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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

Once In A Lifetime - The Extraordinary Story Of The New York Cosmos (15)

IF you live for football - or soccer, as the Americans call it - you'll adore this fabulous documentary. Read

Walk The Line (12)

JOAQUIN Phoenix was Oscar-nominated for his role as country legend Johnny Cash in Walk the Line. Read

Chicken Little (U)

CHICKEN Little is Disney's first homegrown computer-generated animation. Read

Rumour Has It (12)

RUMOUR Has It is a convoluted attempt to follow-up The Graduate, with Jennifer Aniston believing that she could have been the child of the family which inspired the classic movie. Read

Aeon Flux (15)

DESPITE wearing some very striking outfits, double best actress Oscar nominee Charlize Theron made a mistake by agreeing to play the action card in Aeon Flux. Read

The Da Vinci Code (12A)

AFTER the international best-selling page turner, here comes this year's global silver screen burner. Read

Jarhead (15)

JARHEAD is a well-intentioned war movie about what it takes not to pull the trigger. Read

Just Friends (12)

JUST Friends is a comedy about a former fat guy - who wonders if the girl who rejected him in his teens will have a different point of view now that he's a big cheese in the record industry ten years on. Read

The New World (12)

EVEN fans of writer-director Terrence Malick (Badlands/Days of Heaven/The Thin Red Line) will struggle to watch The New World in one sitting. Read

Breakfast On Pluto (15)

BREAKFAST On Pluto is Neil Jordan's vastly overlong hit-and-miss adaptation of Pat McCabe's best-selling novel. Read

Prime (12A)

NOW 56, Meryl Streep has an astonishing 13 Oscar nominations to her name, including ten for best actress. Read

Brick (15)

THERE aren't many current films which come over as fresh and original, but Brick is one of the best for some time and should go down well with the university crowd. Read

When A Stranger Calls (15)

IF you are after a hairs-on-end 'home alone' chiller look no further than this remake. Read

March Of The Penguins (U)

THERE are plenty of big name stars around who are unlikely to ever taste Oscar success from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Bruce Willis. Read

Just Like Heaven (PG)

JUST Like Heaven will have an appeal for old romantics who are happy to settle for A Paler Shade of Ghost. Read

Match Point (12)

A TENNIS drama, romantic love triangle and nasty little adult thriller with a credible twist all rolled into one, Match Point is famously Woody Allen's first movie set in London. Read

Mission: Impossible III (12A)

GET YOUR popcorn ready - but pass the sick bucket! The underlying flavour of the year's first 'tentpole' summer blockbuster is that agent Ethan Hunt is deliriously engaged to Julia, who resembles his real life partner, Katie Holmes. Read

Confetti (15)

BIRMINGHAM-born director Debbie Isitt comes up trumps with this eagerlyawaited and very funny three-for-one wedding comedy. 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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