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Race To Witch Mountain (PG) ****

BEEFCAKE star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson plays a Las Vegas taxi driver called Jack – who is shocked to find two aliens called Sara (Anna Sophia Robb) and Seth (Alexander Ludwig) on his back seat.Read

Inglourious Basterds (18) **** (with trailer)

QUENTIN Tarantino is a filmmaking genius who just happens to soak up other movies for inspiration like a sponge can hold water.Read

A Walk in the Park: Kings Heath Park

IT’S THREE years since we visited this park, so with the Birmingham Gardeners’ Weekend coming up on September 5/6 it seemed like a good time to go back.Read

£12m opens window to Victorian world

IT’S FUNNY what £12 million can buy you these days – a Villa footballer who might not play until Christmas, a wonderfully restored Jacobean mansion called Aston Hall... or a whole load of new attractions in Ironbridge.Read

Shorts (PG) *** (with trailer)

WHEN Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez teamed up for their ill-fated, four-hour ‘Grindhouse’ double bill in 2007, we had to wait eight weeks to see the latter’s Planet Terror accompaniment to Death Proof.Read

Sin Nombre (15) **** (with trailer)

CINEMATOGRAPHER Cary Joji Fukunaga has a bright future after winning the best director awards at both Sundance and Edinburgh this year.Read

The Country Girl, Raddlebarn Road, Selly Oak

THANKS to M&B’s policy of not admitting under 14s to its Ember Inns pubs, our children had never been to one... until now!Read

Fried Fish, Chipped Potatoes - Blists Hill Victorian Town

SHROPSHIRE’S Ironbridge equivalent of the Black Country Living Museum now has chips to match.Read

Pepsi Max Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

Seaside smiles at the capital of fun

WHO says Blackpool is a culinary desert with nothing but burgers and chips to offer?Read

Digital family look to web for holiday ideas

AFTER almost a year of being our competition-winning ‘Digital Family’, the Lockes from Hollywood are finding life on the information highway ever more interesting – and useful.Read

Crossroads actor John Bentley dies at 92

FORMER Crossroads star John Bentley, who married Noele Gordon in the soap’s biggest storyline, has died aged 92.Read

Crossroads actor John Bentley dies at 92

FORMER Crossroads star John Bentley, who married Noele Gordon in the soap’s biggest storyline, has died aged 92.Read

Say eh-oh again as the Teletubbies return

EH-OH! They’re now almost stroppy teenagers, but The Teletubbies are back – with a nationwide dance tour.Read

Stratford's Bancroft Gardens £3m makeover a terrible mistake

IT HAS cost £3 million to tart up Stratford’s Bancroft Gardens in between Waterside and the River Avon.Read

Graham Young discovers the delights on the doorstep of Brindleyplace

WHETHER you are visiting Birmingham for the first time or just want to show off one of the best parts of the city to friends from afar, Brindleyplace should be one of your main ports of call.Read

A Perfect Getaway (15) ****

ADULT thrillers have tended to become rather brutal affairs in recent years, with studios trying to outdo each other on the gore factor.Read

The Time Traveler's Wife (12A) *

BY DEFINITION, Eric Bana has a thing about four letter names.Read

Bandslam (PG) ****

WITH A PG-rating and High School Musical’s Vanessa Hudgens in tow, many parents will see this battle of the bands contest as a movie for children.Read

Mesrine: Killer Instinct (15) ****

HORRENDOUSLY violent, brilliantly acted, well shot and cleverly orchestrated, this classy French film shows that you don’t need Michael Mann directing Christian Bale and Johnny Depp to make a top-notch gangster epic.Read

Aliens In The Attic (PG) ***

REHASHING Gremlins and Home Alone with a dash of E.T. wouldn’t have required a great deal of imagination.Read

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