Vue Aberdeen

Events at Vue Aberdeen

City of Ember

Location	Date	Tickets
	Students from the amazing underground city of Ember go through a series of adventures in order to sustain their special secret world for another 200 years. Ho-hum but visually impressive children's adventure sci-fi.
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	10 Oct–16 Oct 10.00am, 12.15, 3.00, 5.20 & 7.45; Fri 3.00, 5.20 & 7.45	08712 240 240

The Dark Knight

Location	Date	Tickets
	Nolan's revamp of the superhero franchise reaches its apotheosis with this sequel to 'Batman Begins', a supremely well-imagined, perfectly executed film that combines blockbuster spectacle with indie cinema cool and smarts. Psychotic, chaos-loving clown The Joker (Ledger) is introduced as the dark knight's ultimate nemesis and a thrilling battle slowly terrorises the populace of Gotham.
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	11 Oct–16 Oct 10.25am	08712 240 240

Death Race

Location	Date	Tickets
	Rehashed elements from Roger Corman's 70s 'Death Race 2000' with Statham as Jensen Ames, who is forced by prison warden Hennessey (Allen) to take part in a three stage Death Race on pay-per-view television. The chase sequences are satisfying and Allen clearly enjoys some action-movie slumming, director Anderson's reboot is predictably stripped of the anarchic humour and political sideswipes of the original.
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	10 Oct–12 Oct Fri, Sat & Sun 10.30	08712 240 240

The Foot Fist Way

Location	Date	Tickets
	A low-budget mockumentary about a small-time martial arts training school and inept tae kwon do instructor Fred Simmons (McBride). Will Ferrell's endorsement got this to the big screen but the film inevitably feels more like an inspired home movie than a proper feature, without much in the way of plot development or a satisfying pay-off.
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	10 Oct–16 Oct 9.15; Fri, Sat & Sun 9.15 & 11.25	08712 240 240

The House Bunny

Location	Date	Tickets
	Predictably pitiful comedy about a recently unemployed 'Playboy' mansion bunny (Farris) who goes to college. Formulaic 'Legally Blonde'ish slapstick which still manages to raise a few laughs.
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	10 Oct–16 Oct 1.15, 3.40, 6.05 & 8.30	08712 240 240

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

Location	Date	Tickets
	Toby Young's semi-scandalous memoir about the period the gobby English journo spent carousing with the rich and famous while working at a glossy magazine in New York is given a mainstream movie makeover with this enjoyable enough romantic comedy. Young's rudely confessional and frequently very funny observations are now framed by a bland will-they-won't-they love story that sadly drowns every last scrap of satirical stab.
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	10 Oct–16 Oct 3.15 & 8.15; Tue 3.15	08712 240 240

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (Subtitled)

Location	Date	Tickets
	Toby Young's semi-scandalous memoir about the period the gobby English journo spent carousing with the rich and famous while working at a glossy magazine in New York is given a mainstream movie makeover with this enjoyable enough romantic comedy. Young's rudely confessional and frequently very funny observations are now framed by a bland will-they-won't-they love story that sadly drowns every last scrap of satirical stab.
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	14 Oct Tue 8.15	08712 240 240

Igor

Location	Date	Tickets
	Animated story about a hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant who aspires to become a scientist himself.
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	10 Oct–16 Oct 10.15am, 12.30, 2.40, 4.50 & 7.00; Fri 2.40, 4.50 & 7.00	08712 240 240

Kung Fu Panda

Location	Date	Tickets
	Overweight panda Po (Black) joins his heroes, the Fierce Five, in a butt-kicking adventure when the valley of peace is threatened with the return of bad kung fu master, Tai Lung (McShane). This is Dreamworks-does-manga animation, overlaid with an Eastern version of the fated place-in-the-universe style philosophy originally trademarked in 'The Lion King'.
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	11 Oct–12 Oct Sat & Sun 10.40am	08712 240 240

Mamma Mia!

