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Film: A film based on 1980s c omic strip and cart oon about a talk ing Gr ea t Dane . 7.30pm. / [email protected] / The Old Book Binders, 9 Green Street S T U D E N T TH E AT R E R E V I E WS AT TH E B U R TO N TAY L OR AFRICA UNITED [12A ] daily : 2.30, 5.00, 8.00, 10.45pm PET MOON, BRAINDEAD COLLECTIVE, BLESSED FORCE DJS / New project T h e L ess on b y I o n e s c o T hr ee Rw andan k ids w alk 3000 miles acr oss A frica t o see the W orld C up . C omedy . for former Youthmoves frontman / 8pm / Bullingdon Arms, 162 Cowley Rd A L ittle Dar k er b y L i tt l e D a r k P A R A N O R M A L A C T I V I T Y 2 [ 1 5 ] F r i : 1 . 1 0 , 3 . 2 5 , 5 . 4 0 , 7 . 4 5 , 1 1 . 4 5 p m The Burt on T a ylor S tudio: F ri 22 nd Oct & Sa t 23 rd The Burt on T a ylor S tudio: F ri 22 nd Oct & Sa t 23 rd Sa t , W ed: 10.50am, 1.10, 3.25, 5.40, 7.45, 11.45pm Mon 25th Oct: 9 .3 0pm, £ 6 ( £5 ). Oct: 7.3 0pm, £ 6 ( £5 ) Sun - T ue , T hu: 10.50am, 1.10, 3.25, 5.40, 7.45pm TALENTED MONDAYS / Music & comedy open mic / 7pm, free. / Far From The *C ontains spoilers* This is an early short pla y b y A family slo wly r ealise they ar e the tar get of no mortal bur glars . Madding Crowd, Friar’s Entry, (off Magdalen St), OX1 2BY Described on the program as “the most ALPHA AND OMEGA (3D ) [U] F ri: 12.45, 3.00pm tran sgressiv e c omedy t o e v er appear outside of a Ionesc o , which he himself described as an “ an ti-pla y” ERJA LYYTINEN BAND / The best in Finnish blues / The Famous Monday – as good a wa y as an y t o indica t e tha t an ything Sa t - W ed: 10.40am, 12.45, 3.00, 5.15pm; T hu: 10.40am, 12.45, 3.00pm Blues / 8pm. £10 / The Bullingdon Arms, 162 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1UE UKIP election manifest o” , the new production from Lady and the T r amp is r et old - this time with w olv es . the studen t c omedy group , Little Dark, sets out approaching boring old bourgeois c ommonplac es SA W 3D [18] T hu: 8.30, 10.30pm JEFF, MATTY & FRIENDS / Melodic jazz jam / [email protected]/ such as plot, charact er and ra tional dialogue ha v e 9pm, free / Ampleforth Arms, Collinwood Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 8HH t o c onfound the sen ses and mess with the mind. T he sev en th instalmen t of the grisly fr anchise . N o w ev en closer! Oh gosh. It starts promisingly; the audienc e are greet ed t o been t ossed out the windo w . A t eacher rec eiv es a BURKE AND HARE [15] W ed & T hu: 7.45, 10.15pm DAN ANTOPOLSKI: NATIONAL TOUR / ‘Surreal comedy genius’. / 8pm. £5- new pupil for a lesson. She is a shin y , happ y-fac ed Simon P egg and Andy Serk is as the r eal life 19th c en tury Resurr ection Men. £7 / oxfordcomedytickets.co.uk / The Cellar, Frewin Court / 244761 a pre-sho w monologue in v olving four drunk en, dishe v elled drink ers arguing o v er a card game. This aut oma t on, whose respon ses t o his question s THE SOCIAL NETW ORK [12A ]  *Ov er 18s: Sun & T ue 7.15pm FRESHER REFRESHER T he founders of F ac ebook and their la wsuits . daily: 1.40, 4.15, 7.15*, 10.00pm is follo wed b y a poncho-clad, c o wbo y ha t wearing begin t o exaspera t e him hugely . The