18 Ya hala / May 09

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TERMINATOR

SALVATION

‘Hasta la vista, baby.’ When Arnie first spoke those words a

whopping 18 years ago in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, he

meant them. Almost two decades later and the sci-fi series is

still going strong, and yes, the Governator may have hung up

his acting boots for now, but that hasn’t halted the release of

the fourth instalment, Terminator Salvation starring Christian

Bale as John Connor. Set in post-apocalyptic 2018, Connor is

yet again the man fated to lead the human resistance against

Skynet and its Terminators. But the future Connor was raised

to believe in is altered by the appearance of Marcus Wright

(played by Aussie Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last

memory is being on death row. Connor must decide whether

Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the

past. As Skynet prepares for its final confrontation, Connor

and Marcus must stick together and venture to the heart of

Skynet’s operations, where they uncover a terrible secret behind

the possible annihilation of mankind. This highly anticipated

film is not another remake of the last three before it, but rather

explores a new plot that is as refreshing as it is worthwhile

to watch.

CHE: pART TwO

This is the second part of Steven Soderbergh’s biopic starring Benicio

Del Toro as Argentine revolutionary, Che Guevara. In Che: Part

One, we watched the revolutionary medic’s struggle to overthrow

Cuba’s Batista government and the success he experienced with

the establishment of Fidel Castro as the island’s new leader. The

final instalment in the Guevara series picks up seven years later and

focuses on his downwards spiral. Entering Bolivia in disguise as an

OAS diplomat in 1966, he sets off into the dangerous and rugged

mountain landscapes of the jungle, where he leads a small group of

Bolivian communists into an armed struggle that he hopes will carry

the revolution to the mainland. Little does he know that the armed

forces set up to counteract his attacks have been trained by the CIA.

FILM REvIEWS

CORALINEDakota Fanning is the voice of Coraline Jones in this animated film about

a curious 11-year-old girl who struggles to fit into a new neighbourhood

following her parent’s decision to relocate the family. When her parents

(Teri Hatcher and John Hodgman) move to a strange new house in Oregon she tries to find some excitement in her environment. With her parents too preoccupied with work to listen to her, she meets some odd neighbours – an annoying local boy and eccentric British actresses Miss Spink and Forcible (Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French) and Russian Mr. Bobinksy, who all leave her in much doubt about her whereabouts. But then one night she discovers a

secret door in her house that leads into an eerie passage. Here she

uncovers an alternate version of her life, where, on the surface

the parallel is much better than her reality. When the visit turns

dangerous, she must gather all her courage and determination

to get back home and save her family.

What to watch at Grand Festival Cinemas in May. Words Jenny Hewett

May 09 / Ya hala 19

STAR TREKBeam me up Scottie! Ever been to a Star Trek

convention? No, me neither – but I’m sure fans will be

yapping with delight after the release of the modern

remake of the cult series Star Trek 2009. The old crew is

back, they’ve had a much younger revamp and quite appropriately are venturing to boldly go where no man has gone before. This space adventure focuses on the history of James T. Kirk and Spock and is an entertaining flick. Stars Winona Ryder, Simon Pegg and Eric Bana.

ACCIDENTAL HUSBANDUma Thurman plays Dr Emma Lloyd, a Manhattan radio talk-show

host and famed love expert who offers relationship advice to distressed

couples of New York. When she advises one of her listeners to call off

their wedding, the groom-to-be, Patrick decides to get

back at Emma with the help of his neighbour and hacks

into her details on the City Hall database and marries

her. When Emma and her fiancé Richard (Colin Firth)

go to register their nuptials, they discover that Emma is

already married. She sets out to put the record straight,

but ends up discovering an unlikely attraction.

CORALINEDakota Fanning is the voice of Coraline Jones in this animated film about

a curious 11-year-old girl who struggles to fit into a new neighbourhood

following her parent’s decision to relocate the family. When her parents

(Teri Hatcher and John Hodgman) move to a strange new house in Oregon she tries to find some excitement in her environment. With her parents too preoccupied with work to listen to her, she meets some odd neighbours – an annoying local boy and eccentric British actresses Miss Spink and Forcible (Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French) and Russian Mr. Bobinksy, who all leave her in much doubt about her whereabouts. But then one night she discovers a

secret door in her house that leads into an eerie passage. Here she

uncovers an alternate version of her life, where, on the surface

the parallel is much better than her reality. When the visit turns

dangerous, she must gather all her courage and determination

to get back home and save her family.

GHOST OF GIRLFRIENDS pASTMatthew McConaughey

is cast as Connor Mead, a celebrity photographer

and womaniser who is haunted by the ghosts

of his former girlfriends at his younger brother

Paul’s (Breckin Meyer) wedding. The ghost girls of his past, present

and future take him through a humorous journey delving into his relationship history to

try and make him realise his mistakes, but it’s not

until he is haunted by old flame and best friend

of his brother’s fiancée, Jenny (Jennifer Garner) that he begins to think

seriously about finding true love. This film is the

epitome of a chick flick, get your girlfriends

together for this one.

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