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Film review: HORRIBLE BOSSES (15) Rating: lll Jul 22 2011

NICK HENDRICKS (Jason Bateman) is an underling at a finance company, ruled with a steely glare by Dave Harken (Kevin Spacey), who has hinted that Nick will be in line for a promotion if he arrives at 6am every day.Read

Rango (PG) Jul 22 2011

A LONELY chameleon (voiced by Johnny Depp) is stranded in the Mojave Desert, where he meets a desert iguana called Beans (Isla Fisher) in Gore Verbinski’s animated romp.Read

FILM REVIEW: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - part 2 Jul 15 2011

NEARLY a decade after the first Harry Potter film opened in cinemas, the boy wizard is retiring from public view.Read

CELL 211 (18) 3/5 Jul 15 2011

DANIEL MONZON directs a hard-hitting prison drama, based on Celda 211, the novel by Francisco Perez Gandul.Read

Unknown (12) 3/5 Jul 15 2011

DR MARTIN HARRIS (Liam Neeson) travels to Berlin with his wife Elizabeth (January Jones) to attend a biotech conference. En route, there is a freak traffic accident and Martin slips into a coma, waking four days later in hospital with fractured memories. Discharging himself from hospital, he races to the hotel and is delighted to find his wife . . . except Liz doesn’t recognise him and another man (Aidan Quinn) with the same name is on her arm. Suitably confused, Martin hunts down taxi driver Gina (Diane Kruger), who was involved in the accident, but as an illegal immigrant, she is reluctant to go to the police. Unknown wraps a simple premise in layers of deceit.Read

Film review: Tree of Life Jul 08 2011

IF A film-maker ever warranted the term auteur, meaning an artist of rare imagination who exercises complete control over their creative visions, it’s the mercurial Terrence Malick.Read

DVD reviews: Fair Game and more Jul 08 2011

CIA OPERATIONS officer Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts), whose status as a covert agent is unknown to almost her entire circle of family and friends, is caught in the crossfire when her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn), writes a scathing opinion piece for The New York Times about the Bush administration and invading Iraq.Read

Film Review: Huge Jul 08 2011

ACTOR and comedian Ben Miller, one half of the double-act Armstrong and Miller, tries his hand behind the camera with this light-hearted directorial debut set in the cut-throat world of stand-up comedy.Read

Film review: Larry Crowne Jul 01 2011

TOM HANKS and Julia Roberts are two of the most successful actors of their generation.Read

Film review: Transformers - Dark Of The Moon Jul 01 2011

MEGAN FOX may have departed, but the remaining cast return for an explosive third chapter.Read

DVD reviews: The Adjustment Bureau and more Jul 01 2011

AMBITIOUS New York politician David Norris (Matt Damon) has overcome tragedy in his personal life to lead the charge for the US Senate and the White House, aided by campaign manager Charlie Traynor (Michael Kelly).Read

Film review: Bridesmaids (15) Jun 24 2011

AFTER months, if not years, of meticulous planning, and agonising decisions about the tiniest details, it’s ironic that abiding memories of a wedding can often be completely beyond the control of the bride and groom.Read

Film review: The Green Lantern (12A) Jun 24 2011

ON ITS iridescent, green surface, Martin Campbell’s special effects-heavy battle of the planets is mindless guff. Read

DVD review: No Strings Attached (15) Jun 24 2011

AFTER a series of disastrous dalliances, TV producer Adam (Ashton Kutcher) stumbles back into the life of medical student Emma (Natalie Portman). They agree there would be no harm in no- strings- attached sex, as and when the need arises. Adam’s friends are envious their buddy has found the perfect woman. Meanwhile, Emma’s housemates diagnose heartbreak. No Strings Attached is a touchingly sweet and uproariously funny rom-com, anchored by winning performances from Kutcher and Portman. Their comic timing is impeccable but, more crucially, they both allow the characters to wear their hearts on their sleeves. Screenwriter Elizabeth Meriwether gradually shows her protagonists the errors of their ways and sets up the possibility of a happy ever after using that age-old plot device: the family wedding.Read

Film Review: Mel Gibson makes a return to acting form in Jodie Foster’s latest movie The Beaver Jun 17 2011

THE trials of Mel Gibson, whose rants to an ex-girlfriend were caught on tape last year, seem like a curious case of life imitating art, in this blackly humorous tale of a middle-aged man's emotional breakdown.Read

Film review: The Fighter (15) Jun 17 2011

MICKY WARD (Mark Wahlberg) is a talented boxer but has always languished in the shadow of his half-brother Dicky (Christian Bale), who famously knocked down Sugar Ray Leonard, then lost everything to drugs and crime. Trained by Dicky and managed by his monstrous mother, Alice (Melissa Leo), Micky accepts lacklustre fights for scant rewards until he is persuaded to cut himself loose from his loved ones and punch above his weight by his new girlfriend Charlene (Amy Adams).Read

Film review: Bad Teacher (15)Rating: ll Jun 17 2011

ELIZABETH HALSEY (Cameron Diaz) is a booze-addled wreck, draining her rich boyfriend dry until he finally musters the courage to dump her.Read

Daily Post DVD reviews Jun 10 2011

RABBIT HOLE (12)Read

Film review: Kung Fu Panda is back and still packs a punch Jun 10 2011

PREPARE for the return of awesomeness in Jennifer Yuh Nelson’s energetic comedy, which kicks computer-animated butt and comes close to matching the fun of the original.Read

Film review: Honey II (PG) Jun 10 2011

ARRIVING eight years after the original Honey, this flat-footed dance sequel doesn't boast a single original move.Read

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