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District 9 (15) ***** (with trailer)

IN THE first six months of 2009, UK cinema attendances were up a whopping 14 per cent.Read

500 Days Of Summer (12A) **** (with trailer)

ROMANTIC dramas which might actually mean something to the viewer are few and far between.Read

Harborne Fish Bar, War Lane, Harborne

WHEN I was last at the former ‘Harborne Fisheries’ shop in March, 2008, I noted the staff ‘looked as tired as the shop’s exterior’.Read

The Boot Inn, Birmingham Road, Mappleborough Green

I DON’T understand this country sometimes.Read

Audition led to true romance for funny girl

FUNNY People might be the latest film from Judd Apatow, but behind every successful man there is supposed to be a powerful woman.Read

Dragonball Evolution (PG) **

This manga adaptation is aimed at a young, undemanding audience with some scenes resembling a video game. Read

The Damned United (15) ****

MICHAEL Sheen’s performance as the incomparable soccer boss Brian Clough makes this film worth watching – even if the script, based on the controversial novel by David Peace, clearly plays footsie with the truth.Read

Kisses (15) ***

HERE’S another film about children running away.Read

Mesrine: Public Enemy No.1 (15) ****

THE second half of the film about the French gangster Jacques Mesrine arrives at Cineworld Broad Street today – and it’s even better than part one, Killer Instinct, which has sadly just left the cinema.Read

The Final Destination 3D/2D (15) * (with trailer)

THE flavour-of-the-month gimmick of digital 3D breathes new life into this uncalled for fourth edition of the Final Destination series. But only just.Read

The Hurt Locker (15) ***** (with trailer)

EVER since George Bush led the invasion of Iraq, Hollywood’s war machine has been shot to pieces.Read

Funny People (15) ** (with trailer)

RUNNING TO a self-indulgent 145 minutes, Funny People is the latest movie from Judd Apatow – a writer-director described as a ‘genius’ on BBC Breakfast News this week.Read

A Walk in the Park: Harborne Lane

EVERYONE who mistakenly thinks that Birmingham is a concrete jungle should be encouraged to marvel at the sheer number of green spaces on an A-Z fold-out map of the city.Read

Following in the footsteps of kings at Tamworth Castle

THINK of a Midlands castle to visit for a grand day out and you might come up with Kenilworth or Warwick.Read

Handmade Burger Co, The Water's Edge, Brindleyplace.

USUALLY when we go out to eat as a family, the idea is to spend quality time together.Read

Ikea, M6 J9, Wednesbury

CAUGHT up in M6 no-man’s land one sunny evening, I was somehow persuaded by my wife to enter this labyrinthine retail hell-hole in search of light bulbs.Read

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HANDMADE BURGER CO, THE WATER’S EDGE, BRINDLEYPLACERead

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