Its a hot summers day in Belfast, and two bad lads who hate each others guts are trying hard not to bump into one another with little success. Foul language abounds in this portrayal of alley-cat youths by Jigsaw Theatre Productions Until tomorrow, Bewleys Caf Theatre, 78/79 Grafton Street D2, 1pm, 9 to 11. Tel: 1850 374 643. www.fringefest.com Miss March: Generation Penetration (15) Running time: 90min Film Reviews This Weeks Releases A tank full of fragile metro Arts & Entertainment life Johnny Meister And The Stitch In Town This Weekend The Readers A flash mob dance-a-thon for all ages and abilities, each participant given a booklet with written instructions on which moves to do and when, none of which will be any more complex than a shoulder shimmy here, a pelvic thrust there Tomorrow, St Patricks Park, Patrick Street D8, 2.30pm, free. Tel: 1850 374 643. www.fringefest.com Sunday Roast Musical madness, board games, human puppet shows, pop-up performances, giant Jenga and traditional roast spuds... it can only be the weird and wonderful and Best Spiegeltent Show 2006 Sunday Roast, which returns for its third and final year Sun, Spiegeltent, Georges Dock, IFSC D1, 8pm, 18. Tel: 1850 374 643. www.fringefest.com Book Now Julie Feeney No sooner were we wondering if the world really needed another earnest female singer-songwriter than Julie Feeney came along. Breathing new life into the folk genre, the Galway composer couldnt be more in demand thanks to current album Pages, the follow up to her self-produced, self-financed and Choice Music Prize winning debut, 13 Songs. Widely trumpeted as best Irish album of the year, Pages secured Feeneys reputation as one of the countrys most original talents catch her next chapter at this upcoming live gig Oct 15, The Sugar Club, 8 Lower Leeson Street D2, 8pm, 12. Tel: (01) 678 7188. www.juliefeeney.com Julie & Julia (12A) Running time: 123min Dorian Gray (15) Running time: 112min Adventureland (15) Running time: 107min Fish Tank (15) Running time: 123min THEATRE REVIEW Red Lola I ve already seen this outstanding Brit drama twice and Im gagging to watch it again. Set on a sunny Essex estate, its the story of Mia (sensational non- professional actress Katie Jarvis), a mouthy, aggressive school-excluded 15-year-old who wants to be a dancer. She lives with her mum (Kierston Wareing, pictured), her equally mouthy little sister (Rebecca Griffiths), whose idea of affection is I like you so Ill kill you last. With more wall to wall shouting than the EastEnders omnibus, their volatile family life is further unbalanced when mum brings a dishy new fella home (Eden Lake and Hungers Michael Fassbender). As Mia struggles to untangle her confused emotional need for a dad with her yearnings for something more, you could cut the sexual tension with a knife. Wonderfully funny, yet profoundly uncomfortable, this is no middle-class tourist goggle at estate life. Oscar-winning writer/ director Andrea Arnold is writing about what and who she knows. Think Flashdance or Step Up gets a hearty dose of the Asbos. To Mia and her family, I hate you comes easier than I love you even if it means the same thing. And though, like Arnolds debut Red Road, its not a flawless film, its got a raw, authentic power that totally knocks you for six. Visually striking, but never stylised, its simply astonishing to find a film thats such a hard-hitting smack in the mouth, yet, at the same time, a marvel of such fragile, natural beauty. Best British film of the year? You bet. Larushka Ivan-Zadeh 18 metrolife Friday, September 11, 2009 A postmodern mash-up of Little Red Riding Hood and Nabokovs Lolita, Red Lola is a disorientating dark fairy-tale which pivots between whimsy and grunting horror. The two-person cast perform backwards, with masks over the back of their heads, so that it looks as if they have been put together the wrong way around. This ingenuous device is unsettling from the outset, beneath the formal comedic exterior a pending sense of things askew and murky urges waiting to be unleashed is never far away. The play is an examination of sexuality, specifically the fetishisation of teenage girls. Idling at a bus-stop one day, Lola (Medb Lambert) takes a coquettish shine to