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Articles from 15th Jan 2009

  • Beverly Hills Chihuahua (U)

    | Film Reviews

    IF IT’S hard to believe that it will be 13 years this spring since best -picture candidate Babe won the Oscar for best special effects, the bigger surprise is that the talking animals genre hasn’t really moved on. Read

  • My Bloody Valentine 3D (18)

    | Film Reviews

    BEING an old romantic, the best thing for me about Valentine’s Day is that it usually heralds the week when it starts to get light again at 7am. Read

  • The Wrestler (15)

    | Film Reviews

    Graham Young reviews Mickey Rourke's new film, The Wrestler. Read

  • Seven Pounds (12A)

    | Film Reviews

    WILL Smith should take a look at M Night Shyamalan’s career post the aptly-named Unbreakable – and try to steer clear of the clever-clever stuff. Read

  • I made a film waxing lyrical about my life

    | Film Reviews

    HAUNTED by having been sexually abused at the age of 11 by his martial arts teacher, he was a disillusioned factory worker who started to exorcise his demons by learning to write while sitting on his works’ toilet during breaks. Read

  • Slumdog Millionaire (15)

    | Film Reviews

    IN LAST week’s What’s On, Mail Film Editor Graham Young gave this crossover Bollywood movie a four star rating (docking one star for excessive violence) – and it won four awards at the Golden Globes on Sunday. Read

  • Clubbed (18)

    | Film Reviews

    FOR a low budget £2million film shot on location in Birmingham, Clubbed doesn’t half punch above its weight. Read