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Pirates cause chaos at theatre show

MALCOLM Stent's show Go And Play Further Up Your Own End took on an unexpected meaning - when a pirate radio station knocked out some of the cast's microphones on opening night. Read

Memoirs Of A Geisha (12)

MEMOIRS Of A Geisha looks so beautiful it earned cinematographer Dion Beebe an Oscar at this year's Academy Awards. Read

North Country (15)

NORTH Country is a fictionalised account of a woman miner who made history in a sexual harassment case. Read

Mirrormask (PG)

MIRRORMASK has enough visual ideas to impress big players like Steven Spielberg. Read

Poseidon (12A)

BIRMINGHAM'S five-year-old IMAX Cinema comes of age tonight with its first 'day-on-date' Hollywood blockbuster. Read

United 93 (15)

JUST like Apollo 13, you'll subconsciously know the entire United 93 story already. Read

The Omen (15)

HERE'S another remake of a 70s classic, cleverly opening next Tuesday on 6/6/6 when it will be 19 days shy of the 30th anniversary of Richard Donner's original. Read

Wah-Wah (15)

ACTOR turned writer-director Richard E Grant keeps himself out of this semi-autobiographical story of his Swaziland childhood. Read

Down In The Valley (15)

EDWARD Norton is struggling to sustain his Oscar-nominated performances in Primal Fear and American History X. Read

Things To Do Before You're 30 (15)

EVEN the prospect of seeing Dr Who star Billie Piper kissing another woman shouldn't tempt you out to Vue Star City just to see this. Read

Harbour hotel is an oasis of calm

THERE are hotels and there are hotels. And then there's a little island of tranquillity called the Conrad London. Read

Whitesnake @ NIA

WHITESNAKE star David Coverdale earned a round of applause from fans - despite cancelling his NIA gig 40 minutes into the show. Read

Balance is key for ex-hellraiser

DAVID Coverdale might have gleaming gnashers on his latest publicity pix - but he swears blind they are not new ones, nor the result of computer photo-trickery! Read

X-Men: The Last Stand (12A)

LET'S hope this is one film that lives up to its title. Read

The Wild (U)

A BUNCH of animals leave behind a New York zoo to go on a transcontinental adventure. Read

Curious George (U)

BASED on a 1941 series of children's books of the same name by German-born writer Margret Rey and illustrator husband Hans Augusto Rey, this is Madagascar/The Wild in reverse. Read

Friends With Money (15)

WITH a cast including Jennifer Aniston (Olivia), Joan Cusack (Franny), Frances McDormand (Jane) and Catherine Keener (Christine) all Friends With Money needs is a decent script to be two-thirds of the way there. Read

The Thief Lord (PG)

BASED on Cornelia Funke's novel this is the story of two boys placed in the care of wicked aunt Esther (Carole Boyd) and uncle Max (Bob Goody) - only for them to run off to the city of their late mother's dreams. Read

The King (15)

DIRECTED and co-written by 33-year-old Truro-born James Marsh, this is one of the most compelling dramas of the year - even though the characters' actions don't always make sense. Read

Waiting (15)

THIS disaster is billed as a comedy - but if you've just eaten you're more likely to be choking than laughing. 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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