dialogue doesn ’t exactly crackle with wit or bludgeon DESPICABLE ME (3D ) [U]  F ri: 11.45am, 2.00, 4.30, 6.45, 9pm to Sat stranger polit ely asking the audienc e t o giv e a Sa t - W ed: 9.30am, 11.45, 2.00, 4.30, 6.45, 9.00pm round of applause t o Little Dark. So far , so good. with emotional po wer , thanks t o Ionesc o’ s well- Criminal mast ermind is adopt ed b y orphans . T hu: 9.30am, 11.45, 2.00, 4.30pm THEATRE 30 Oct documen t ed fascina tion with the mundane – for KIDS AM: T O Y ST OR Y 3 (2D ) [U]  Sa t - T hu: 10.30am A ft er a grea t start, the first sk et ch pro v es t o ‘Thea tre of the Absurd’ , we should really substitut e T he t o ys must escape fr om a da y car e c en tr e . Oxford Playhouse (305305) be something of a disappoin tmen t; a weak ‘S ta t emen t of the Ob vious’ – but it does ha v e its o wn T E E N S C R E E N I N G : S C O TT P I L G R I M V S T H E W O R L D [ 1 2 A ]  BBC R4: A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 OBJECTS performanc e c onc erning two care-free doct ors surreal humour and c ertainly the blok e behind me Sc ott P ilgrim must defea t his girlfriend’ s evil e x es t o win her heart . F ri, T hu: 5.15pm JD Hill offers a behind scenes look at making of Radio 4 series. £5. Fri 22nd: 5pm tha t raises barely a titt er . It picks up a bit aft er this, was chuckling happily a wa y throughout. LIFE AS WE KNO W IT [12A ] daily : 7.45, 10.15pm THE BIG FELLAH BY RICHARD BEAN  Fri 22nd: 8pm in t ermitt en tly , but the whole affair is, sadly , best Ka therine H eigl c omedy : tw o people adopt r ec en tly -orphaned child . Story of Irish Americans in New York. £15.50 - £24.50. Sat 23rd: 2.30pm, 7.30pm described as “hit and miss” . It’ s frustra ting, as all It is a little wistful t o witness wha t passed as W ALL STREET : MONEY NEVER SLEEPS [12A ]  THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN Wed 27th: 7.30pm of the cast members are talen t ed performers, but dangerously experimen tal in 1 9 5 1 when modern Sequel t o W all S tr eet , follo wing life of tr ader aft er prison. W ed & T hu: 8.15pm Thu 28th, Sat 30th: 2.30pm and 7.30pm; Fri 29th: 8pm thea tre is busting its o wn boundaries in so man y Peter Shaffer’s play about the Spanish conquest of Inca Peru. £9.50-£14.50. they t end t o rely on ex c essiv e shouting and half DIAR Y OF A WIMP Y KID [PG] F ri - T ue: 11.30am more wa ys, but if y ou fancy a spot of aliena tion and Liv e-action adapta tion of Jeff Kinney’ s illustr a t ed no v el about sixth gr ade studen t . heart ed shock tactics t o carry the production North Wall Arts Centre (319450) along, as if trying t o mask a lack of depth within the futility , then this ma y be for y ou. Ionesc o trashes THE O THER GUY S [12A ] F ri & Sa t , W ed: 11.10pm writing. Some of the sk et ches seem unremittingly an ything lik e a c on v en tional st ory-line and builds C omedy action crime film about tw o misma t ched det ectiv es . TOY MUSIC Fri 22nd: 8pm the pla ylet around ac c elera ting rh ythms and cy clical Minimal music created from pocket trumpet and meccano. £12 (£10). crass; one particular sk et ch, which in v olv es a bab y V A M P I R E S S U C K [ 1 2 A ] F r i & Sa t , W e d : 2 . 