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How She Move (12a)

ANOTHER week, another dot-to-dot dance movie. Read

Leatherheads (pg)

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

[REC] (18)

HOLD on tight to your seats! Read

The long and the short of it

WEARING four inch, black patent Christian Laboutin heel Renee Zellweger is still half a head shorter than her Leatherheads co-star and director George Clooney. Read

Son of Rambow (12A)

THREE, two, one and... action! Son of Rambow is, at last, a film for Graham Young to write home about. Read

Never Back Down (15)

THE only frightening thing about this 'thriller' is that it glamorises the unpalatable subject matter so seductively. Read

Funny Games U.S. (18)

DIRECTOR Michael Haneke deservedly enjoyed international success with his last film in 2005, Cache (Hidden) - all the more surprising, then, that he should now be remaking his 1997 Austrian movie Funny Games directly for the American audience. Read

Awake (15)

THIS has to be one of the silliest thrillers for years...and the inherent stupidity is the single biggest reason why film critic Graham Young quite enjoyed it. Read

27 Dresses (12a)

THE PAST month has seen a collapse in general film quality since the Oscars, but, just when you think you'll never see anything warm and charming again, here's a much-needed, lightweight romantic comedy to please women in particular. Read

Drillbit Taylor (12a)

LEARNING that this film was made by the director of such cerebral challenges as Little Nicky and Without a Paddle, will be enough to make most sensible people file this one alongside Meet the Spartans as a film to avoid. Read

Four Minutes (15)

IMAGINE a cross between Shine and Prisoner: Cell Block H. Next, add doses of Ronald Harwood's Taking Sides and Bond villain Rosa Klebb, make it all in German and then add subtitles - including the worst curse of the English language. Read

The Hottie And The Nottie (12a)

FIND out why Paris Hilton's latest outing hasn't impressed Birmingham Mail film critic Graham Young. Read

Love in the time of Cholera

Love in the time of Cholera (15)

FOURTEEN years on from Four Weddings and now aged 65, British director Mike Newell’s faltering career won’t be done any favours by this lumbering 138-minute adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s epic novel. Read

The Orphanage (15)

FILM Editor Graham Young applauds a new Spanish horror classic Read

The Spiderwick Chronicles

The Spiderwick Chronicles: An Imax Presentation (PG)

LITERARY-minded older children are in for a real treat during Easter thanks to this classy adaptation. Read

Meet The Spartans

Meet The Spartans (12a)

EVENING news bulletins following the surprise discovery of missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews last Friday made it seem like someone had just been released from the Big Brother house. Read

Step Up 2 The Streets

Step Up 2 The Streets (12a)

STUFFED full of cliches it may be, but at least Step Up 2 is watchable thanks its extraordinary collection of energetic dance moves. Read

Jennifer Ellison

It's Jennifer Hellison

GRAHAM Young reviews The Cottage, starring Former Brookside star Jennifer Ellison Read

Dr Seuss' Horton hears a who

Jumbo sized fun

A review of the new film Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! Read

Redacted

Sickening images of Iraq war

A review of the film Redacted - writer-director Brian De Palma. Read