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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2010

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010

Night Moves

Films worth staying up late for, generally subversive and often with a sinister edge.

Programme

5 films · 5 reviews

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Evil In The Time Of Heroes (To kako - Stin epohi ton iroon)

Review preview for Evil In The Time Of Heroes

There's a dozen reasonable ideas, none of which are developed into fruition.

Scott Macdonald · 2 out of 5
Rather difficult to sum up in a one-liner - a barmy Greek zombie flick meets Doctor Who.

(Country: Greece; Year: 2009; Director: Yorgos Noussias; Writer: Claudio Bolivar, Christos Houliaras, Petros Nousias, Yorgos Noussias; Stars: Dinos Avgoustidis, Orfeas Avgoustidis, Hristos Biros, Anthony Burk, Yorgos Chraniotis, Skotis Drosos, Meletis Georgiadis, Andreas Kontopoulos, Pepi Moschovakou, Ioanna Pappa, Argiris Thanasoulas, Thanos Tokakis, Apostolis Totsikas, Mary Tsoni, Eftyhia Yakoumi) , Official site

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UK Premiere

The Last Rites Of Ransom Pride

Review preview for The Last Rites Of Ransom Pride

A rather dull action Western.

Scott Macdonald · 1.5 out of 5
Outrageous comedy Western about a young woman taking her murdered lover back to his home to be buried.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2009; Director: Tiller Russell; Writer: Ray Wylie Hubbard, Tiller Russell; Stars: Lizzy Caplan, Cote de Pablo, Peter Dinklage, Jason Priestley, Kris Kristofferson, Scott Speedman, Jon Foster, Dwight Yoakam, W. Earl Brown, Mark Hanson, Alfonso Quijada, Luis Javier, Maddie Duke, John Boncore, Joe Bird) , Official site

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World Premiere

Monsters

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If this is what the British director can achieve on a shoestring, one can only look forward to what a bigger budget may bring with monster expectation.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A human/extra-terrestrial love story cum road movie.

(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Gareth Edwards; Writer: Gareth Edwards; Stars: Whitney Able, Scoot McNairy)

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UK Premiere

Outcast

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For much of its runtime, Outcast may be the best British horror film since The Descent.

Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
Beasties, romance, black magic, comedy and horror - sounds like it's got it all!?

(Country: UK, Ireland; Year: 2010; Director: Colm McCarthy; Writer: Colm McCarthy, Tom K. McCarthy, Tom McCarthy; Stars: Therese Bradley, Niall Bruton, Claire Catterson, James Cosmo, Kate Dickie, Christopher Downie, Karen Gillan, Andrew Martin, Sean McCarthy, Ciarán McMenamin, James Nesbitt, Daniel Porter, Hanna Stanbridge, Christine Tremarco, Wendy Wason)

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UK Premiere

Two Eyes Staring (Zwart water)

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Although van Strien clearly has plenty of talent, he is undone by a constant seen-and-heard-it-all-before-done-better feeling.

Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
When a family move to the countryside, their daughter befriends a little girl who 'lives' in the basement.

(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2010; Director: Elbert van Strien; Writer: Elbert van Strien, Paulo van Vliet; Stars: Hadewych Minis, Barry Atsma, Isabelle Stokkel, Charlotte Arnoldy, Warre Borgmans, Philippe Colpaert, Els Dottermans, Viviane de Muynck, Bart Slegers, Lisa Smit, Tibo Vandenborre, Bastiaan Rook) , Official site

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International Premiere