4 5 , 4 . 4 5 , 7 . 0 0 , 9 . 3 0 , 1 1 . 3 0 p m repetition s t o a t en se cresc endo . He doesn ’t care for A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Wed 27th - Fri 29th: 7.30pm getting its head stamped on, is just plain juv enile. Sun - T ue, T hu: 2.45, 4.45, 7.00, 9.30pm realistic psy chology or c oheren t dialogue , sho wing Spoof of t een fang bang genr e . Subtitles: T ue 7.00pm. Arthur Miller’s classic: desire, loyalty & justice. £12 (£8) Sat 30th: 2.30pm, 7.30pm The une v en t one is reflect ed in the general reaction us charact ers who seem mechanical, dehumanized, DESPICABLE ME (2D ) [U] Sa t - T hu: 10.00am, 1.00, 3.15, 5.30pm of the audienc e; most of the sk et ches are met with C riminal mast ermind is adopt ed b y thr ee orphans . F ri: 1.00, 3.15, 5.30pm Pegasus Theatre (01865 722851) polit e chuckles and modera t e claps ra ther than the and speak in non-sequiturs, an ticipa ting the FINDING BEULAH Fri 22nd: 8pm belly laugh s which they are seeking. Tha t’ s not t o gloriously off-k ey dialogue of Ort on and P in t er . It Odeon Geor ge S t (08 7 1 2 2 44 00 7) Drama - a woman searches for her soul mate. £10 (£8). does build t o an uneasy sen se of menac e. SENIOR SCREEN: THE SWIT CH [12A ] W ed: 10.45am sa y it’ s all bad! There is a t least one t oe-tapping Highly pr edictable bab y c omedy with Jennifer Anist on. Burton Taylor Studio (305305) musical number , and in amongst the t oilet talk Olivia Madin as the P upil was spectacularly shin y there is some genuinely in sigh tful, c erebral writing. ODEON KIDS: REVENGE OF KITTY GAL ORE (2D ) [U] THE LESSON  Fri 22nd & Sat 23rd: 7.30pm and happ y . Max F let cher was unc on vincingly Sa t & Sun, T ue , T hu: 11.00am; Mon: 10.45am Absurdist theatre : a student’s relationship with her tutor gets very odd. £6 (£5). It’ s just a shame they aim for the lo west c ommon T he ca ts and dogs st op figh ting t o join for c es against a sp y . grump y and old as the P rofessor , but his hair was A LITTLE DARKER  Fri 22nd & Sat 23rd: 9.30pm denomina t or when they c ould be doing something v ery good, splendidly E in st einesque. The re v ela tion W ALL STREET : MONEY NEVER SLEEPS [12A ]  An hour of “dark, disturbing [and] funny” (OxStu) sketches. £6 (£5). of a far higher calibre. Sequel t o W all S tr eet , follo wing life of tr ader aft er prison. T ue & W ed: 8.00pm of the e v ening though was Krittika Bha ttacharjee , THE ELECTRIC BALLROOM Tue 26th - Sat 30th: 7.30pm who was unreserv edly brillian t and creep y as the V A M P I R E S S U C K [ 1 2 A ]Sa t - W e d : 1 2 . 4 5 , 3 . 4 5 , 5 . 4 5 p m ; T h u : 1 2 . 0 0 , 3 . 4 5 p m Three sisters trapped by the past, the future and each other. £6 (£5) P hill Bro wn and C hris T urner deserv e a special S p o o f o f f a n g b a n g g e n r e . S u b t i t l e s S u n , T u e : 3 . 4 5 p m ; M o n , W e d : 5 . 4 5 p mF r i : 3 . 4 5 , 5 . 