Cinema

Gimme the Loot
Fri 10 – Thu 16 May
This is writer/director Adam Leon’s debut
feature, a cleverly crafted urban drama that is
neatly photographed by Jonathan Miller. Based
on the strength of this it’s safe to assume we’ll
be seeing big things from Leon in the future.
Gimme the Loot opens with a clever ploy,
whereby graffiti artists on a 1980s television
show brag about their foiled attempts to tag
the giant apple at Shea stadium in New York.
The apple appears every time the Mets score
a home run. Twenty years later this feat has yet
to be achieved and such a coup would inscribe
graffiti artists Malcolm (Ty Hickson) and Sofia
(Tashiana Washington) in street art mythology.
Malcolm and Sofia attempt to raise $500 to
bribe a security guard to gain access to the
stadium, prompting a series of misadventures
from petty theft to shoplifting. The feisty Sofia’s
endeavours to obtain money are thwarted by
rival crews. Malcolm relieves a local drug dealer
of a few bags of weed and makes a delivery to
privileged stoner Ginnie (Zoe Lescaze),
motivating him to plan a burglary. They enlist
small time crook Champion (Meeko) to help,
but his inability to pick the lock leaves their
efforts frustrated.
Cityscapes and dilapidated buildings establish
a gritty New York backdrop, where Leon
generates a comic narrative that is superbly
delivered by a talented cast. This is a
contemporary low budget American film with
a wonderful authenticity that celebrates teen
innocence rather than glorifying gangster
culture.
Dir: Adam Leon
USA 2012 / 1h21m / Digital / cert tbc
Star Trek Into Darkness
Fri 17 – Thu 30 May
The highly anticipated 12th installment of the Star Trek franchise
is finally here. All the elements of the successful 2009 reboot
have been brought back: once again we’re in the safe hands of
director J.J. Abrams (currently working on Star Wars: Episode
VII), writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (Cowboys & Aliens
and Mission: Impossible III) and composer Michael Giacchino.
Chris Pine returns as the impressive James T. Kirk, leading the
crew of the Enterprise on a personal crusade “to capture a one
man weapon of mass destruction.” Kirk and his fellow
adventurers Spock (Zachary Quinto), Bones (Karl Urban of
Dredd 3D fame), Uhura (Zoe Saldana) and Scotty (Simon Pegg)
are on a manhunt that leads them into a war zone. The villain
this time is John Harrison (unlikely sex symbol Benedict
Cumberbatch, Sherlock): an ideologically motivated terrorist,
master manipulator and devious tactician who engages our
heroes in an epic game of chess. Friendships will disintegrate,
love will be tested and sacrifices will have to be made in order to
maintain the only family Kirk has left.
For those of you prepared to boldly go where no man, woman or
Vulcan has gone before, we’re screening Star Trek Into Darkness
in 2D and 3D, giving you a choice. LLP.
Dirs: J.J. Abrams
USA 2013 / 2h09m / Digital 2D & 3D / cert tbc
Bring a Baby screening Thu 23 May, 10:30
Tickets 01382 909 900 7