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OPERATION 8
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Dir: Errol Wright, Abi King-Jones It’s ironic that this documentary was released during the same week all firearms charges against defendants arrested during the notorious Operation 8 were dropped – the raids upon activists throughout New Zealand and particularly on the Tuhoe people in the Urewera ranges. This is a documentary everyone should see. I can’t put it any more simply than that. It is eye-opening and deeply alarming, as reports and eye-witness accounts of the original raids give way to a wider examination of the complicity – wilfully malicious or simply blinkered – of the media, the government and the justice system in what, to put it very kindly, was a spectacularly misjudged action by the police. So Paul Walker and the babe spring Vin Deisel on his way to prison and they haul off to Rio with The Rock on their trail. In no time at all they’re at war with the local drug kingpin, getting the team back together and planning a $100 million heist. It’s fast, it’s furious, it’s ). DepartFast & Furious 5 ( ing from formula, this sidelines the car racing to be more of a violent Ocean’s 11. The thieves are a lacklustre bunch, but Rio looks exotic and Dwayne Johnson’s hard-nosed DSS agent brings welcome energy to a film where the spectacularly destructive finale is more important than… well, anything really. The post-credit sequence promises further instalments. 2005’s Reeker scored points for verve, but few for originality: isolated young cuties were dispatched by a smelly hooded killer – but in a twist were revealed to be dead all along, killed in an earlier car accident. In No Man’s Land: there are The Rise of Reeker clear signs 20 minutes in that this is the same deal, just with different characters. Surely not. Who cares what happens if everyone’s dead anyway? What’s the point of a twist if you know what it is? Ignoring these questions writer/director Dave Payne makes an entertaining, if pointless, job of things. Everyone loves a good courtroom thriller, as the popularity of John Grisham thrillers attests. The Trial is likewise based on a best-selling book but, despite the efforts of lead lawyer Matthew Modine, the film never engages. Grief-ridden and suicidal after
Many people, from police chief Howard Broad to Labour deputy leader Annette King to the editor of the Dominion Post, emerge very poorly from this film. The suggestion is that this represented both deep seated racism and an overzealous attempt to stifle any sort of political dissent, fuelled by a paranoia that equates animal rights and peace activists with terrorists. It is a thesis that is hard to dispute on the evidence presented here. If you thought you lived in something resembling a free and open country, think again. This documentary offers ample evidence that the forces New Zealand has most to fear from are part of the establishment, not those struggling to change it.
the death of his family, he is forced by a judge to take “one last case”. There is little tension, the reveals come too late and the whole thing feels like a bland made-for-television pot-boiler. Griff The Invisible is the latest of a veritable new movie sub-genre: people pretending to be superheroes. Check Defendor, Super, Kick-Ass, et al. Here the dude who plays Sookie’s brother in True Blood is the harmless, but mentally troubled wannabe – donning the colourful garb of the titular masked crime-fighter with predictably mixed results. It’s a sweet low-key film, a creditable effort on a smallish budget, enjoyable but forgettable. In case Cohen fans overlooked it, there is a fantastic documentary revolving around Leonard Cohen’s 1972 European tour, Bird On A Wire . It’s a fascinating glimpse at the singer in his earlier years, mixing insightful interviews with some remarkable stage and backstage footage, particularly from a hair-raising concert in Tel Aviv.
Club Mount Maunganui Friday 9 – Helmet in the Bush. Mount RSA Friday 9 – Helen Riley. Saturday 10 – Tony Wellington. Sunday 11 – Harlequin 4.307.30pm.
The Crown and Badger Friday 9 – The Mixed Nuts. Saturday 10 – Shabang. Sunday 11 – The Blarney Band (Andy Craw & guests) 3-6pm. Thursday 15 – Chris Gunn and guests 8pm start.
Across No. 1234 6. Ski resort (SI) (5,6) 6. Month (5) 7. Mope (4) 11. Spiders (8) 8. Slaughterhouse (8) 13. Under cover (6) 9. Impudent (6) 14 Usual (6) 10. Deserved (6) 15. Flag (6) 12. Town (SI) (6) 16. Farewell (5) 15. Cause to be loved 18. Shape (4) (6) C G N E E B T B I E A S H P A I N K I L L E R K S M 17. Suspends (8) S T U F E K L O M R A C Y 19. Song (4) K E N O E I N T R O K A M E A D R D N G T X R I M A 20. Lake (NI) (11) M U R C H I S O N J K P M Down Y E L E OW I T O F A T O A O C D P O P O K A T E A 1. Most distant (8) O R A L I U G R T I I M K 2. Stable (6) A E C U L T R A I R O A M T W I N E L I N I WO I K 3. Rotate (6) A A C C H A N G E A B L E 4. Island (NI) (4) F E T H E Y E E O Y T S R 5. Applaud (6) Solution 1233
M O V I E S With Rialto
Win Win (M) Contains offensive language Friday Sept 9 - Wed Sept 14 131 Jellicoe Street, Te Puke. EARLY SCREENINGS!