4 5 p m men tion. As well as performing and c o-writing, Maid. She pops in and out during the c ourse of the THE T O WN [15]  F ri - Mon: 8.00pm 19 Barnet St, OX4 3AN (07867 900746) they also respectiv ely produc ed and direct ed the Lesson t o warn the P rofessor again st c ertain subjects Ben A ffleck in semi-serious heist thriller . INVASION OF PRIVACY Sat 23rd & Sun 24th, Sat 30th: 12 to 6pm sho w t o an admitt edly high standard. There is an because they will ‘ get him t oo ex cit ed’ , but she is SA W 3D [18] T hu: 7.15, 9.45pm A small terraced house is invaded by 11 artists from the UK, Spain, and Canada. Free. impressiv e musical sc ore throughout, c ourt esy of clearly directing his action s in some bizarre and T he sev en th instalmen t of the grisly fr anchise . N o w ev en closer! Oh gosh. T om Hodge , and some impressiv e t echnical work spooky wa y . I wonder whether Ionesc o would quit e P ARANORMAL A CTIVITY 2 [15] daily : 2.15, 4.45, 7.00, 9.30pm New Theatre, Oxford (0844 8471585) ha v e appro v ed of the wa y this production handled Chiller . A family slo wly r ealise they ar e the tar get of no mortal bur glars . from Mark Bro wn. Jenni Mack enzie also sho ws grea t HAIRSPRAY THE MUSICAL  Fri 22nd: 7.30pm promise. A Litt le Dar k er is definit ely worth a look, the end, because it suddenly became in t en sely LEGEND OF THE GU ARDIANS [PG] F ri: 3.00, 5.45, 8.15pm Starring Brian Conley as Edna Turnblad. £35.50 - £18.50. Sat 23rd: 2.30pm, 7.30pm Owls! L ots of o wls! Sa t - T hu: 12.30, 3.00, 5.45, 8.15pm particularly if y ou are a fan of surreal British c omedy F reudian and drama tic. I’ m alwa ys in t erest ed in SPAMALOT Mon 25th & Tue 26th, Thu 28th & Fri 29th: 7.30pm sho ws such as Mon ty Pyt hon ’ s F lying C ir c u s and The the in sigh tful remarks of m y t eenage c ompanion. R E D [ 1 2 A ] F r i : 3 . 1 5 , 6 . 1 5 , 9 . 0 0 p m ; Sa t - T h u : 1 2 . 1 5 , 3 . 1 5 , 6 . 1 5 , 9 . 0 0 p m Monty Python musical. £37 - £14.75. Wed 27th, Sat 30th: 2.30pm, 7.30pm Bruc e W illis in “ a last dit ch effort t o surviv e . ” L eague Of Gen t lemen , but it is also fla wed, with a When ask ed her opinion, she replied tha t it was ra ther lik e The Ex or cist. Ho w so ? I enquired, thrilled EASY A [15] F ri - Sun, T ue - T hu: 1.00, 3.30, 6.00, 8.45pm Cornerstone Arts Ctre (01235 515144) lot of the sk et ches c oming across as meandering, Student w ea v es a tangled w eb of rumours . Mon: 2.00, 4.30, 7.00, 9.15pm a t her capacity for cross-media c omparison. She STICK MAN Sun 24th: 2pm vulgar and inc on sequen tial. Giv en time , Little Dark DESPICABLE ME (3D ) [U]  Age 4+. A story about Stick Man trying to get back to his family tree. £8 (£6). will muta t e in t o the head spinning, windo w ra ttling replied ‘because it’ s only in t eresting for the last Sa t - T hu: 11.15am, 1.45, 4.15, 6.45, 9.15pm c omedy beast they so dearly wan t t o be. They just t en minut es’ . A little harsh, – but those t en minut es Criminal mast ermind is adopt ed b y 3 orphans . F ri: 1.45, 4.15, 6.45, 9.15pm THE HOT DOTS Sat 30th: 7.30pm Two acrobatic vaudeville performers fall in love. £14 (£12.50 conc, £11.50 members). need t o be giv en time t o ma ture. This is far from mak e the prec eding t edium well worth while. ALPHA AND OMEGA (2D ) [U] F ri: 1.30pm Lady and the T r amp is r et old - this time with w olv es . Sa t - T hu: 11.30am, 1.30pm o v er . W a t ch this spac e. Andrea Hopkin s Sean Diamond