Location	Date	Tickets
	A bride-to-be tries to find out the identity of her real father in the lead up to her wedding on a Greek island. Depressingly faithful film adaptation of abominable Broadway and West End ABBA song musical mega hit. The popularity of films like this certainly make one wonder about the rampancy of mental illness in our culture.
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	11 Oct–16 Oct 11.30am	08712 240 240

Mirrors

Location	Date	Tickets
	This 'Into the Mirror' re-make features Sutherland in full Jack Bauer mode as an ex-cop who turns security guard to patrol the scorched interiors of a fire-gutted New York hotel. Having accidentally shot his partner in the line of duty, alcoholic Carson soon begins to hallucinate that an evil force behind the hotel's mirrors is after his family.
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	10 Oct–16 Oct 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 & 9.00; Fri, Sat & Sun 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.00 & 11.30	08712 240 240

Pineapple Express

Location	Date	Tickets
	'Knocked Up' star Rogen returns to play Dale, a permanently-baked legal process-server whose friendly weed-dealer Saul (Franco) sells him a rare strain of cannabis known as 'Pineapple Express'. When Dale accidentally leaves a half-smoked joint at the scene of gangland murder, the pair are forced to go on the run. A loose, freewheeling and highly enjoyable action comedy.
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	10 Oct–12 Oct Fri, Sat & Sun 11.00	08712 240 240

Righteous Kill

Location	Date	Tickets
	New York police detective partners Rooster (Pacino) and Turk (De Niro) duke it out over a series of cop killings while staring admiringly at each other as if they're celebrating a diamond-wedding anniversary. When they met in Michael Mann's 'Heat' the anticipation was enormous but 13 years and a loss of kudos later, not so much.
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	10 Oct–12 Oct Fri, Sat & Sun 10.20	08712 240 240

RocknRolla

Location	Date	Tickets
	Ritchie's story is told with a signature narration and follows the pursuits of a bunch of get-rich-quick, bumbling, loveable rogues who could have walked straight off the set of an Ealing comedy. With trademark flashes of visual panache and humour, it's all perfectly serviceable, but still leaves us guessing over whether Ritchie is just a one-trick pony.
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	10 Oct–12 Oct Fri, Sat & Sun 10.50	08712 240 240

Space Chimps

Location	Date	Tickets
	On the whim of a sinister senator (Tucci), Ham III (Samberg) - the circus performer grandson of one of the first chimpanzees in space is sent into orbit to retrieve a missing satellite. With endless monkey and banana puns and bog-standard animation, 'Space Chimps' is strictly for easily pleased little monkeys.
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	13 Oct–16 Oct Mon–Thu 10.40am	08712 240 240

The Stone of Destiny

Location	Date	Tickets
	Smith's hysterical, historical heist film gets a Scotland-only release. Cox plays Ian Hamilton, a student who sets out to liberate the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey and bring in back to Scotland. A cinematic non-event, devoid of thrills, excitement and even common sense.
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	10 Oct–16 Oct 10.50am, 1.00, 3.20, 5.35 & 8.00; Fri 1.00, 3.20, 5.35 & 8.00	08712 240 240

Taken

Location	Date	Tickets
	Retired US secret agent operative Bryan (Neeson) steps into fray when his daughter Kim (Grace), with his ex-wife (Janssen), is 'taken' by sex traffickers on a trip to Paris. A high octane, blood thumping update of Paul Schrader's 1979 'Hardcore' is every bit as ridiculous as it sounds but no less enjoyable for it, with Francophile attitude, Chekhovian familial regret, over the top torture and not a fundamentalist Muslim in sight.
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	10 Oct–16 Oct 2.00, 4.10, 6.20 & 8.45; Fri, Sat & Sun 2.00, 4.10, 6.20, 8.45 & 11.10	08712 240 240

Tropic Thunder

Location	Date	Tickets
	While filming a war movie, three Hollywood actors become embroiled with a heroin cartel run by a tyrannical 12-year-old (Brandon Soo Hoo) and are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying. Like Stiller's previous directorial efforts, 'Tropic Thunder' looks like it has been plotted by a child simpleton but most of the time you'll be laughing too hard to notice, or care.
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	10 Oct–16 Oct 12.45 & 5.50; Fri 5.50	08712 240 240

Tropic Thunder (Subtitled)

Location	Date	Tickets
	While filming a war movie, three Hollywood actors become embroiled with a heroin cartel run by a tyrannical 12-year-old (Brandon Soo Hoo) and are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying. Like Stiller's previous directorial efforts, 'Tropic Thunder' looks like it has been plotted by a child simpleton but most of the time you'll be laughing too hard to notice, or care.
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	12 Oct Sun 12.45	08712 240 240

The Women

Location	Date	Tickets
	Depressing update of Clare Booth Luce's 1936 satirical play set in the idle and bitchy world of wealthy wives and divorcees. US TV writer Diane English adapts and directs with little feeling for the sacred text she is dealing with. Some adequate performances, nice costumes and a few decent one-liners aside this prompts the inevitable question: why?
Vue Aberdeen, Aberdeen	11 Oct–16 Oct 10.30am	08712 240 240

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