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Love Happens (12A) (with trailer)

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BY THE harsh law of averages, it was always going to be a tough ask for Jennifer Aniston to follow up this year’s hit movie Marley & Me with anything remotely as good.Read

Up (U) (with trailer)

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UP (U)Read

Le Donk and Scor-zay-zee (15) ****

MADE for less than the cost of a Jaguar XJ sports car, this 74-minute improvised comedy could represent the future of British film-making.Read

The Invention Of Lying (15) ** (with trailer)

THERE have been plenty of better British comedians than Ricky Gervais who haven’t found Hollywood’s streets to be paved with gold.Read

Toy Story 3D (PG) ***** (with trailer)

THE toys are back in town – and in 3D to boot!Read

Pandorum (15) (with trailer)

JUST what we didn’t want! Yet another film set on a spaceship where something strange is about to happen.Read

District 13: Ultimatum (15) **

NOT TO be confused with producer Peter Jackson’s current science fiction thriller District 9, this is the sequel to writer Luc Besson’s 2006 hit, District 13.Read

Driving Aphrodite (12A) **

RETITLED from its US name of My Life In Ruins, this film marks the return of Nia Vardalos.Read

Fame (PG) *** (with trailer)

ALAN Parker’s 1980 film Fame, starring Irene Cara, earned six Oscar nominations and won two for best score and song.Read

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs (U) ***

THE title of this inventive comedy fantasy animation sounds like a weather forecast you might expect to hear on BBC WM, if you were planning a day out at the Swedish IKEA store and restaurant next to Junction 9 of the M6.Read

The Soloist (12A) ****

FILMS dominated by a couple of actors doing fine work don’t come along as often as we might wish, so that’s one reason to catch this moving new film from British director Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice / Atonement).Read

The Crimson Wing (PG) ****

IF A 78-minute documentary film about flamingos sounds like it won’t have much legs in the cinema you’d be right.Read

Wanted (15) ****

Working for those offering him most money, Radhe switches from one gang to another.Read

Creation (PG) ****

AS WATCHABLE as it is thought-provoking and inspirational, Creation is a film that will help children see the bigger picture in class and to realise the answer to the most important question of all: ‘Why am I learning this?’Read

Surrogates (12A) ****

IF YOU like sci-fi thrillers Westworld, Total Recall, Minority Report and I, Robot then plug yourself into Surrogates.Read

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2D/3D (U) *** (with trailer)

THE title of this inventive comedy fantasy animation sounds like a weather forecast you might expect to hear on BBC WM... if you were planning a day out at the IKEA store and restaurant next to Junction 9 of the M6.Read

Maggie revels in mother role

AFTER winning huge acclaim in her breakthrough role opposite James Spader in the saucy movie Secretary, Maggie Gyllenhaal, like brother Jake, has emerged as one of Hollywood’s hottest talents.Read

The Firm (18) *

BRITISH writer-director Nick Love is an acquired taste for the DVD generation – and now he’s entering pointless remake territory.Read

Away We Go (15) **** (with trailer)

SAM MENDES has already had one movie out this year already – and Revolutionary Road is still riding high in my 2009 top ten to date having haunted me for weeks after seeing it.Read

Gamer (18) * (with trailer)

THE global video gaming market is forecast to be worth more than $75 billion within four years.Read