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Attack The Block (15) Sep 16 2011

TRAINEE nurse Sam (Jodie Whittaker) is mugged on her way home by a gang of wayward lads. However, the assault is cut short by a meteor shower. When the youths investigate, they come face to snout with a creature from another world. The kids slay the beastie and drag it to a drug den run by Hi-Hatz and his layabout doorman, Ron (Nick Frost). A second downpour of meteors heralds more creatures and the lads gleefully grab weapons and leap onto bicycles and mopeds. Attack The Block is a riotous comedy boasting some energetic action sequences. The cast, mostly first-timers, have an appealing rawness and Frost and Luke Treadaway, as one of Ron’s posh punters, create a goofy double act. For every generous splash of blood or edge-of-seat shock there is a belly laugh to dissipate the tension.Read

Film review: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Sep 16 2011

A NEW adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was always going to raise the hackles of John le Carré purists, who adored John Irvin’s 1979 mini- series starring Sir Alec Guinness.Read

I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT (12A)Rating: lll Sep 16 2011

BASED on the book by newspaper columnist Allison Pearson, I Don’t Know How She Does It is everything you expect: marital strife, winsome kids, zinging one-liners and cloying sentiment.Read

Film Review: Friends with Benefits Sep 09 2011

FOR THE opening hour, Friends With Benefits rages against the cheesy tropes of Hollywood romantic comedies, decrying the use of soppy music to manipulate an audience's emotions or the last-minute declarations of love that result in a Happy Ever After.Read

Film review: Jane Eyre Sep 09 2011

JANE EYRE (Mia Wasikowska) flees Thornfield Hall, where she has been employed as governess for Adele Varens, the young ward of Edward Rochester (Michael Fassbender).Read

DVD reviews: The Good Wife – The Second Season and more Sep 09 2011

Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (12)Read

Film review: David Tennant outshines Colin Farrell in Fright Night 3D Sep 02 2011

WHILE we patiently await our annual love bite from The Twilight Saga, which has re-invigorated the sex appeal of vampires on the big screen, director Craig Gillespie remakes a cult blood-sucking horror in the de rigueur 3D format.Read

Film review: THE ART OF GETTING BY (12A) Rating: lll Sep 02 2011

HIGH school student George Zinavoy (Freddie Highmore) doesn’t see any point in completing class assignments and the socially awkward loner is on the verge of failing to graduate.Read

FINAL DESTINATION 5 (15)Rating: llll Aug 26 2011

EVEN if you’ve only seen one of the previous four Final Destination films, you’ll already know one thing – you can’t cheat Death. In the latest instalment, our hero Sam (Nicholas D’Agosto)works in the office of a paper manufacturer.Read

Hanna plays out a Bourne Identity-style game of cat and mouse between the plucky teenager and her pursuers, including a breathless chase through a ship container yard that benefits from Paul Tothill’s energetic editing. Aug 26 2011

Ronan captures both the steeliness and vulnerability of her girl on the cusp of womanhood, while Blanchett relishes her role as villainess.Read

Film Review: One Day - a romantic film that stays faithful Aug 26 2011

BASED on the best- selling book by David Nicholls, One Day has been called the romance of the modern century, so it’s little surprise that the big-screen adaptation has been one of the most eagerly anticipated films of the year.Read

James Bond and Indiana Jones are all spaced out in Cowboys and Aliens Aug 19 2011

BASED on the graphic novel by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, Cowboys & Aliens is a rootin' tootin' action adventure that melds the Western and science fiction genres with a blitzkrieg of digital effects.Read

The Inbetweeners Movie (15)Rating: llll Aug 19 2011

THE boys from Bafta award-winning television series The Inbetweeners have made the move to the big screen.Read

Film review: Suspend your disbelief at Smurfs 3D Aug 12 2011

BASED on the comic books by Peyo, The Smurfs 3-D brings the iconic characters to life on the big screen using the same digital magic as Alvin And The Chipmunks.Read

DVD reviews: Source Code (12) and more Aug 12 2011

HELICOPTER pilot Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up on a train, sitting opposite Christina Warren (Michelle Monaghan). Confusingly, she calls him Sean and a visit to the bathroom reveals he is trapped inside the body of a teacher called Sean Fentress.Read

Film review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes Aug 12 2011

MAN learns a harsh lesson about meddling with Mother Nature in Rupert Wyatt’s splendid new chapter in the Planet Of The Apes saga.Read

Film review: Captain America is just Marvel-lous Jul 29 2011

RECALLING The cliffhanger TV series of the 1950s, Captain America: The First Avenger establishes the origins of one of the most popular superheroes from the Marvel Comics stable.Read

Film review: Horrid Henry - The Movie Jul 29 2011

HENRY (Theo Stevenson) is a lazy boy with dreams of pop stardom, who runs rings around his Mum and Dad.Read

DVD Reviews: No Surrender and more Jul 29 2011

ALAN Bleasdale’s black comedy – originally released in 1985 to a bit of a critical panning – will be familiar to many readers but was an unexpected new treat for me.Read

Film review: Cars sequel needs a bit more polish Jul 22 2011

IT HAD to happen eventually. Disney Pixar was always going to struggle to top the tearful elation and misty-eyed farewells of Toy Story 3.Read

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