter, a composer who gets dumped by his soap star girlfriend Sarah Marshall (Bell). Heading to Hawaii he bumps into her and her new rock star boyfriend Aldous Snow (Brand), who steals the show in an otherwise predictable and grating romantic comedy.
16 May–22 May 12.20, 3.00, 5.40 & 8.20; Thu 3.00 & 8.50 Cineworld Aberdeen, Aberdeen
Honeydripper
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It's 1950 in rural Alabama and morally circumspect pianist Tyrone Purvis (Glover) is trying to save the Honeydripper lounge from bankruptcy and his ass from prison. Although this benign and jolly tale is too long and features too many characters, Sayles' ability to spin a good yarn remains undiminished, irreproachable, enviable and all too rare.
16 May–22 May 4.00 & 6.15; Thu 1.00 The Belmont, Aberdeen
In Bruges
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Two gobby Dublin criminals bide their time in Bruges, awating instruction from their cryptic and remote gangster boss Harry. Irish playwright McDonagh, in his feature debut, which wrestles some affecting moments from demonstrative characters, nicely teases out the parallels between the trio and Beckett's Vladimir, Estragon and Godot.
16 May–22 May Fri 1.20, 3.40, 6.20 & 8.50; Sat, Sun & Mon 3.40 & 6.20; Wed 3.40; Thu 6.20 The Belmont, Aberdeen
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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Jones (Ford) is drawn back into action when he becomes caught in a Soviet plot to discover the mystery behind some enigmatic crystal skulls.
22 May Wed 12am; Thu 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.15, 1.30, 2.30, 3.15, 4.30, 5.30, 6.15, 7.30, 8.30, 9.15 & 10.30 Cineworld Aberdeen, Aberdeen
22 May Wed 0.01am; Thu 10.00am, 11.00am, 12.00, 1.00, 2.00, 3.00, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00, 7.00, 8.00, 9.00, 11.00 & 12am Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen
22 May Thu 12.45, 3.30, 6.15 & 9.00 The Belmont, Aberdeen
Iron Man
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Performing a perfectly poised balancing act between taking the fantastical material seriously and treating it with a knowing sense of humour, this smart adaptation locates Tony Stark/Iron Man's story of professional irresponsibility and personal redemption firmly within the context of the war on terror. Kidnapped by Afghan insurgents, Iron Man promptly renounces arms manufacture and instead uses his super-powered outfit to right his wrongs.
16 May–22 May Fri–Wed 11.00am, 12.00, 2.00, 3.00, 5.00, 6.00, 8.00 & 9.00; Thu 11.00am, 2.00, 5.00 & 8.00 Cineworld Aberdeen, Aberdeen
16 May–22 May 1.40, 2.30, 4.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 8.30; Thu 10.30am, 1.30, 4.30, 5.30, 7.30, 8.30 & 11.30; Fri & Sat 11.30am, 1.40, 2.30, 4.30, 5.30, 7.30, 8.30 & 10.30; Sun 11.30am, 1.40, 2.30, 4.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 8.30 Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen
16 May–22 May Fri–Mon & Wed 3.50 & 8.45; Tue 3.50 & 6.20; Thu 8.45 The Belmont, Aberdeen
Joy Division
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Beautifully cut and imaginatively constructed documentary explaining the swift rise and abrupt cessation of Joy Division (and troubled singer Ian Curtis ) through rare footage, TV appearances, bootleg recordings, personal photographs and recollections. The film rubbishes the ludicrous rock'n'roll myth of 'live fast, die young' to tell the story with humour, warmth and often-painful clarity.
16 May–22 May 2.00 & 8.40; Thu 3.30 The Belmont, Aberdeen
The Last Mistress
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Breillat's most accessible work to date is based on the 19th century novel by the controversial writer Jules-Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly. This is no staid costume drama: in 1835 Paris dashing and dissolute Ryno de Marigny (Aattou) is engaged to the virginal heiress Hermengarde (Mesquida) while still embroiled in a liaison with a scandalous Spanish courtesan Vellini (Argento).
17 May–22 May 1.15 & 8.50; Tue 8.50; Wed 1.15 & 6.00 The Belmont, Aberdeen
Nim's Island
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Adapted from Wendy Orr's popular book about what happens when agoraphobic authoress Alexandra Ryder (Foster) is contacted by winsome brat Nim (Breslin), whose scientist father Jack (Butler) has gone missing. Breslin and Butler adapt well to the frothy postmodern adventure but Foster's attempts at slapstick are embarrassingly crude and obvious, lessening any emotional impact.
16 May–22 May 1.25 & 3.45; Fri, Sat & Sun 11.00am, 1.25 & 3.45; Thu 11.30am & 2.30 Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen
Persepolis
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This adaptation of Satrapi's autobiographical coming-of-age graphic novel is an exceptionally moving piece of animated filmmaking. Chronicling the liberal outlook of young Iranian Marji, Satrapi refreshingly manages to portray a love of Iran without being revisionist or disguising any harsh truths about the regime.
16 May–22 May 1.45 & 6.30; Tue 1.45 & 3.45; Thu 3.45 & 6.30 The Belmont, Aberdeen
Ralph Steadman
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A series of witty etchings of famous authors created by artist and illustrator Ralph Steadman. This exhibition includes images of Virgina Woolf, Samuel Beckett, Hunter S Thompson amongst others. Designed to co-incide with Aberdeen's Word Festival.
19 Apr–26 Jul 10.00am–5.00; Sun 2.00–5.00 Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
Speed Racer (Digital Screening)
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A live action though CG-heavy adaptation of a 1960s Japanese television anime about a futuristic family of racecar designer-drivers who are pitted against a corporate fat cat. The film's message is: business bad, family good, winning best of all. Not that this matters in a film with migraine-inducing race sequences and stomach-churning thrill-rides.
16 May–22 May 11.50am, 2.50, 5.50 & 8.50; Thu 11.50am; Tue 11.50am & 2.50; Sun 2.50, 5.50 & 8.50; Mon 11.50am, 2.50 & 8.50 Cineworld Aberdeen, Aberdeen
What Happens in Vegas . . .
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This underwhelming romantic comedy details the love trajectory of Vegas gamblers Joy (Diaz) and Jack (Kutcher), who wake up one morning to find they are married and have also hit the jackpot on the tables. Cue farcical attempts to cheat each other out of the money while falling in love. It's watchable enough, but ultimately just a bit of a dumb waste of time.
16 May–22 May 12.30, 3.15, 5.45 & 8.30; Thu 12.30, 3.15, 5.45 & 8.45 Cineworld Aberdeen, Aberdeen
16 May–22 May 1.00, 3.15, 5.45 & 8.00; Fri & Sat 1.00, 3.15, 5.45, 8.00 & 10.40; Thu 10.15am, 12.30, 3.30, 6.15, 8.45 & 11.15 Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen

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