20/11/08
My Best Friend’s Girl, cinemas from Friday
Romantic comedy meets crude dude humour in this movie starring darlings of Hollywood fluff and farce, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs and Dane Cook. Hudson plays Alexis, feisty ex-girlfriend of Dustin (Biggs), who hires his best friend Tank (Cook), a qualified jerk, to take her out on a lousy date – the idea being that Dustin will seem like the catch of the century by comparison. Surprise surprise, things don’t turn out as planned.
McFly, AECC Aberdeen, Monday; SECC Glasgow, Tuesday
The seven-times number one pop-rock pups, who recently released their fourth album, Radio:ACTIVE, head north to break a few more hearts on the Scottish leg of their UK tour. Dougie, Tom, Danny and Harry might now be releasing their music themselves after having fallen out with major label Island, but Britain’s only remaining boy band are still capable of turning on the razzmatazz.
The Zutons, Glasgow Carling Academy, Monday; Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Tuesday
Liverpool’s cartoon ska-pop funsters might have had the wind taken out of their sails by lukewarm reactions to their third album You Can Do Anything in the summer, but the sax-fuelled five-piece can possibly afford an off-year: after all, Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse made them rich by turning Valerie into a soul classic. And besides, they do put on an almighty live show.
WALL-E, out Monday on DVD
Lovingly-produced Pixar animation film. Several hundred years hence, WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter, Earth Class) is a rusty run-down robot who spends his time collecting knick-knacks until he meets and falls in love with EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator_ and the pair set off on a mission to redeem the planet.
Animated Adventures Featuring Wallace and Gromit, the Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, until January 31
Fans of the cult animated duo are being granted an exclusive opportunity to peek behind the scenes of the pair’s Oscar-winning adventures with this new exhibition. Arriving in time the Christmas TV screening of the duo’s latest instalment A Matter of Loaf and Death, patrons can examine authentic plasticine-and-wire models, real sets, and original storyboards and enjoy a range of hands-on interactive installations and mini-documentaries.
