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Film Review: Mr Popper's Penguins (PG) **

HISTORY proves it can be a good idea to turn an old book into a children’s film.Read

Film: A fast-rising LA rapper is working on a new movie made in Birmingham.

ONE of the fastest rising rappers and hip-hop stars in LA jetted in to the Midlands – ready to get ‘pulped’.Read

Days Out: Monkey Forest, Trentham, Staffordshire

A WEEK before the latest version of Planet of the Apes hits our cinema screens, it’s time to get in touch with your inner primate.Read

Film Interview: Jim Carrey

IN A world full of famine, war and economic despair, Jim Carrey reckons he has found the secret to human happiness – adopting a penguin.Read

Pub Review: All Bar One, 43 Newhall Street, Birmingham, B3 3NY. Tel 0121 212 2551

IF THIS bar was a village, it would be described as a ‘ribbon development’.Read

Film Review: Captain America - The First Avenger (12A) *****

TRADITIONAL Second World War thrillers meet the superhero era head on in Captain America – and the result is the first must-see blockbuster of the summer.Read

Film Review: Horrid Henry - The Movie 3D (U) **

AFTER the lamentable Horrible Bosses last week, Horrid Henry is now in cinemas to bring a whole new meaning to the term ‘annus horribilis’.Read

Days Out: Brockholes Floating Nature Reserve

JUST when you think you’ve seen everything, along comes a development to really take your breath away...Read

Film Review: Zookeeper (PG) ***

I’M NO apologist for the dumbing down of Hollywood and the fact that it seems to be having an increasingly poor year after The King’s Speech, Black Swan, The Fighter and True Grit gave us such an early rush of blood to the head.Read

A Walk in the Park: Selly Park Recreation Ground

HOW many people take out expensive gym passes... only to let them lapse?Read

Film Review: Arrietty (U) ****

BEFORE you rush to see Horrid Henry, insist your children see Arrietty first.Read

Film: Aaliyah Live in Amsterdam - exclusive premiere

INSPIRED by Whitney Houston, 16-year-old superstar-in-the-making Aaliyah describes herself as ‘‘a hip hop R&B singer... with jazzy overtones’’.Read

Film Review: Cars 2 in 3D (U) ****

IT will be five years next week since the original Cars movie roared into cinemas and took us for a drive along Route 66.Read

Film Review: Horrible Bosses (15) No stars!

AS EVERYONE from the police to the government and executives at News International are discovering, there comes a point when the world finally says ‘‘enough’s enough’’.Read

Film Review: Beginners (15) **

MEMO to self: don’t get too excited the next time Christopher Plummer stars in a movie with a dog.Read

A Walk in the Park: Dudley Canal Trust Trips

MUM-to-be Julia Bradbury recently wrote a book called Canal Walks to coincide with a BBC TV series which incorporated the Worcester and Birmingham Canal from Gas Street.Read

Days Out: Trentham Estate, Stone Road, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent

THE beauty of showbusiness is that it’s all about entertainment and make-believe.Read

Pub Review: The Edgbaston Tap, 17 Hollies Croft, Pershore Road, Birmingham B5 7QN

THERE are signs of pubs everywhere being on their metaphorical knees – and either ready for conversion into flats or death by demolition ball.Read

A Walk in the Park: Belle Vue Play Area

WHEN I first arrived in Birmingham and talked to older folks, they’d refer to places like Moseley and Kings Heath as ‘villages’.Read

Film Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (12A) 3D ****

AUTHOR JK Rowling hadn’t even written the last three books in her planned seven-part series when the first Harry Potter movie was leaving Kings Cross platform 9¾ in November, 2001.Read