Dec 31st
Nowhere Boy** (15)
Cineworld Haymarket

GB 2009. Film Four/UK Film Council/North West Vision/Ecosse/Lipsync. 109m. Panavision

In 1950's Liverpool the teenage John Lennon discovers that his real mother lives a few streets away from his adoptive one.
Nostalgic Beatles prequel melodrama with a busy soundtrack (and a sparsity of actual Beatles songs) and tricksy direction which sometimes gets in the way of the plot, but captures well the young Lennon's sensitivity and also his often volatile personality.

Written by: Matt Greenhalgh.
Producers: Robert Bernstein, Kevin Loader, Douglas Rae.
Director: Sam Taylor-Wood.
Starring: Aaron Johnson, Anne-Marie Duff, Kristin Scott-Thomas, David Morrissey, David Threlfall, Thomas Sangster (as young Paul McCartney).
Photography: Seamus McGarvey.
Music: Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory.
Editing: Lisa Gunning.