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Happy-Go-Lucky (15)

DIRECTOR Mike Leigh's last movie was the seriously sombre Vera Drake three years ago and starred Sally Hawkins as Susan. Now the London-born actress is playing a very happy primary school teacher called Poppy.Read

Lars And The Real Girl (12)

THE independent film of the week was recently Oscar nominated for best original screenplay alongside the triumphant Juno.Read

Leatherheads (PG)

GEORGE Clooney and Renee Zellweger star in this sepia-toned 1920s' screwball comedy set in the struggling world of professional American football.Read

Meet The Spartans (12)

STARRING former EastEnders actor Sean Maguire and Carmen Electra, this is pure trash.Read

In Bruges (18)

IN the aftermath of a bungled hit, gunmen for hire Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson) head for the continent to await instructions from fiery-tempered boss Harry (Ralph Fiennes).Read

[REC]

I'M NOT a big fan of 'reality' shows like Big Brother and didn't care much for Cloverfield earlier this year on the big screen.Read

Son Of Rambow (12)

WILL Proudfoot (Bill Milner) is an outcast. His mother, Mary (Jessica Hynes), is a member of the Plymouth Brethren, which forbids Will from corruptive influences like film, television and the radio.Read

How She Move (cert 12)

BUSTING to some of the same moves as Stomp The Yard, Ian Iqbal Rashid's coming of age story suffers a little, arriving a couple of weeks after the toned midriffs of Step Up 2 The Streets. Read

Pathology (cert 18)

HEROES star Milo Ventimiglia headlines this medical thriller from director Marc Schoelermann and screenwriting duo Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Read

Vantage Point (cert 12)

PRESIDENT Ashton (William Hurt) travels to Spain to make a keynote address on the global threat of terrorism. As he approaches the lectern, two shots ring out and Secret Service agents Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox) rush to the President's aid. In the ensuing pandemonium, Thomas notices American tourist Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker) digitally recording the incident. They hastily review the footage, discovering too late that the shooter has left another surprise for the Secret Service. Meanwhile, veteran television news producer Rex Brooks (Sigourney Weaver) watches in horror as her reporter Angie Jones (Zoe Saldana) is caught up in the chaos. Read

27 Dresses (12)

THEY SAY variety is the spice of life - but if you could spread this week's DVD releases on a sandwich who'd want to eat it?Read

Funny Games (18)

THIS is where things start to go seriously wrong.Read

The Hottie and the Nottie (12)

NOW for the intellectual treat of the week - a sort of sideways journey through what passes for Paris Hilton's brain.Read

10,000 BC (12)

INDEPENDENCE Day director Roland Emmerich returns with another fantastical tale relying heavily on state-of-the-art special effects.Read

Drillbit Taylor (12)

WHEN three boys find their lives are being made a misery by a couple of bullies, they hire 'budget bodyguard' Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson) to protect them.Read

First Sunday (12)

ICE Cube, the star of Are We There Yet? and its even dumber sequel Are We Done Yet?, returns as a robber called Durell.Read

Lamb Of God - Walk With Me In Hell

NEVER ones to do anything by halves, this slick, warts-and-all five-hour production is an intimate portrait of one of the world's leading metal bands.Read

Step Up 2 The Streets (PG)

THIS film has an extraordinary collection of energetic moves.Read

The Cottage (18)

THIS British horror film is a massive disappointment considering director Paul Andrew Williams made such a classy debut with London to Brighton.Read

The Orphanage (El Orfanato) (15)

IT WOULD be hard to imagine this film not being in anyone's top ten for 2008 come the chimes of Big Ben on New Year's Eve.Read