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The Spiderwick Chronicles (PG) Jul 12 2008

MOVE over Harry Potter and co! Read

Things We Lost In The Fire (15) Jul 12 2008

DESPITE some quality acting from Benicio Del Toro and Halle Berry, this drama about two people growing closer together following the murder of Audrey's husband Brian (David Duchovny) is achingly dull.Read

The Bucket List (12) Jul 05 2008

RE the AC/DC reference above. Swap blood for cliches and if, you want 'em, you've got 'em!Read

There Will Be Blood (15) Jul 05 2008

THIRTY years ago this autumn, AC/DC released a seminal rock album called If You Want Blood You've Got It.Read

Be Kind Rewind (12) Jun 28 2008

THIS Jack Black film about staff in a video shop making their own movies to replace the blanks on the shelves is very, very self-indulgent. You might even hate it.Read

Diary Of The Dead (18) Jun 28 2008

VETERAN filmmaker George A Romero is back with his fifth zombie feature since he rattled off Night of the Living Dead in 1968.Read

The Bank Job (15) Jun 28 2008

AUSTRALIAN-born director Roger Donaldson already has three of my favourite movies on his CV - No Way Out, Thirteen Days and The World's Fastest Indian.Read

The Other Boleyn Girl (15) Jun 28 2008

AFTER a 2003 BBC production covered simila r ground, here comes another BBC-backed version of the same story, this time starring Natalie Portman (Anne), Scarlett Johansson (Mary) and Australian-born Hulk star Eric Bana - who never quite convinces as Henry Tudor.Read

The Water Horse: Legend Of The Deep (PG) Jun 28 2008

BASED on the book by Dick King-Smith (Babe) and made by the producers of The Lord of the Rings, children should enjoy this new take on the Loch Ness monster legend.Read

My Blueberry Nights (12) Jun 21 2008

IF YOU'VE fallen foul of current cinema release The Happening, don't go near this film otherwise you'll begin to feel that someone upstairs has it in for you.Read

Penelope (u) Jun 21 2008

DESPITE the U certificate potentially putting off older viewers, this is a fun fairy tale for all ages.Read

Rambo (18) Jun 21 2008

A YEAR after bringing Rocky back one more time, Sylvester Stallone drags John Rambo out of hibernation and into the 21st century.Read

Untraceable (18) Jun 21 2008

FROM the moment Agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) begins to lead the investigation we know we've seen enough Jodie Foster movies to predict how this will finish.Read

Black Water (15) Jun 14 2008

THREE Australian youngsters sail into deadly salt water crocodile territory, believing that anything is better than being stuck in an office.Read

Definitely, maybe (12) Jun 14 2008

THIRTYSOMETHING advertising executive Will Hayes is in the middle of a divorce.Read

Jumper (12) Jun 14 2008

DAVID Rice (Hayden Christensen) had his first 'jump' at five. Now that he's become fully aware of his power, he can literally take himself anywhere in the world in a flash... Read

The Ugly Duckling and Me (U) Jun 14 2008

ADAPTED - and expanded - from the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, this is a surprisingly watchable animation considering it's a Danish-Irish-French co-production.Read

Underdog (U) Jun 14 2008

RACING Stripes director Frederik du Chau returns with a second animal story, this time about a police sniffer dog which learns the power of Babe-style speech.Read

Cloverfield (15) Jun 07 2008

THIS story of a video camera being left on during an attack by strange creatures is too superficial for its own good and having an unknown cast doesn't help such thinly sketched characters.Read

Juno (12) Jun 07 2008

A COMEDY-drama about a teenage girl who becomes pregnant and then wants to give her baby away can't be funny, right?Read

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