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Graham Young

The Reef (U)

HOT on the fins of Finding Nemo and Shark Tale, here's another computer-generated underwater adventure. Read

Deep Sea 3D (PG)

THE latest 41-minute movie to open at Birmingham's giant IMAX cinema is the proper way to go diving - in crystal clear 3D. Read

Music and Lyrics (PG)

JUST like James Bond, nobody does it better than Hugh Grant. Read

Goal II (12A)

TWO movies into an intended 'Roy of the Rovers' trilogy and Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker) is now about to live every boy's dream - by leaving Newcastle United to play for Real Madrid. Read

For Your Consideration (12A)

SPINAL Tap star Christopher Guest has won plaudits recently for directing mockumentaries Best In Show and A Mighty Wind. Read

Dreamgirls (12A)

START hollering now - this is the musical movie for the X-Factor generation. Read

Arthur and the Invisibles (U)

PROLIFIC French filmmaker Luc Besson (Leon) has never made an animation before - and it shows with this new film for youngsters. Read

Running With Scissors (15)

LIKE Venus and Notes on a Scandal (and Nick Love's Outlaw in particular to come) this film comes armed with its own offensive C-word. Read

Notes On A Scandal (15)

NOW we know what Meatloaf was screaming about all those years ago. Read

Gridiron Gang (12A)

OFFERING shades of everything from Mean Machine to Coach Carter, Friday Night Lights and the TV series Bad Lad's Army, this is a typical Hollywood story about violent juvenile offenders learning about self-respect and teamwork on the football field. Read

DJ leaves BRMB breakfast show

ELLIOTT Webb has left BRMB's breakfast show after nearly five years in the hot seat and will be replaced by a mother-of-four who lives with the station's programme controller. Read

Blood Diamond (15)

HEAVYWEIGHT thriller starring best actor Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio. Read

Bobby (15)

THERE isn't the same hype around this movie as there was for Oliver Stone's JFK. Read

Venus (15)

ISN'T IT marvellous how older people often have more energy and purpose than teenagers - thanks to the passion still raging through their hardening arteries? Read

The Fountain (12A)

AFTER Venus, here's a rather different take on old age - and one which was booed at last year's Venice Film Festival for being impenetrable! Read

Them (15)

SO-called horror movies like Boogeymen and current release The Return leave me cold with their telegraphed attempts to scare. Read

Radio veteran Ross is back on air

RADIO veteran Les Ross will become BBC WM's new daily male when he takes over the afternoon slot in the spring. Read

Rocky Balboa (12A)

AS WITH any self-respecting heavyweight going in to battle at the fag end of his career, you enter the ring with Rocky almost praying he won't embarrass himself. Read

Babel (15)

POOR old Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett - neither of them can consistently pick substantial roles in critically-acclaimed, commercial smash hits for love nor money. Read

The Return (15)

PART road movie and unpredictable paternal bonding/coming of age story, the sensational Russian film The Return was one of my top ten films of 2004. 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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