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Iron Man

Date	Location
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 11.30am, 1.20, 2.30, 4.20, 5.30, 7.50 & 8.45; Fri & Sat 11.30am, 1.20, 2.30, 4.20, 5.30, 7.50, 8.45 & 10.45; Thu 11.30am, 2.30, 5.30 & 8.45	Cineworld Edinburgh, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 1.00, 2.00, 4.15, 5.00, 7.30 & 8.00; Fri 1.00, 2.00, 4.15, 5.00, 7.30, 8.00 & 11.00; Sat 11.00am, 1.00, 2.00, 4.15, 5.00, 7.30, 8.00 & 11.00; Sun 11.00am, 1.00, 2.00, 4.15, 5.00, 7.30 & 8.00	Vue Edinburgh Omni, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May Fri 1.30, 2.30, 4.30, 5.30, 7.30, 8.30 & 10.15; Sat 10.30am, 11.30am, 1.30, 2.30, 4.30, 5.30, 7.30, 8.30 & 10.15; Sun 10.30am, 11.30am, 1.30, 4.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 8.30; Mon 10.30am, 11.30am, 1.30, 2.30, 4.30, 7.30 & 8.30; Tue 10.30am, 11.30am, 1.30, 2.30, 4	Vue Edinburgh Ocean, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 1.50, 4.40 & 7.45; Mon & Tue 4.40 & 7.45	Dominion, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 4.00, 5.00, 7.00 & 8.00; Sat–Mon 1.00, 2.00, 4.00, 5.00, 7.00 & 8.00; Thu 2.00, 4.00, 5.00, 7.00 & 8.00	Odeon Wester Hailes, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 2.45, 5.30 & 8.15; Fri 5.30 & 8.15; Sun 2.45 & 8.15; Tue 2.45 & 5.30	Odeon, Edinburgh

Scottish Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

Date	Location
Scottish Ballet adds this contemporary take on the Prokofiev ballet to their award-winning repertoire, bringing Dutch choreographer Krzysztof Pastor on board to bring a fresh twist to the classic tragedy.
13 May–17 May 7.30; Thu & Sat 2.00 & 7.30	Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

What Happens in Vegas . . .

Date	Location
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 11.35am, 2.10, 5.10 & 8.15; Fri & Sat 11.35am, 2.10, 5.10, 8.15 & 11.10	Cineworld Edinburgh, Edinburgh
16 May–21 May 2.45, 5.45 & 8.30; Fri 2.45, 5.45, 8.30 & 11.15; Sat 12.00, 2.45, 5.45, 8.30 & 11.15; Sun 12.00, 2.45, 5.45 & 8.30	Vue Edinburgh Omni, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 10.20am, 12.40, 3.20, 5.40 & 8.20; Fri 3.20, 5.40, 8.20 & 10.50; Sat 10.20am, 12.40, 3.20, 5.40, 8.20 & 10.50; Wed & Thu 3.20, 5.40 & 8.20	Vue Edinburgh Ocean, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 3.20, 5.45 & 8.15; Sat 5.45 & 8.15; Mon 3.20 & 8.15; Thu 3.20 & 5.45	Odeon, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 3.30, 6.00 & 8.30; Sat–Mon & Thu 1.00, 3.30, 6.00 & 8.30	Odeon Wester Hailes, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 3.50, 6.10 & 8.35; Sat & Sun 1.30, 3.50, 6.10 & 8.35; Mon & Tue 6.10 & 8.35	Dominion, Edinburgh

Jamie's Scottish Evening

Date	Location
A Scottish evening, with a selection of traditional music, song, dance and dining.
1 Apr–31 Oct 6.45–10.15	Edinburgh Thistle Hotel, Edinburgh

