ENTERTAINMENT20 Friday December 10 - Friday December 17 2010

Quadrophenia! @ Kingston Hill CampusInteractive performance

Free - December 1019.30pm-21.00pm

Man Overboard @ Banquet RecordsOne of the most talked about new pop punk bands play an in-store gig.December 116pmTickets available in store

New Year’s Eve @ New Slang

December 31Tickets £8 - £10

Tellison and Johnny

Foreigner @ New Slang

Tellison return to Kingston

for a Christmas party two

days before the big day!

Also playing will be Banquet

faves Johnny Foreigner.

December 23

Tickets £4

University Carol Service @ Kingston HillIf you are feeling festive then head over to Coombehurst Studio on Kingston Hill campus.December 15

1pm

The Three Musketeers @ The Rose Theatre

A gripping tale of courage, reckless hope and daring this Christmas.

November 27 - January 2Tickets free for unders 25s

Xmas Eve Snow Party @ McClusky’sSet off your Xmas Eve in true winter spirit as McClusky’s turn Kingston’s nightlife ex-perience into the North Pole!December 24Free before 11pm £6 after

UniversityPublishing Masterclass

Tony Mulliken talks aboutpublishing PR: the past, present & future; analogue &

digital.Room JG5002December 13

6pm-8pm

Anison @ The Fighting Cocks

The Kingston band are

joined by mistakes.

in.animation and Gin Panic

December 16Doors 8pm

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BIG SCREEN The latest cinema releases

THE TOURIST starring two of the biggest movie stars on the planet - Johnny Depp and Ange-lina Jolie - is a typical mixture of romance, guns and danger.

The film revolves around Frank Taylor (Depp), a heart-broken American tourist who decides to visit Italy in order to forget his ex-girlfriend.

On his train journey to Venice he meets Elise Ward (Jolie), who isn’t like any other woman.

Involved with Alexander Pearce, the most wanted man in 14 coun-tries, she attempts to mislead every gangster in town.

To protect her real lover she de-liberately seduces Frank and pre-tends that he is the man everyone is looking for.

Inevitably, Elise and Frank find themselves trapped in a whirlwind of conspiracy and danger that they both want to get out of.

Based on the remake of the 2005 French film Anthony Zimmer, Jolie’s invo lvement was dependent on the right di-rector.

G e r m a n -born Florian Henckel von D o n n e r s -marck, who is known for The Lives of Others, was given the go-ahead.

He has turned this remake into a thriller that without Depp and Jolie would have fallen flat.

The film can be seen as a dis-appointment to those who like to follow stronger and more exciting story lines, as the action on occa-sion lacks any real impact.

However, the action set in the

beautiful scenery of Venice and the theatrical music that sets up the movie, more than make up for the conventional romance/action sto-ryline.

Although this isn’t one of Depp’s best performances, it is a refreshing change to see him playing more of a ‘typical man’ role, rather than the over-the-top characters he usually plays.

Fans of Willy Wonka or Jack

Sparrow would be advised to steer clear of this ordinary film that sees Depp playing it safe.

However for those who just want to see him without the weirdness, then The Tourist is for you.

By Iwona Wlodarczyk

The Tourist is out now

Johnny’s holiday from hell

The Final Focker?LITTLE Fockers, third in the Fockers series, sees Gaylord ‘Greg’ Focker (Ben Stiller) and Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) battle it out once again with slap stick comedy and suspicious CIA stalking.

The hilariously pointless film is set 10 years after the first and re-volves around Greg and Pam try-ing to raise their not so little five-year-old twins.

DeNiro and Stiller’s double act antics are back on as Jack is left to decide whether or not he can hand the title of Byrnes’ Family Keeper to Greg

There are parts that will leave you doubled over laughing but others that will leave you asking yourself why you are watching a film that names itself after the Focker kids, as the scarce use of the twins makes little sense of the title.

Then again, if you liked the CIA finger pointing and fock-ups of the first two, it is near impossible not to like the third.

By Amie Mowlam-Tett

Little Fockers out December 22

Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie appearing in their first film together Rex Features