New Moon is nothing if not an international advertisement for the hungry virtues of virginity and young people can’t get enough of it
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Theatre
A smart, prickly and rewarding view of sexual and emotional confusion
Cock
Restaurants
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Kitchen W8
Too long and drawn out but very entertaining with excellent special effects
This is a peculiar play and does not work for me. Some of it is very funny but there are real flaws
Alex has a strong powerful voice and was faultless, she is far better now than she was on the X-Factor
London,
Derek Malcolm's rating
Reader rating
Dir: Christopher Smith.
Cast: Emma Lung, Melissa George, Michael Dorman, Liam Hemsworth, Rachael Carpani, Henry Nixon, Joshua McIvor
Description: Single mother Jess is desperate to escape the harsh reality of life taking care of her young, autistic son. So she agrees to go on a yacht with her current boyfriend Greg and his friends Downey and Sally. The boat is damaged in a storm so the friends seek shelter on board a passing 1930s ocean liner, which harbours a dark secret.
Country: AUSTRALIA. 2009. 98mins
Run for your life: Melissa George
Christopher Smith, the British director who made Creep and Severance, is a little too clever for his own good.
You may become almost as neurotic as the central character while trying to work out this new Twilight Zone-ish thriller.
Still, he is clearly a film-maker to watch and Triangle is the best he’s done so far.
The character in question is Jess (Melissa George), the single mother of an autistic son who guiltily boards a yacht off the coast of Florida without him on a nice friend’s invitation.
She finds herself in the epicentre of a freak storm that pitches the entire crew into the sea.
A passing liner picks them up but there seems to be no one on board except a mystery attacker with a hood and a gun. All sorts of weird things then happen.
The backstory, which gives the final reel a nicely judged dramatic kick, is one of the best things in the film — though Smith doesn’t always succeed with the different levels of his paranormal tale.
Nevertheless, the whole film is smart cinema. I wouldn’t be surprised if Smith didn’t land up with a contract in Hollywood. And possibly an easier plot to go with it.
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