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Super Size Me director Morgan Spurlock in Brum

OSCAR-nominated film director Morgan Spurlock charmed his way through a question and answer session at a Birmingham cinema. Read

Film director Morgan Spurlock in Brum

OSCAR-nominated film-maker Morgan Spurlock has arrive in Birmingham to look for the world's most wanted man - Osama Bin Laden. Read

Days Out: Bilston Craft Gallery and Library

IF Mount Pleasant would sound wonderful in any city on Earth, Bilston in the Black Country has a rather less charming ring to it. Read

A Walk In The Park: Blossoming at break of day

REGULAR readers of this column will know that it's been running since October, 2005. Read

Iron Man (12a)

WE'VE HAD the Iron Lady politician, The Iron Giant animation and rock stars Iron Maiden - all of which have conquered their chosen fields. Read

Nim's Island (u)

JODIE FOSTER has made her name with some of the toughest movies around - Taxi Driver, The Accused, Silence of the Lambs and The Brave One. Read

P2 (18)

FRENCH filmmakers Alexandre Aja and Gregory Levasseur made their name with Switchblade Romance which had a certain something as a fright-night chiller. Read

Made Of Honour (12a)

JUST A decade after My Best Friend's Wedding starred Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz, along comes a remake which offers a reversal of fortune. Read

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

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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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