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Graham Young

Graham Young

Monster House (PG)

ANIMATIONS have almost reached saturation point in 2006, but there has still been some great products. Read

Happy Feet (U)

THE Wizard of Oz is back in cinemas next week 67 years on from its original release - and it's quite easy to believe that this bizarre, tap-dancing penguin movie will follow suit in 2073. Read

The Nativity Story (PG)

DIRECTOR Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen) and screenwriter Mike Rich (Finding Forrester) join forces in a bid to capitalise on the box office interest created by The Passion of the Christ. Read

The Covenant (12A)

IT'S HARD to believe that Renny Harlin has been allowed out again after Cutthroat Island, Exorcist: The Beginning and Deep Blue Sea, but here he goes again with a weak 97-minute thriller aimed at the Buffy crowd. Read

The Holiday (12A)

CALL me an old romantic, but when Cameron Diaz runs herself into a sweat and then twice calls out my name it will make my night every time I watch this again. Read

The US vs John Lennon (12A)

MADE with the help and participation of a clearly partisan Yoko Ono, this captivating documentary recalls John Lennon's heartfelt campaigns for peace during the Vietnam era. Read

Stranger Than Fiction (12A)

MY USUAL yardstick for deciding the best films is simply: 'Can I wait to see it again?' Read

Flushed Away (PG)

AFTER four Oscar wins, it would seem that director Nick Park can do no wrong. Read

Deck The Halls (PG)

WHAT on earth would Al Gore make of Danny DeVito trying to make sure his house is so well lit for Christmas that it's visible from space? Read

Big Nothing (15)

IF Stranger Than Fiction is the most original movie of the week, here's a laboured reworking of an old staple - the black comedy thriller of the type arguably last seen with Robin Williams' The Big White. Read

Cars (PG)

TOY Story director John Lasseter returns with the most amazing-looking computer generated animation yet. Read

Miami Vice (15)

THIS is a crushing disappointment from Michael Mann, the director of Heat, The Insider and Collateral. Read

Renaissance (15)

SET IN Paris 2054, Christian Volckman's thriller is a bold, mostly black and white animation for genre lovers. Read

Hollywoodland (15)

WAS the mysterious death of original Adventures of Superman TV star George Reeve murder, suicide or an accident? Read

Jackass Number Two (18)

FOLLOWING on from the original Jackass: The Movie (2002), Johnny Knoxville and friends return with more practical jokes, incredible stunts and downright foolish moments of potential self-harm. Read

Pan's Labyrinth (15)

OFTEN wonder what audiences watching the original Franken-stein premiere would have made of the experience. Read

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (U)

TIM Allen returns for a second sequel along with Beverly Hills Cop star Judge Reinhold. Read

Tenacious D In The Pick Of Destiny (15)

IT'S just as well that 'rock' rhymes with a certain similar word otherwise there wouldn't be much left of this wafer-thin script for Jack Black to chew on. Read

I Was Jonathan Pitt (PG)

IN what is effectively a home-made documentary, actor Ben Fellows traces his birth mother with the blessing of his adoptive parents. Read

Student's purple windfall

ROCK band Purplemelon will play a top-up fees protest concert tonight and give one student the chance to win £1,000. Read

Author Profile

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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