The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (12A)

Thursday 11th September 2008

A film about the Holocaust made for children and financed by Walt Disney is bound to divide audiences. Should such a serious subject be dealt with in this manner?

Jar City (15)

Thursday 11th September 2008

Having made an impressive debut with the quirky romantic comedy 101 Reykjavik, Icelandic writer-director Baltasar Kormákur was wooed by Hollywood, from whence he has since returned home to make this very serviceable police procedural and murder mystery.

Pineapple Express (15)

Thursday 11th September 2008

It was only a matter of time before reigning king of comedy Judd Apatow (Knocked Up) and his clown prince Seth Rogen (Superbad) brought their brand of film-making to that seedy sub-genre the stoner movie.

The Women (12A)

Thursday 11th September 2008

Diane English’s The Women has the dubious distinction of being not only a pointless remake of George Cukor’s 1939 classic, but also a below-par rip-off of Sex and the City.

Angel (15)

Thursday 11th September 2008

The source material for this rather feckless period piece directed by Frenchman Francois Ozon (in English) is a 1957 novel by British author Elizabeth Taylor.

Eden Lake (18)

Thursday 11th September 2008

This reactionary nonsense plays like it was dreamed up during an editorial meeting at a tabloid newspaper.

Bangkok Dangerous (18)

6:06pm Friday 5th September 2008

Ken Dodd plays Nicolas Cage playing a hitman in the Pang brothers’ remake and rejig of their 1999 debut.

	All in the best possible taste
	12:49am Thu 4 Sep 08
	The Duchess (12A): Such is the air of pomp, circumstance and all round National Trust-ness surrounding Saul Dibb’s film, screens showing it should be fenced off with red rope and overpriced cream teas sold in foyers in place of hotdogs.

RocknRolla (15)

12:56am Thursday 4th September 2008

That Guy Ritchie, he’s a right tasty geezer. There we were, expecting him to pull the job of the century and not deliver just another Mockney opera, and what does he do?

City of Men (15)

12:53am Thursday 4th September 2008

Six years on from the startling Cidade de Deus (City of God), the story of the favelas and the people who live in them shows no sign of packing up. From the film's wildly popular television follow-up, City of Men, comes this movie version.

Disaster Movie (PG)

12:54am Thursday 4th September 2008

A personal plea to Friedberg and Seltzer, the directors who brought you Date Movie, Epic Movie and now this aptly titled junk. For the love of whatever being you believe in, please stop the spoofing.

The Banishment (12A)

7:51pm Wednesday 3rd September 2008

This bleak, handsome picture won a best actor award at Cannes for its lead, Konstantin Lavronenko. It begins in muscular style with a dead-of-night dash by a gunshot-wounded brother to his sibling Alex (Lavronenko).

	When idealism goes up in smoke
	Thu 28 Aug 08
	The Wackness (15): If you can ever forgive and forget The Love Guru, a good year continues for Ben Kingsley with this ice-cool comedy drama which plays out across a sweltering New York summer.

Ben X (15)

Thursday 28th August 2008

Bullying raises its revolting head in this Belgian drama written and directed by Nic Balthazar from his own novel. Though a harrowing watch at times, strong performances and a story that is never quite what it seems combine to make a memorable debut.

Badlands (15)

Thursday 28th August 2008

If a classic can be defined by how fresh it remains after its first release, then Terrence Malick's crime drama, 35 years young, is worthy of the tag.

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