The Weekender

Published on Friday 21 November 2008 12:50

YOUR definitive guide to the best of the weekend...

FILM

Leonardo DiCaprio has been away from the cinema screen for some time now, busy encouraging the world to take a more environmentally friendly approach to its future.

In Ridley Scott's Body Of Lies, however, he returns alongside Russell Crowe as a CIA agent on the ground in Iraq and attempting to catch terrorists with the help of Crowe's technologically assisted agent on the other side of the world. As visually spectacular as you would expect from the Blade Runner director, the view so far seems to be that the drama doesn't quite live up to the direction, but there's little denying that the two leads carry their weight in a film that sinks or swims on its portrayal of events appearing on our news channels every day.

On general release from tonight. Click here to watch the trailer and find out more

Set during the 1982 war in Lebanon, Waltz With Bashir is an impressive new animation which teams graphic-comic visuals with a deeply harrowing tale of a soldier's lack of memory of the extreme events he witnessed as a soldier in the Israeli Army mission in Lebanon, during which Palestinian refugees were massacred.

The quiet and simplistic style of animation lends itself to the soldier's journey of remembrance.

Cameo and Cineworld, Edinburgh; GFT and Cineworld, Glasgow; from tonight. Click here to find out more

MUSIC

The best gigs in town this weekend include one half of Gallagher and Lyle, Benny Gallagher, performing at the ABC, Glasgow, tonight; Courtney Pine headlining Dundee Jazz Festival at the Apex City Quay Hotel, Dundee, tomorrow; My Latest Novel returning to the live scene ahead of a new album, at Captain's Rest, Glasgow, Saturday; and come Sunday the more leisurely sounds of James Morrison at The Picture House, Edinburgh.

DAYS OUT

Perfectly timed to coincide with the Arctic wind blowing through Scotland this weekend, Glasgow on Ice opens the George Square ice rink this weekend to signal the start of the city's winter festival of events to see it into the new year.

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One for all the family to enjoy: the Dick Institute and Art Gallery, Kilmarnock, today and tomorrow is welcoming visitors to its showcase of many of the handcrafted sets and models from Aardman and Dreamworks' film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit, with the chance for kids to produce their own animations.

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This weekend sees the annual Edinburgh Art Fair at the Corn Exchange, Edinburgh. It runs until Sunday, with your chance to bag yourself an art bargain, with prices ranging from 100 to 50,000.

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