NUFS

Hey folks,

NUFS are going to be having our next meeting this Thursday (1st) at McCowan’s, beside Cineworld at 6pm.This week’s film will be Hannibal Rising at 9.00pm. Tickets are £4. If you have a Snapfax, it’s £3.

Film Description: “The story begins in Eastern Europe at the desperate end of World War II. For many it was no longer a conflict of nations but one of individual survival - at any cost. A young Hannibal watches from only steps away as his parents’ violently die, leaving his cherished young sister in his care. This horrific moment will soon pale in comparison to the atrocities he is forced to witness and perhaps survive as a result of. Alone and without any means of support, he is forced to live in a Soviet Orphanage that once served as his family’s beloved home. He flees to Paris to find his uncle has died but his beautiful and mysterious Japanese widow, Lady Murasaki (Gong Li) welcomes him. Even her kindness and love cannot soothe the nightmares and sorrows that plague him. Showing a cunning aptitude for science he is accepted into medical school, which serves to hone his skills and provide the tools to exact justice on the war criminals that haunt him day and night. This quest will ignite an insatiable lust within a serial killer who was not born, but made.”

See you there,

“It should have been me!” Hilary.

NUFS are going to be having our next meeting this Thursday (22nd) at the Cineworld Bar at 6pm.This week’s film will be Hot Fuzz at 8.00pm. Tickets are £4.

Film Description: “Nicholas Angel is the finest cop London has to offer, with an arrest record 400% higher than any other officer on the force. He’s so good, he makes everyone else look bad. As a result, Angel’s superiors send him to a place where his talents won’t be quite so embarrassing - the sleepy and seemingly crime-free village of Sandford. Once there, he is partnered with the well-meaning but overeager police officer Danny Butterman. The son of amiable Police Chief Frank Butterman, Danny is a huge action movie fan and believes his new big-city partner might just be a real-life “bad boy,” and his chance to experience the life of gunfights and car chases he so longs for. Angel is quick to dismiss this as childish fantasy and Danny’s puppy-like enthusiasm only adds to Angel’s growing frustration. However, as a series of grisly accidents rocks the village, Angel is convinced that Sandford is not what it seems and as the intrigue deepens, Danny’s dreams of explosive, high-octane, car-chasing, gunfighting, all-out action seem more and more like a reality. It’s time for these small-town cops to break out some big-city justice.”

Cheers,
Hilary

“Tommorrow, 17th Feb, is the ‘Fright Fest’ Section of the Glasgow Film Festival. Messers Oxide and Pang (The Eye will have their first English language film The Messengers; the directorial debut of David Arquette - Fashioned in the style of the 1970 and 80s slashers are my highlights. Check it out here. Its £20 see all 5 films and around £6 on an individual basis.”

So let Rob (jordan.rob@hotmail.co.uk) know if any of you will be going and we could all hook up to take
a breather before we are mentally and emotionally scarred for life!

Cheers,
VP Hilary

Hey folks,

Anyone else aware Glasgow has a Film Festival? Who knew?!

Anyway, there’s Fast Food Nation, which I’m particularly keen on going to see. Anyone wanna come with me? It’s on Sun 18th at 6pm.

Glasgow Film Festival

Hilary.

So, the plan’s changed. We’re no longer going to see Hot Fuzz. Instead, we’re going to Brass Monkey to watch a bunch of DVDs. That is, if Pete can find the box of NUFS DVDs…

Ok, so Brass Monkey at 6pm on the 15th February.

For those who aren’t familiar with Edinburgh, Brass Monkey is located on the Bridges, well, actually on Drummond Street, to get there, you can easily get any Lothian Bus that goes down the Bridges, eg the nos 3, 5, 30, 31, 33, 37, 47 and get off at the Festival Theatre. However, if you have any problems, get a little lost (like I always do), feel free to email us, or phone me on 0780 325 7194.

See you all there!

Hilary.

NUFS are going to be having our next meeting this Thursday (8th) at the Cameo at 6pm.This week’s film will be Babel at 8.50pm. Tickets are £2.

Film Description: “Richard and Susan (Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett) are a couple from San Diego, California who are vacationing in Morocco while their two children are at home with their Mexican housekeeper, Amelia (Adriana Barraza). A rifle finds its way into the hands of a local herdsman’s young sons (Said Tarchani and Boubker Ait El Caid), who recklessly take a shot at a tour bus and hit Susan in the shoulder, causing her severe injury. The distraught Richard calls home to tell Amelia of the situation, who shortly departs for Mexico to attend her son’s wedding, with Richard and Susan’s children in tow. Disaster thus multiplies, with the situation in Morocco ascribed to terrorists in the media, while Amelia meets with trouble at the Mexican border when she attempts to return to San Diego with Richard and Susan’s children. Meanwhile, in Tokyo, a widower (Koji Yakusho) tied to the rifle in question, a complex shift of ownership to which the audience is privy, attempts to deal with the memories of his recently deceased wife and his strained relationship with his deaf teenage daughter (Rinko Kikuchi).”

As usual, we will try to decide which film to see next week at the meeting, but if you can’t make it on Thursday please do email suggestions to nufs@napier.ac.uk.If you’d like to be taken off our mailing list, please email me. I’ve noticed that I’m spamming hundreds of you, but only the committed few keep coming back.

Cheers,
Hilary