married businessman Hum (Marcus Bale), whose bumbling mannerisms are revealed to be a veil drawn over something darker. Their flirtations are initially played for slapstick though Linda Buckleys foreboding score warns of something ominous on the horizon. Eventually masks start to slip literally and the results are genuinely disturbing. A morality fable for the Bebo age, Red Lola is just the right side of quirky and creepy enough to instill a chill that lingers long after the final curtain. Eamon de Paor Until tomorrow, Mill Street Studios, Mill Street D8, 8pm (tomorrow mat 3pm, 10 to 14. Tel: 1850 374 643. www.fringefest.com Sex-mad Tucker and pious Eugene (writer/directors Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore) are school mates. On Nora Sleepless In Seattle Ephrons latest, pleasantly middlebrow comedy is based on two true stories. New Yorker Julia (Amy Adams) is a nice yet unfulfilled newly-wed, who, with one failed novel to her credit decides to cook all 524 recipes in her idol, Julia Childs (Meryl Streep) 1961 cordon bleu cookbook, in 365 days and blog about it, mainly in the hope of getting a book deal. Child may be unknown outside of America, but that doesnt stop Meryl Streep stealing a half-baked movie thats less about food porn than marriage. Streeps ciggie-puffing cook is, surprisingly, anything but stuffy. These darned things are hot as a stiff c**k! she exclaims in her Mrs Doubtfire voice, juicily flinging pasta tubes at her husband (Devil Wears Prada co-star Stanley Tucci). Adams and her flavourless spouse (Chris Messina) seem unconvincing by comparison. Not least because, despite scoffing her own bodyweight in butter, Julie remains a stranger to muffin-tops. This is cosy, bland, a bit sugary, and totally undemanding. The cinematic equivalent of sticking your brain inside a warm, doughy oven. Larushka Ivan-Zadeh Oscar Wildes cautionary novel is brought to life in this dark period thriller. Ben Barnes, pictured, plays the titular looker, who hits Victorian London full of politeness, restraint and ill-fitting suits clearly in need of a bad influence. Enter Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), who tutors him in debauchery. Concerned about this influence is sensitive artist Basil (Ben Chaplin), who captures Dorians likeness with devoted accuracy. No sooner has Henry asked if Dorian would trade his soul to look young forever, than hey presto! The painting begins to age while Dorian doesnt. So Dorian goes on the rampage without looking any older or greyer but at what cost to his soul, eh? No prizes for identifying the fun part of this movie the stern moral of the story comes before its invited. However, Firth is splendid as the cynical old rake and Barnes is visually luminous as the lead. A flawed niche thriller, its one for those who love to feast their eyes on rambling mansions, smoking jackets and dastardly wits. Anna Smith Superbads Greg Mottola wrote and directed this subtle, nostalgic, coming-of- age movie, inspired by his own experiences. Sensitive teen James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) reluctantly takes a job at the ramshackle local fairground where he spends most of his time awkwardly courting the winsome Em (Twilights Kristen Stewart). But it isnt all about love. Enjoyable character-based humour comes from the fairgrounds married owners Bobby (Bill Hader) and Paulette (Kristen Wiig), while other strong support comes from Ryan Reynolds as a big, albeit underused, fish in a small pond. With appealing characters and a winning retro soundtrack including The Cure and Lou Reed, its a very entertaining watch even if it doesnt reach the cult status it seems to be striving for. AS The hoTTesT TickeTs in Town We have a pair of tickets to see JULIE FEENEY Oct 15 at The Sugar Club, 8pm For a chance to win, e-mail your answer to the question below to life@metroireland.ie by noon today with Hot Tickets in the subject line. With your answer please include your name, address and a number where you can be contacted between 1pm and 3pm. Strictly one entry per person; entrants must be age 18+. Q. Feeney named her record label after her mothers favourite cat. Its name? 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