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Die Hard 4.0

GRAB the biggest tub of popcorn you can find - Bruce Willis is back on top form in a film that matches him all the way. Read

Dead Silence

THE title of James Wan's horror thriller refers not only to the eerie calm which descends every time the vengeful ventriloquist and her demonic dummy attack an unsuspecting victim, but also the likely reaction of audiences to this old-fashioned hocus pocus. Read

Hostel Part II

ONCE again executively produced and 'presented' by Quentin Tarantino, it's hard to imagine movies becoming any more disturbing. Read

The Future Is Unwritten

THE 124-minute running time of this Joe Strummer biopic might test the patience of non-Clash fans despite contributions from Bono, John Cusack and even Martin Scorsese. Read

Shrek The Third

STILL photography's 'rule of thirds' moves the subject off centre to winning effect. In cinemas, third helpings merely prove the law of diminishing returns. Read

The Flying Scotsman

NEITHER a film about air travel nor a railway, this is the amazing story of depressive Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree who tried to break the world record for the greatest distance travelled in one hour - using a home-made bicycle constructed partly from washing machine components. Read

Lucky You

I DO wonder about filmmakers who play into critics' hands with such double-edged titles. Read

Ma Mome - La Vie En Rose

WHO knows if Edith Piaf would have made it through a mid-20th Century Gallic version of France Has Got Talent? Read

Captivity

THE adult certificate is no quality-control guide to the horrors in store in this disaster. Read

Ocean's 13

WHEN Coventry's giant new Isle Casino launches next month, you can imagine that George Clooney will be there in the spirit of Danny Ocean... trying to rob the joint! Read

Black Gold

IF YOU love your coffee don't miss this fabulous 78-minute documentary movie about how the beans are grown, sorted and traded. Read

Are We Done Yet?

HANDS up if you enjoyed Bringing Down the House? Didn't fall asleep during Black Night and National Security? Grinned all the way through Big Momma's House I & 2 and then thought Norbit was a masterpiece? Read

The Tiger's Tail

DIRECTOR John Boorman is back in harness with The General star Brendan Gleeson, but this is a somewhat schizophrenic study of modern Ireland's search for identity. Read

Wedding Daze

WHICHEVER way you look at it, Jason Biggs isn't the biggest star of his generation. Read

The Hitcher

SHOCK, horror - Mr Bean has become a serial killer! Read

Flyboys

COMPLETE with some 'Allo, 'Allo moments, this underpowered action thriller tells the true story of the young men of the Lafayette Escadrille, the first American fighter-pilot squadron to see action in the First World War. Read

Paradise Lost

BY DEFAULT, plenty of movies have recently tried to put everyone off travelling. Read

Half Nelson

FRACTURE star Ryan Gosling won a best actor Oscar nomination for this movie - but this exploration of an addictive stranglehold is only getting a brief run out at the MAC from today till Sunday, and at Warwick Arts Centre on Wednesday and Thursday. Read

Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End

IT'S not a cutlass that pirates need these days... more a pair of old-fashioned scissors. Read

Taking Liberties

WITH just a month to go before the Tony Blair era ends, here comes an extraordinarily-damning verdict of his 'legacy'. Read