Colin Fry

Date	Location
The phenomenal 'Sixth Sense' star uses his psychic gifts to wow his audience.
17 May 7.30	Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Date	Location
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–21 May 1.00, 3.40, 6.25 & 9.10	Cineworld Edinburgh, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 11.20am, 1.40, 4.20, 7.00 & 9.30; Fri & Wed 1.40, 4.20, 7.00 & 9.30; Sat 11.20am, 1.40 & 4.20; Thu 1.40 & 4.20	Vue Edinburgh Ocean, Edinburgh
16 May–21 May 2.30, 5.30 & 8.15; Fri 2.30, 5.30, 8.15 & 11.00; Sat 11.30am, 2.30, 5.30, 8.15 & 11.00; Mon & Tue 11.30am, 2.30, 5.30 & 8.15	Vue Edinburgh Omni, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 2.45, 5.30 & 8.15; Thu 2.45 & 8.15	Odeon Wester Hailes, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 5.30 & 8.20	Odeon, Edinburgh

Nova Scotia

Date	Location
The long awaited fourth part of John Byrne's 'Slab Boys', er, trilogy, catching up with Phil, Spanky and Lucille thirty years after we last saw them. The excellent cast includes Gerry Mulgrew, Gerda Stevenson, Meg Fraser and Paul Morrow.
29 Apr–24 May, not Mondays 8.00 (17 May, 24 May 2.30 & 8.00); Sun 5.00	Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

Charlie Bartlett

Date	Location
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 1.15, 3.40, 6.05 & 8.40; Fri & Sat 1.15, 3.40, 6.05, 8.40, 11.00 & 11.10	Cineworld Edinburgh, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 1.15, 3.45, 6.15 & 8.45; Sat & Sun 10.50am, 1.15, 3.45, 6.15 & 8.45	Vue Edinburgh Omni, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 11.50am, 3.50, 6.20 & 8.50; Fri 3.50, 6.20, 8.50 & 11.10; Sat 11.50am, 3.50, 6.20, 8.50 & 11.10; Wed 3.50, 6.20 & 8.50; Thu 6.20 & 8.50	Vue Edinburgh Ocean, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 4.25, 6.25 & 8.40; Sat 2.25, 4.25, 6.25 & 8.40	Dominion, Edinburgh

Shapeshifter

Date	Location
New Zealand five-piece mixing jazzy influences with their live take on drum & bass (not to be confused with dodgy Euro-dance act Shapeshifters).
17 May 7.00	The Liquid Room, Edinburgh

Beetlejuice

Date	Location
Recently deceased and very charming New England couple have difficulty in adjusting to the afterlife. Not the least of their worries is the tasteless refurbishment of their old home by a nasty New York yuppie family, and they eventually call on freelance bio-exorcist Betelgeuse (pronounced 'Beetle-juice') to deal with the problem in his own inimitable fashion. A movie of exuberantly eccentric cartoonish capers, which creates its own comic cosmos where the unexpected is the norm. Great fun it…
16 May–17 May Fri & Sat 11.40	Cameo, Edinburgh

In Bruges

Date	Location
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–21 May 3.20, 5.55 & 8.35; Wed 3.20 & 5.55	Cineworld Edinburgh, Edinburgh
16 May–21 May 5.00 & 7.40; Fri & Sat 5.00, 7.40 & 10.10	Vue Edinburgh Ocean, Edinburgh

Made of Honour

Date	Location
Tom (Dempsey) is a wealthy New York City playboy who only realises his best friend Hannah (Monaghan) is the love of his life when she plans to marry dashing stranger Colin (McKidd). Predictable 'ménage a trois' rom-com, which relocates to Scotland for some cultural stereotyping.
16 May–21 May 12.10, 3.00, 5.40 & 8.10	Cineworld Edinburgh, Edinburgh
16 May–21 May 2.00, 5.00 & 8.00; Mon & Tue 5.00 & 8.00	Dominion, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 3.00, 5.30 & 8.00; Thu 5.30	Odeon Wester Hailes, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 10.20am, 12.50, 3.10, 5.50 & 8.10; Fri & Wed 3.10, 5.50 & 8.10; Thu 3.10	Vue Edinburgh Ocean, Edinburgh

