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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2011

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2011

Reel Science

A series of films accompanied by discussion events with scientists ready to answer your questions about how their subjects could really work - or couldn't!

Programme

4 films · 4 reviews

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28 Days Later (28 Days Later...)

Review preview for 28 Days Later

Garland needs to get back to the drawing board and look up the term 'character development' in his notes.

David Stanners · 3 out of 5
Survivors run from infected killers after apocalyptic rage virus devastates Britain.

(Country: UK; Year: 2002; Director: Danny Boyle; Writer: Alex Garland; Stars: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, Noah Huntley)

The Electric Mind

Review preview for The Electric Mind

The film mixes testimony from surgeons, neurological scientists, patients and computer graphics to draw a complex, interesting layman study of the human mind as a physical entity.

Scott Macdonald · 3.5 out of 5
An insight into contemporary neuroscience and its applications in treating psychological disorders.

(Country: Israel; Year: 2010; Director: Nadav Harel)

Memento

Review preview for Memento

A complex thriller, deftly handled.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
Man with memory damage searches for the rapist who murdered his wife.

(Country: US; Year: 2000; Director: Christopher Nolan; Writer: Christopher Nolan; Stars: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior, Jorja Fox, Stephen Tobolowsky)

The Terminator

Review preview for The Terminator

James Cameron's masterpiece. A lean, brooding, violent and unforgettable experience from a director hungry for success.

Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
Relentless cyborg tries to alter a planet's future by changing one woman's past.

(Country: US; Year: 1984; Director: James Cameron; Writer: James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, William Wisher Jr.; Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen, Bess Motta, Earl Boen, Rick Rossovich, Dick Miller, Shawn Schepps, Bruce M Kerner, Franco Columbu, Bill Paxton, Brad Rearden, Brian Thompson)