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The Lady

The Lady

Aung San Suu Kyi biopic does nothing to alleviate Luc Besson's downward course

(2 stars)9 Dec 2011

(TBC) tbcmin Luc Besson is best known for his action adventures such as The Fifth Element, The Big Blue and Leon. The French director’s career has been in decline in recent years and this jump into serious drama has done nothing to alleviate this…

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec (Les Aventures Extraordinaires d'Adele Blanc-Sec)

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec

Luc Besson brings Jacques Tardi's adventure comics to the screen

(3 stars)24 Mar 2011

(12A) 107min The ‘cinéma du look’ pioneer Luc Besson returns with this old-fashioned adventure-cum-fantasy yarn, adapted from Jacques Tardi’s long-running comic book series. Although set on the eve of World War One, its intrepid titular heroine…

Glasgow Film Festival explores the world of mainstream comics and graphic novels

Glasgow Film Festival explores the world of mainstream comics and graphic novels

GFF Ambassador Mark Millar celebrates Scotland’s strength in the field

16 Feb 2011

For a city that doesn’t (yet) boast a gallery of its own Lycra-clad do-gooders in the way that the superhero capital New York does, it’s ironic that it is writers Mark Millar and Grant Morrison, two sons of Glasgow, who are the current creative driving…

Leon: The Director's Cut

Leon: The Director's Cut

(2 stars)4 Nov 2009

(15) 133min (Optimum DVD retail) Luc Besson adds 24 minutes of material removed from the original release for this re-release of his commercially successful 1995 film about hired assassin Leon’s initially reluctant and finally euphoric relationship…

District 13: Ultimatum

District 13: Ultimatum

(3 stars)16 Sep 2009

(15) 100min More parkour thrills in decent follow up to Luc Besson’s winning thriller. General release from Fri 2 Oct.

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Arthur and the Great Adventure
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(2 stars) Arthur answers Princess Selenia's cry for help and is caught by the abominable Maltazard.
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The Lady
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(2 stars) It takes some doing to rob the biopic of Nobel prize-winning Burmese pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi of drama and tension, but that's exactly what Besson manages here. The story of her romance with Oxford academic Michael Aris is mishandled too, making this an entirely wasted opportunity.
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1 Jun–2 Jun Fri & Sat 7pm Tower Mill, Hawick