July, New Titles, 'Zero Dark Thirty', 'Oz The Great And Powerful'

‘Zero Dark Thirty’ is lean, mean storytelling: no backstories, no-frills – just action and an effortless forward momentum. Maya is obsessed with tracking down one of her leads: a man said to be Bin Laden’s courier. Some might think Bigelow is apologising for torture with this film. She’s not. She’s interested in why Maya and her CIA colleagues behave as they do – with the detachment of a reporter. We see the desperate context they work in – the tick, tick, tick wait for more bombs to go off around the world. Years pass. We watch a pile-up of dead-ends and mistakes.

Boal spent the best part of a decade talking to counterterrorism operatives, and it shows in his faultless dialogue. At CIA headquarters, they question Maya’s credibility. ‘What do you think of her?’, asks the CIA director (James Gandolfini). ‘She’s smart,’ answers an advisor. ‘We’re all smart,’ he deadpans. It’s 2010, and some analysts doubt Bin Laden is still the game, or perhaps he’s dead. (Time Out)

Other New Titles this month

OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (2013)
OSLO AUGUST 31 (2011)
ARBOR, THE (2010)
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR: LIVE ARENA TOUR (2012)
FROM UP ON POPPY HILL (2011)
MAMA (2013)
BEAUTIFUL CREATURES (2013)
LAST STAND, THE (2013)
PARANORMAN (2012)
HOUSE OF CARDS (2013) SEASON 1
CLOUD ATLAS (2012)
CLOUD ATLAS (2012) BLU-RAY
AMOUR (2012) BLU-RAY
WE DIVE AT DAWN (1943)