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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2014

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014

Wicked And Wild

Renamed strand replacing Night Moves - unpredictable journeys into imagination and terror.

Programme

11 films · 8 reviews

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The Anomaly

Review preview for The Anomaly

Strikingly lacking in originality or sense of fun.

Robert Munro · 2 out of 5
A former soldier is taken captive and awakens in the back of a van to learn he only has a few moments to figure out how he got there.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Noel Clarke; Writer: Simon Lewis; Stars: Noel Clarke, Ian Somerhalder, Brian Cox, Alexis Knapp, Luke Hemsworth, Niall Greig Fulton, Michael Bisping, Ali Cook, Art Parkinson, Reuben Dabrow, Kumud Pant, Leila Wong, Eleanor Gecks, Allistair McNab, Lee Charles)

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World premiere.

Coherence

Review preview for Coherence

A clever, minimal bit of film-making.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
A group of old friends gather for dinner... gather for dinner... gather for dinner...

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: James Ward Byrkit; Writer: James Ward Byrkit, James Ward Byrkit, Alex Manugian; Stars: Emily Baldoni, Maury Sterling, Nicholas Brendon, Elizabeth Gracen, Alex Manugian, Lauren Maher, Hugo Armstrong, Lorene Scafaria)

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UK premiere.

The Green Inferno

Review preview for The Green Inferno

The characterisation of this verdant terra incognito is decidedly old-fashioned, like a racist grandpa who insists on holding the door for ladies.

Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
A group of college activists are taken hostage in the Peruvian jungle.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Eli Roth; Writer: Guillermo Amoedo, Nicolás López, Eli Roth; Stars: Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, Daryl Sabara, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Sky Ferreira, Magda Apanowicz, Nicolás Martínez, Aaron Burns, Ignacia Allamand, Ramón Llao, Richard Burgi, Eusebio Arenas, Mary Dunworth, Matías López, Antonieta Pari)

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UK premiere.

Honeymoon

Review preview for Honeymoon

Shows how tension can be mounted on a budget.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Two newlyweds find their relationship tested in a house by the lake.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Leigh Janiak; Writer: Phil Graziadei, Leigh Janiak; Stars: Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway, Ben Huber, Hanna Brown, Henry Lawrence)

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UK premiere.

The Infinite Man

Review preview for The Infinite Man

A beautiful piece of clockwork film-making, full of parts that rotate to change meaning.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
What would happen if you could rewrite the past - again?

(Country: Australia; Year: 2014; Director: Hugh Sullivan; Writer: Hugh Sullivan; Stars: Josh McConville, Hannah Marshall, Alex Dimitriades)

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UK premiere.

Let Us Prey

Review preview for Let Us Prey

Credit must go to cinematographer Piers McGrail whose sumptuous visuals add to the tension and creeping sense of dread.

Robert Munro · 4 out of 5
Held in a remote police station, a mysterious stranger takes over the minds and souls of everyone inside.

(Country: UK, Ireland; Year: 2014; Director: Brian O'Malley; Writer: David Cairns, Fiona Watson; Stars: Liam Cunningham, Sophie Stephanie Farmer, Niall Greig Fulton, Bryan Larkin, James McCreadie, Pollyanna McIntosh, Douglas Russell, Hanna Stanbridge, Brian Vernel, Jonathan Watson)

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UK premiere.

Life After Beth

Review preview for Life After Beth

Feels less experimental and alternative than, well, the zombie genre demands.

Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
Beth dying makes life hard. Beth coming back makes it harder.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Jeff Baena; Writer: Jeff Baena; Stars: Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Alia Shawkat, Matthew Gray Gubler, Dane DeHaan, John C Reilly, Cheryl Hines, Molly Shannon, Thomas McDonell, Paul Reiser, Paul Weitz, Eva La Dare, Zoë Worth, Jenna Nye, Bechir Sylvain)

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UK premiere.

Miss Zombie

A high society family in rural Japan receives a post package with a new housemaid, who is… somewhat different.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2013; Director: Hiroyuki Tanaka; Writer: Hiroyuki Tanaka; Stars: Ayaka Komatsu, Makoto Togashi, Toru Tezuka, Okito Serizawa, Tarô Suruga, Riku Ohnishi, Takaya Yamauchi)

UK premiere.

Runaway Day

When an epidemic breaks out, Athens becomes a ghost town.

(Country: Greece; Year: 2013; Director: Dimitris Bavellas; Writer: Dimitris Bavellas; Stars: Maria Skoula, Efthymis Papadimitriou, Errikos Litsis, Eva Vogli, Constantinos Staridas, Ivonni Maltezou, Christos Stergioglou, Yiannis Papadopoulos, Constantinos Voudouris, Nikos Giannikas, Yorgos Arahovitis, Giorgos Belessiotis, Odysseas Chatziparas, Alekos Dragonas, Anthi Efstratiadou)

UK premiere.

Scintilla (The Hybrid)

Review preview for Scintilla

Scintilla is minimal, efficient, entertaining.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
Trouble lurks in an underground military research facility.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Billy O'Brien; Writer: Steve Clark, Josh Golga, Rob Green, Billy O'Brien, G.P. Taylor; Stars: Perri Hanson, Antonia Thomas, John Lynch, Craig Conway, Morjana Alaoui, Ned Dennehy, Adam Fogerty, Jumayn Hunter, Beth Winslet, Edward Dogliani, Aiste Gramantaite, Steve Wraith, Dylan Barnes, Sophia Hatfield, Dermot Daly)

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UK premiere.

Shi hun (Shi hun)

How far will a man go to cover up for the demon who's taken over his son's body?

(Country: Taiwan; Year: 2013; Director: Chung Mong-Hong; Writer: Chung Mong-Hong; Stars: Wang Yu, Chang Hsiao-chuan, Chen Shiang-chyi, Leon Dai, Chin Shih-Chieh, Wu Pong Fong)

UK premiere.