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21 June 2008Film Review: WALL-E + You have to pity the producers of WALL-E, the latest computer-animated offering from the enviable partnership of Disney and Pixar. -
21 June 2008Film Review: Journey to the Centre of the Earth 1 Brendan Fraser’s career is an odd one. -
21 June 2008Film Review: Kung Fu Panda + It's summer, so it must be time for a big budget, all-star cast, computer-animated movie involving talking animals. -
21 June 2008Film Review: Hancock 1 It's summer and in recent years that’s meant one major certainty – a glut of superhero movies featuring characters ever more obscure to the non-comic-reading public. -
14 June 2008Wanted + Giving it a brief glance, this could seem like ideal and stereotypical summer blockbuster material. -
5 June 2008Gone Baby Gone + It’s hard not to feel a bit sorry for Ben Affleck. -
5 June 2008The Escapist + Everyone likes a good prison break, as the producers of the American TV show of the same name can happily attest, now that they’re on their fourth series – despite the titular escape having successfully happened at the end of the first. -
5 June 2008The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian + After the success of Peter Jackson’s gloriously ambitious adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, it was surely only a matter of time before Hollywood got around to tackling that other great mid-20th century fantasy series, CS Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia. -
5 June 2008Mongol + Be honest, when was the last time you saw a movie from Kazakhstan? Most of us could barely point it out on a map, let alone name any of this mysterious Central Asian country’s cultural achievements. -
3 June 2008California Dreamin’ 1 It's a safe bet that there aren't many people in the world whose first choice of a movie to see on a Friday night is the latest offering from Romania. -
3 June 2008Sex and the City + So there we were, four girls dealing with being single and thirtysomething in New York City. -
3 June 2008Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull + Indiana Jones has become what he was always intended to be – a genuine cinematic icon, a true Hollywood legend, and one of the most successful film-related brands ever created. -
23 April 2008Persepolis + When fans of comic books want to prove to doubters that such things are not "just for kids", as so many people seem to believe, there are a few examples they always use to demonstrate the point beyond doubt. -
23 April 2008The Eye + For a young actress trying to prove her mettle, appearing in a horror film can seem like a canny move. -
23 April 2008Fools Gold + It wouldn't be Spring without a bit of romance in the air, yet this month sees a surprising lack of films revolving around love and relationships. -
18 January 2008Lust, Caution + Taiwanese director Ang Lee is nothing if not eclectic in his output. -
18 January 2008P.S. I Love You + The sheer unpleasantness of the thought that, one day, we are all bound to die has naturally led to human beings creating various methods to avoid worrying about the inevitable. -
18 January 2008Charlie Wilson’s War + Every now and then, a film comes along that has Oscar written all over it. -
18 January 2008Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead + Veteran director Sidney Lumet, best known for the Al Pacino-starring 1970s classics Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon, has had a rather hit-and-miss time of it in his six decades-long career. -
18 January 2008Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem + A sequel to a dire action/horror movie - especially one based on a computer game - is normally cause to flee for the hills.