Speed Racer

Date	Location
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–21 May 10.00am, 10.40am, 12.30, 1.20, 3.15, 6.00 & 8.45; Fri 1.20, 3.15, 6.00 & 8.45; Tue 10.00am, 10.40am, 12.30, 1.20, 3.15 & 8.45; Wed 1.20, 3.15, 6.00 & 8.45	Vue Edinburgh Ocean, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 2.50 & 5.45; Thu 2.50	Odeon, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 4.45 & 7.45; Sat & Sun 1.30, 4.45 & 7.45; Thu 1.00	Odeon Wester Hailes, Edinburgh

Bastard

Date	Location
Indie, punk, electro, techno and rock from the DJs behind Edinburgh's best indie nights.
Saturdays 11.00–3.00am	The Hive, Edinburgh

Doomsday

Date	Location
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–21 May 12.50, 3.30, 6.10 & 8.50; Fri & Sat 12.50, 3.30, 6.10, 8.50 & 11.25	Cineworld Edinburgh, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 3.00, 5.30 & 8.15; Thu 8.15	Odeon Wester Hailes, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 4.00, 6.45 & 9.15; Thu 6.45 & 9.15	Vue Edinburgh Ocean, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 6.50 & 9.30	Vue Edinburgh Omni, Edinburgh

Bhoothnath

Date	Location
Bollywood presentation.
16 May–21 May 7.40; Sat & Sun 7.40 & 10.40	Cineworld Edinburgh, Edinburgh

After Me The Flood

Date	Location
Indie.
17 May 7.00	Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh

Nim's Island

Date	Location
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–21 May 11.00am, 1.20, 3.30 & 5.35	Cineworld Edinburgh, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 10.00am, 12.10, 2.30, 4.40, 6.50 & 9.00; Fri 2.30, 4.40, 6.50, 9.00 & 11.15; Sat 10.00am, 12.10, 2.30, 4.40, 6.50, 9.00 & 11.15; Wed 2.30, 4.40, 6.50 & 9.00; Thu 2.30, 4.40 & 6.50	Vue Edinburgh Ocean, Edinburgh
16 May–22 May 2.45, 5.15 & 7.30; Sat–Mon 12.30, 2.45, 5.15 & 7.30; Thu 2.45 & 5.15	Odeon Wester Hailes, Edinburgh

Happy-Go-Lucky

Date	Location
Leigh returns with a familiar, yet reassuringly different film, an affectionate portrait of carefree 30-something Londoner Poppy (Hawkins) and the minutiae of her everyday life. About everything and nothing, the downtime and the uptime, this is life-affirming stuff.
16 May–22 May 6.20	Cameo, Edinburgh

Jongleurs Comedy Club

Date	Location
Barry Castagnola and Andre Vincent take a trip to Scotland, in the company of Sean Collins, in a show worth seeing. Food, dancing, drink, girls, boys, etc.
17 May 8.15	Jongleurs, Edinburgh

Katie Morag

Date	Location
Katie Morag comes to life in a musical show full of fun. A play for children originally commissioned by Mull Theatre based on the writing of Mairi Hedderwick in a special new version for the Byre. Travel to Struay to meet one of the best loved characters in children's books.
15 May–17 May 7.00; Sat 2.30 & 7.00	Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh

Lulu

Date	Location
Soul, house, funk, electro-disco and Latin from the likes of Gareth Sommerville, Isla Blige, the Blond Flash and Danny Tennent.
Fridays, Saturdays 8.00–3.00am	Lulu, Edinburgh

The Jam House Experience

Date	Location
Great music from the Jam House house band The Flavours.
Saturdays 8.30	The Jam House, Edinburgh

Soul Foundation and Big Hand

Date	Location
Night of Motown-style soul and ska.
17 May 7.30	The Ark, Edinburgh

Why Not?

Date	Location
Chart, dance and house for the weekend masses.
Saturdays 10.00–3.00am	Why Not?, Edinburgh