The hunchback-cum-scientific genius, Igor, steps into the picture house to entertain the little ones, in the new animation effort voiced by John Cusack and John Cleese.
The one to avoid is most definitely Stone of Destiny, which, despite taking a
story of great Scottish patriotism and putting it on the big screen, has been welcomed by the critics with about as much love and affection as you'd imagine a hit to the head might do.
Instead, you could check out some of this weekend's special screenings:
Ken Loach's Cathy Come Home gets a rare outing onto the big screen at the Grosvenor, Glasgow at 3pm. A seminal piece of filmmaking, the tale of a homeless woman trying to keep herself and her family together forced a change in societal attitudes when it was first shown.
In honour of next week's release of the new Coen brothers' film, Burn After Reading, starring Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt and George Clooney, the Cameo in Edinburgh is screening their classic The Big Lebowski today and tomorrow at 11.40pm
Just down the road, The Filmhouse pays tribute to Paul Newman in one of his sexiest roles - opposite Elizabeth Taylor in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Sunday at 8.45pm
MusicFor those with a more experimental approach to their music and visual arts intake, Dundee's Kill Your Timid Notion festival takes place this weekend with a selection of screenings, talks and performances set to educate and entertain on the blurred lines between what you see and what you hear. http://www.dca.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/kill-your-timid-notion-festival.html
If that all sounds a little too esoteric for you, then some good old fashioned rock and rollers are in Scotland this weekend too. From Art Garfunkel, who plays Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, tonight, to the 26-album-producing the Fall, who will be working through a portion of that back catalogue at the Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, tonight and then the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh on Sunday.
On Saturday night the Charlatans take their indie rock to new Edinburgh venue, the Picturehouse; silky smooth young jazz singer Claire Teal will be at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, and James Blunt plays the SECC, tonight then Aberdeen Exhibition Centre, tomorrow. Glasgow has to make do with those die hard heroes Queen and Paul Rogers at the SECC.
Rounding the weekend off on Sunday, Brazilian pop bampots, CSS, play the Liquid Room, Edinburgh; Eddi Reader is at the Music Hall in Aberdeen, and ex Zero 7 frontwoman Sia performs at the Arches, Glasgow.
Days outWhether keen to take part, or more likely keen to observe with a warm coffee between your hands, you could get yourself along to The Relentless 24 Hour Mountain Bike Race in Fort William, tomorrow. It's not just any race - the competitors cycle for a whole day, and the person who clocks up the most laps in that time wins. www.nofussevents.co.uk
Other sporting types are out this weekend in Tiree as the annual week-long windsurfing championship kicks off tomorrow. The best in the world come to the west coast for this event, and beyond the choppy sea surfing, the island hosts lots of events and performances around the competition.
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