TRIANGLE (15)

MELISSA GEORGE plays single mother Jess, who gets more than she bargained for when she agrees to a trip on a yacht called Triangle. The boat capsizes in a storm, but the stranded group is rescued by a mysterious, deserted ocean liner.

George, who’s in every scene, delivers a performance that makes sense once the film’s elaborate overall design becomes clear. Unconvincing digital effects fail to mesh seamlessly with live action elements, but the storytelling holds our attention.

Rating: ***

UP (U)

THE latest computer-animated masterpiece from the wizards at Pixar (WALL-E, Ratatouille) is an airborne adventure in the company of a cranky old man and an excitable young boy.

Both hysterical and heartbreaking, this rumbustious romp – the Disney studio’s first release in Digital 3D – is guaranteed to have even the hardiest and most cynical soul choking back tears long after the lights go up. The opening 10 minutes of Up are among the finest Pixar has ever crafted.

Rating: *****

ZOMBIELAND (15)

STRIKING an irreverent tone that echoes Shaun Of The Dead, Zombieland is a bloody – and bloody hilarious – jaunt through a futuristic America ravaged by a contagion that has metamorphosed all but the lucky few into flesh-chomping predators. Jesse Eisenberg stars as the scaredy-cat anti-hero helped by gun-toting hardman Woody Harrelson as they join forces with two young survivors (Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin).

Rating: ****

LOVE HAPPENS (12A)

LOVE comes knocking when a widower least expects it in Brandon Camp’s poignant drama, with Aaron Eckhart starring as the grief-stricken protagonist who falls for Jennifer Aniston while promoting the best-selling self-help book he wrote to get over his loss.

Thematically muddled, but with its heart in the right place, Love Happens struggles to gel the central character’s inner conflict with rom-com conventions.

Rating: ***