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 HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMYCertificate 12A, running time 2h Far smarter than your average comic book adaptation, the long-awaited sequel to Guillermo Del Toro's Hellboy is a worthy challenger to The Dark Knight's box office domination. Ron Perlman, pictured right, is back in the role he was born to play as everyone's favourite big red demon, while Selma Blair puts in a typically fiery turn as his girlfriend, but it's two new additions which really elevate the film above its predecessor.
(21/08/2008)
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GET SMARTCertificate 12A, running time 1h50m Mr Ubiquitous is back in another haphazard bid for comedy superstardom in a misfiring big screen adaptation of the cult '60s American TV show of the same name. Teflon-coated Steve Carrell, pictured, is, amazingly, still getting work as a leading man despite a series of high-profile flops that should have seen him relegated to the role of amusing sidekick he used to play so well (see Anchorman for evidence).
(21/08/2008)
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STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARSCertificate PG, running time 1h 38m We've already had pixellated penguins, lovingly-rendered rats and an implausibly toned Ray Winstone, but just when you thought no stone had been left unturned in the studios' search for the next animated superstars, along comes Yoda and friends to stake their claim to a slice of the computer-generated pie.
(21/08/2008)
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Reviews of films still on screen YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN(21/08/2008 15:24)WILD CHILD(21/08/2008 15:24)THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR(14/08/2008 14:02)SPACE CHIMPS(14/08/2008 14:02)THE DARK KNIGHT(08/08/2008 12:23)MAMMA MIA!(31/07/2008 14:48) |
 Paul Newman reviews a selection of the latest releases on DVD and Video SON OF RAMBOW(Optimum Home Entertainment, 12, retail & rental) Director Garth Jennings' spins an irresistible fusion of whimsy, nostalgia and comedy in this story of unlikely bonds. It's 1983 and 10-year-old Will Proudfoot (Ben Milner) is the son of a fatherless family of Plymouth Brethren, sheltered from worldly contamination by a strict prohibition on radio, television and cinema.
(21/08/2008)
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LA ANTENA(Dogwoof Pictures, PG, retail) At once a homage to the silent era and a sharp comment on modern concerns, this silent black & white film from Argentina has a dreamlike power and poignancy to spare. Director/writer Esteban Sapir creates an Orwellian dystopia in which the inhabitants of a '50s-style futuristic city have been robbed of their voices by the inane broadcasts of the all-powerful despot Mr TV.
(21/08/2008)
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UNEARTHED(Icon Home Entertainment, 18, retail) Former Bros brother Luke Goss chalks up another on his horror CV as an unlikely battler of monsters in this energetic if undemanding B-movie. An archaeological dig in New Mexico unearths an ancient creature (a toothy critter a bit like a cross of the creatures from Alien and Pitch Black) hell-bent on eating and procreating, and in no time at all it's chewing its way through anybody it encounters.
(21/08/2008)
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DECEPTION(Entertainment In Video, 15, retail & rental) Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman star in this rather convoluted and highly unlikely thriller in which the former is grey little number-cruncher Jonathon, seduced into a sex club for corporate high-rollers by the latter's suave lawyer Wyatt.
(21/08/2008)
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INSANITARIUM(Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 18, retail & rental) Jeff Buhler's bloody, inventive and relentless debut horror flick shows a great feel for the genre. Distressed by his suicidal sister's incarceration in a spooky mental hospital, Jack (Jesse Metcalfe) fakes a moment of madness to get himself committed and break her out.
(21/08/2008)
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