Son of Rambow (12A): Son of Rambow shamelessly transports viewers back to what was, for some of us anyway, the good old days of the early eighties. Others, having watched it, will leave the cinema trying to recall the last time a film made them feel so cheery.
Naomi Watts, once to be found in the grip of King Kong, is in the clutches of more sinister forces in Michael Haneke’s horrifying thriller. A contented little family, with Watts and Tim Roth as the parents, have driven to their Long Island holiday home in search of R&R.
Daniele Luchetti’s family epic has as many strands as a bowl of tagliatelle and is almost as satisfying. Based on the novel by Antonio Pennacchi, it traces the fortunes of siblings Accio (Elio Germano) and Manrico (Riccardo Scamaricio) against the backdrop of Italy’s turbulent post-war times.
Fancy the pictures tonight, dear? What would you like to see: action, comedy, romance, open heart surgery? Catering for
that ultra-specialist market that likes to watch operations and lose themselves in utterly unbelievable plots is Joby Harold’s medical thriller.
Fight Club meets The Karate Kid in Jeff Wadlow’s punch-up of a movie that manages the not so neat trick of being both action packed and tedious. Tom Cruise-lookalike Jake (Sean Faris) is a hot-head high school student and athlete who has recently moved to Florida.
27 dresses (12A):
Bette Midler, taking aim at fuddy-duddy Britain, once joked that if it’s three o’clock in New York it’s still
1938 in London. Anne Fletcher’s old hat of a romantic comedy tries to pull a similar stunt with time
Undeterred by her previous experiences, plucky Paris Hilton again ventures before the cameras. In Tom Putnam’s depressing comedy the celebutante is Cristabelle, glam pal to ugly bug June (Christine Lakin).
Frat pack comedian Owen Wilson joins Judd Apaptow’s gang for this geeks’ comedy produced by the director of Knocked Up and co-written by one of its stars, Seth Rogen.
Ice Cube reprises his down-
on-his-luck small-time crook character from the Friday film series he wrote, produced and starred in. Though this is not, strictly speaking, another sequel to Friday, Next Friday and Friday After Next.
In 1835 Pierre Riviere, son of a Normandy farmer, plunged a bill hook into the heads of his mother, sister, and brother. In 1975, director Rene Allio made a movie about the murders.
The Orphanage (15): One of the many advantages of being a moviegoer is that it makes death so much more interesting. There you are, breathing your last, and it comes time to roll the final showreel. While others might be content with glimpses of holidays and parties flashing before their eyes, the film lover will always have Casablanca.
Ryan Gosling is one actor who could never be accused of taking the easy roles. Oscar nominated two years ago for playing a drug addict teacher in Half Nelson, Lars and the Real Girl finds him getting up close and personal with a sex doll bought over the internet.
Here's a Dr Seuss story about an elephant and glory/ He’s played by Jim Carrey, an actor quite scary/ But it’s really quite fun, so don’t worry kids/ And if all else fails, it will sell lots
of vids!
War, cholera, poverty - anything would be preferable to sitting through this costumed hooey again. What happened here? What should have been a succulent cinematic morsel ends up as something you wouldn't serve to the dog.
The director of Freaky Friday (the recent Lindsay Lohan version, not the Jodie Foster original) turns in a winning combination of fantasy and domestic drama that features such terrifying creatures as evil goblins and bickering parents.
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