THE HELP
Comedy-drama from the director of The Visitor and The Station Agent, about Mike Flaherty (Paul Giamatti), a down on his luck attorney who moonlights as a high school wrestling coach in order to support his family. When the runaway son of one of Flaherty’s elderly clients arrives in town, Flaherty takes him under his wing and discovers the boy has the potential to be a star wrestler. Things start to turn around for the pair, until the boy’s mother (New Zealand actor Melanie Lynskey) shows up, fresh out of rehab, flat broke and threatening to derail everything.
Capitol Cinema 4
(M) Contains Adult Themes.
Holding at No. 1 in the US Box Office for 3 weeks! Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sissy Spacek. Based on the New York Times bestselling novel, Emma Stone stars in this story of 3 extraordinary women in the American deep South in 1962. on MEGASCREEN. Fri 2:00, 5:15, 8:10pm. Sat 11:45, 5:00, 8:00pm. Sun 11:20, 2:20, 5:20.
NEW THIS WEEK
THE CHANGE-UP
Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, Olivia Wilde. Comedy where a father accidentally switches bodies with his best friend. Fri 1:30, 6:10, 8:35. Sat 3:40, 8:30pm. Sun 1:05, 5:45. Mon 3:40, 8:15pm. Tue 1:30, 6:00, 8:20pm. Wed 3:40, 8:25pm.
HANNA (M) Violence & Offensive Language.
Win Win is now showing at Rialto Tauranga. The Weekend Sun has two double passes to give away to the lucky readers who can tell us who is the Kiwi actor in this film? Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the Competitions section. Entries must be received by September 13.
JANE EYRE
(M) Contains Adult Themes.
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Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana. A 16-year-old is raised by her dad to be the perfect assassin. Fri 3:50, 8:30. Sat 1:20, 6:10. Sun 3:25, 8:10pm. Mon 6:00. Tue 3:50, 8:10. Wed 8:10pm.
Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins, Jamie Bell. A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he’s hiding a terrible secret. FINAL DAYS! Fri 1:30, 6:00pm. Sat 3:50, 8:15pm. Sun 5:45pm. LARRY CROWNE (M) Offensive Language. Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts. Tue 1:35. Wed 6:05pm. FINAL WEEK!
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HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 (3D) (M) Supernatural Themes & Violence Sat 11:00am. Sun 3:00pm. Mon 8:00pm.
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KUNG FU PANDA 2 (3D)
(PG) Low Level Violence.
Jack Black, Angelina Jolie. Sunday 11:00am.
CARS 2 (3D)
(PG) Coarse Language.
Adventure, Comedy. Animation. Saturday 11:00am.
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HORRIBLE BOSSES
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COMEDY
Contains Offensive Language, Drug Use & Sexual Content That May Offend.
Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx Sun 8:20pm. Mon 8:20pm. Tue 2:00, 6:20. Wed 6:20pm.
MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS
(G) Jim Carrey Comedy. Fri 4:00pm. Sat 1:45pm. Sun 11:00, 1:00pm. Mon 6:00pm. Tue 3:55pm. Wed 4:00pm.
MRS. CAREY’S CONCERT (PG) Coarse Language. Doco. Karen, the Music Director at a Sydney Girl’s High School, puts on a concert every 2 years at the Sydney Opera House (M) Fri 4:10, 8:15pm. Sat 12:00, 6:10pm. Sun 11:30, 3:45pm. COWBOYS & ALIENS (M) Contains Violence. RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford. Sun 8:05. Wed 6:00. Contains Violence. James Franco. Sat 2:45. Mon 3:50, Mon 6:10pm. Tue 4:05pm. Wed 8:30pm. 6:10pm. Tue 4:05, 8:30pm. Wed 3:50, 8:30pm. INCENDIES (R16) Violence & Content That May Disturb. BEYOND (R16) DRAMA BILLY T: TE MOVIE (PG) Contains Drug References. Oscar Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, 2011. Contains Violence, Domestic Violence & Offensive Language. Fri 1:40pm. Sat 1:50, 8:00pm. Sun 1:20, 5:50pm. Documentary celebrating NZ comedian, Billy T . Swedish drama. Fri 6:20. Sat 4:15. Sun 8:20pm. Mon 3:45pm. Tue 1:40, 7:50pm. Wed 6:05pm. Sat 6:15pm. Mon 3:55pm. Tue 6:10pm. Mon 8:00pm. Tue 6:00pm. Wed 3:45pm.