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A scene from the film My Week With Marilyn

Review: My Week With Marilyn Nov 25 2011

rated 15 ****

IN the summer of 1956, Marilyn Monroe came to Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire to shoot The Prince And The Showgirl with Sir Laurence Olivier.Read

A scene from the film Dream House

Review: Dream House Nov 25 2011

rated 15 **

THIS psychological thriller suffers from a nasty case of trailer-itis.Read

A scene from the film Moneyball

Review: Moneyball Nov 25 2011

rated 12A ****

IN THE sporting arena, money doesn’t just talk, it chatters incessantly.Read

Twilight

Review: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 Nov 18 2011

rated 12A **

BABY makes three in this fourth Twilight film which enjoyed a special screening at Empire cinema last night as part of a special Twi-athalon event which attracted queues of fans in vampire garb to The Gate.Read

A scene from the film Justice

Review: Justice Nov 18 2011

rated 15 **

YOU wait all year for a generic and predictable Nicolas Cage thriller and then two come along in quick succession.Read

Tyneside Cinema

Preview: Satyagraha, Tyneside Cinema Nov 18 2011

THE latest in live screenings linking New York and Newcastle takes place this weekend with an epic opera production broadcast live at Tyneside Cinema.Read

A scene from the film The Awakening

Review: The Awakening Nov 11 2011

rated 15 ***

THE best ghost stories often have a gimmick or sting in the tail that sends a chill down the spine, and this haunted house story set in the aftermath of the First World War provides all the requisite bumps in the night – but it doesn’t quite get under our skin.Read

A scene from the film Wuthering Heights

Review: Wuthering Heights Nov 11 2011

rated 15 *****

ANDREA Arnold’s latest dose of gritty realism following 2009’s Bafta-winning Fish Tank takes Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel and wrings from it every last bleak and brilliant drop.Read

A scene from the film Arthur Christmas 3D

Review: Arthur Christmas 3D Nov 11 2011

rated U ****

AARDMAN, the creator of Wallace and Gromit delivers a feast of family fun for the festive season in this hugely entertaining computer-animated comedy about Santa’s 21st Century operations.Read

A scene from the film Immortals

Review: Immortals 3D Nov 11 2011

rated 15 **

THIS feast of naked male torsos is loosely inspired by the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. A simple story of heroism against the odds, involving man, the Gods and the Titans, is expanded it into a swaggering swords and sandals adventure awash with decapitation, dismemberment and gratuitous sex.Read

A scene from the film In Time

Review: In Time Nov 04 2011

rated 12A ****

NEW Zealand-born screenwriter Andrew Niccol has consistently conjured dark clouds with his dystopian visions of life.Read

A scene from the film Straw Dogs

Review: Straw Dogs Nov 04 2011

rated 18 **

IN 1971, legendary director Sam Peckinpah sparked a wide-ranging debate about violence in cinema and the depiction of women with his coruscating thriller Straw Dogs, based on the novel The Siege of Trencher’s Farm by Gordon Williams.Read

A scene from the film Tower Heist

Review: Tower Heist Nov 04 2011

rated 12A **

THANKSGIVING is one of the major holidays in America, celebrated in New York with an annual parade which in this action-packed comedy provides a perfect cover for a daring robbery.Read

A scene from the film Machine Gun Preacher

Review: Machine Gun Preacher Nov 04 2011

rated 15 ***

GERARD Butler plays thug-turned-guerrilla humanitarian Sam Childers in this adaptation of a real story.Read

A scene from the film Tintin

Review: The Adventures of Tintin Oct 28 2011

rated PG ****

WRITTEN and drawn by Belgian artist Georges Remi under the pen name Hergé, Tintin first sprang to life on the page in 1929.Read

The Help

Review: The Help Oct 28 2011

rated 12A ****

BASED on the novel by Kathryn Stockett, this explores the touching relationship between two black maids in 1960s Mississippi. Screen-written and directed by Tate Taylor, it’s an embarrassment of acting riches, anchored by tour-de-force performances from Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer.Read

The Ides of March

Review: The Ides of March Oct 28 2011

rated 15 ****

AWAY from the glitz of the red carpet, George Clooney has pricked consciences by talking about the Darfur conflict and Haiti earthquake while behind the camera, his films have bared teeth at the political establishment.Read

Paranormal Activity 3

Review: Paranormal Activity 3 Oct 28 2011

rated 15 ***

THE evil spirit which haunted Oren Peli’s 2009 low-budget horror Paranormal Activity is back and this time, things go bump in the nightmares of two little girls with an imaginary friend who’s terrifyingly real.Read

A scene from the film Tintin

Tintin film hits the big screen starring Jamie Bell Oct 26 2011

IN this new age of texts, Twitter and the internet, it’s good to see that an old-fashioned cub reporter is about to become a huge draw on the big screen. Yes, Steven Spielberg’s new Tintin film is out this week.Read

Tyneside Cinema

Young film-makers’ work on show at Tyneside Cinema Oct 26 2011

A THRILLING night at Tyneside Cinema this coming weekend will be showcasing the work of talented young filmmakers.Read

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