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Graham Young

Graham Young

Sutton's Fish Bar, Walmley Road, Sutton Coldfield

NOTHING ever beats service with a smile. Read

The Malt House, 75 King Edwards Road, Brindleyplace, Birmingham

THIS Spirit pub is surely missing the biggest PR trick in the city. Read

Lust, Caution (18)

THE first film made by Ang Lee since Brokeback Mountain, this drama is set in Japanese-occupied Shanghai during the WWII era. Read

Sleuth (15)

ADAPTED by Harold Pinter from Anthony Shaffer's original adaptation of his own play, Sleuth 2007 is a very illadvised remake by Kenneth Branagh. Stepping into Michael Caine's old shoes, Law plays Milo Tindle, an actor visiting a brutalised, gadget-ridden mansion. Contemplating the effect of losing his wife, author Andrew Wyke (now played by Caine stepping into Laurence Olivier's role) offers his younger love rival a dodgy diamond deal. Read

The Golden Compass ( pg)

THIS adaptation of Philip Pullman's Northern Lights plays like a dismembered novel reconstructed Harry Potter-style in dot-to-dot fashion. Read

Waitress (12)

SET inside Joe's Diner, this is an old-fashioned treat - so beautifully crafted you simply have to care for the characters. Read

We Own The Night(15)

NIGHTCLUB-running Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) and new police narcotics boss Joseph (Mark Wahlberg) are two brothers on opposite sides of the Brooklyn fence. Read

Playhouse Disney Live On Tour, NIA, Birmingham

CHILDREN'S favourites such as Mickey Mouse, Tigger and Pooh all feature in this stadium-sized show, as well as lesser known characters like Handy Manny, Little Einsteins and Darby. Read

Pride of England

LITTLE more than a month after the Irish invasion for St Patrick's Day, it's time for the English to celebrate their own patron, St George. Read

The Eye (15)

ANOTHER week, another remake of a Far Eastern horror - the twist this time being that co-directors David Moreau and Xavier Palud are French. Read

Stop-Loss (15)

BEST friends Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) and Steve Shriver (Channing Tatum) return from a tour of duty in Iraq. Read

Persepolis (12a)

THIS story is about a girl growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Read

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (15)

See what our film editor, Graham Young, thought of the film starring Russell Brand. Read

Cannon Hill Park

Shameful

IN LESS than three weeks since the MAC closed for an 18-month £13.5 million refurbishment, developers have already obliterated two of Cannon Hill Park's best features. Read

Three And Out (15)

THIS is a Mackenzie Crook comedy about the need to find someone willing to kill themselves. Read

Toby Carvery

Toby Carvery, A45 Stonebridge Island, Nr NEC

CALL it a strange ambition, but I've always wanted to visit this pub. Read

Bells Lane Fish Bar

Bells Lane Fish Bar, Druids Heath

CLOSE to the A435 Maypole island gateway to Worcestershire's beautiful countryside, you'll find this chippy behind the Phoenix pub. The grotty row of mostly-shuttered shops scarily resembled the set of a Hollywood zombie movie at sunset. My chatty and bright-eyed server scooped up a 70p bag of deep-yellow chips which crashed through the 500g line on my in-car scales like a bag of cement. They tasted better than expected, but a mere handful was enough for me. Read

Balls Of Fury (12)

YOU'D never guess that Christopher Walken had starred in some of the finest films ever made when you see him in this movie directed by Robert Ben Garant (Reno 911!: Miami). Read

Liza Minneli

Liza has lived life to the full

LIZA Minnelli has been there and done it all. Read

Street Kings

Street Kings (15)

SINCE completing The Matrix trilogy, Keanu Reeves has led the line in Thumbsucker, Constantine, A Scanner Darkly and, er, Sandra Bullock's The Lake House. Read

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Award-winning Film Editor Graham Young has covered the Midlandsý radio and TV scene for two decades. The father of three is also the Mailýs reviewer of pubs, parks, family days out and chips and a keen photographer.

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