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Glasgow Film Festival · 2015

Glasgow Film Festival 2015

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5 films · 5 reviews

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Children Of Men

Review preview for Children Of Men

This is a film that takes no prisoners. It will live long in the memory.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
Conspiracy surrounds the birth of a child in an infertile post-apocalyptic world.

(Country: UK, US, Japan; Year: 2006; Director: Alfonso Cuarón; Writer: Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, based on the novel by P D James; Stars: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Claire-Hope Ashitey, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam, Danny Huston, Peter Mullan, Pam Ferris, Oana Pellea, Jacek Koman)

Dazed And Confused

Review preview for Dazed And Confused

This is an ensemble triumph, somehow made all the more amiable by its general lack of earth-shattering incident.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
It's the last day of school and the kids are ready to party.

(Country: US; Year: 1993; Director: Richard Linklater; Writer: Richard Linklater; Stars: Jason London, Joey Lauren Adams, Milla Jovovich, Shawn Andrews, Rory Cochrane, Adam Goldberg, Anthony Rapp, Sasha Jenson, Marissa Ribisi, Deena Martin, Michelle Burke, Cole Hauser, Christine Harnos, Wiley Wiggins, Mark Vandermeulen)

The Goonies

Review preview for The Goonies

Donner's era-defining adventure is at once lighthearted, serious, scary and lots of fun.

Stephen Carty · 4.5 out of 5
A pirate treasure map leads a group of kids on an adventure.

(Country: US; Year: 1985; Director: Richard Donner; Writer: Steven Spielberg, Chris Columbus; Stars: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, Ke Huy Quan, John Matuszak, Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano, Anne Ramsey, Lupe Ontiveros, Mary Ellen Trainor, Keith Walker, Curtis Hanson)

Jodorowsky's Dune

Review preview for Jodorowsky's Dune

Jodorowsky, amazingly vigorous at 84, is never anything less than captivating, funny, and passionate when on screen.

Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
A documentary about Alejandro Jodorowsky's failed attempt to adapt Frank Herbert's famous science fition novel Dune for the big screen.

(Country: US, France, Germany; Year: 2013; Director: Frank Pavich; Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky)

The King Of Kong (The King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters)

Review preview for The King Of Kong

It's clear that director Seth Gordon is rooting for Wiebe - but it is not just a trick of the editing that means within 30 minutes of the political machinations of Kong beginning, you will be too.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Arcade gamers battle it out to be top dog at Donkey Kong.

(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Seth Gordon; Stars: Steve Wiebe, Billy Mitchell, Walter Day, Mark Alpiger, Greg Bond, Craig Glenday, Brian Kuh, Robert Mruczek, Todd Rogers, Steve Sanders, Doris Self) , Official site