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I Am Legend


BASED on Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel, which inspired the films The Last Man On Earth and The Omega Man, I Am Legend is a post-apocalyptic thriller about the last remaining survivor of a terrible man-made catastrophe. Read

A scene from the movie Balls Of Fury

Balls Of Fury


ROBERT Ben Garant (Reno 911!: Miami) serves up more punch-lines that fail to hit their target with this ham-fisted yarn, boldly described as “a huge comedy with tiny balls”. Read

A scene from the movie St Trinians

St Trinian's


Girls just want to have fun in Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson’s revival of the naughty hockey stick-wielding minxes, first immortalised in the cartoons of Ronald Searle. Read

A scene from the movie Alvin And The Chipmonks

Alvin and the Chipmunks


The diminutive critters introduced each chapter of the story and, most memorably, burst into helium-voiced renditions of songs such as Blue Moon. Read

Actor Colin Firth

Colin’s set up for a fall at St Trinian’s

Back on the big screen after half a century is St Trinian’s. Jenny Chambers talks to heart-throb Colin Firth about his role in it. Read

Pupils take trip down the road

THE premiere of a special film called A Trip Down Coatsworth Road took place last night at the Tyneside Cinema at Gateshead Old Town Hall. Read

A scene from the movie Bee Movie

Bee Movie


THIS computer-animated adventure introduces us to the thankless existence of the humble honeybee. Read

A scene from the movie We Own The Night

We Own The Night


THIS is a gritty account of betrayal and retribution set against a backdrop of 1980s New York street crime. Read

A scene from the movie Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium


THERE are those who have a cynical view of the toy industry at this time of year but I doubt they have met Mr Magorium. Read

A scene from the movie Enchanted

Enchanted


EVERY Christmas you hope for a film which perfectly embodies the festive spirit. Enchanted is the one. Kevin Lima’s tale of a storybook princess at large in New York cleverly upholds and subverts fairy-tale conventions and has all the ingredients of a modern classic. Read

A scene from the movie The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass


AFTER months of rumour and counter-rumour about a spiralling budget ($150m-$200m) and drastic changes to the screenplay, not to mention calls for a boycott of the film by the Catholic League, The Golden Compass is finally here. Read

A scene from the movie Code Name: The Cleaner

Code Name: The Cleaner


LES Mayfield’s misfiring and misconceived comedy, about an amnesiac who suspects he may be a CIA operative, is about as much fun as a pile of ironing. Read

Ipso Facto Films' producer and founder Christine Alderson

First take for new film studio

A GROUNDBREAKING micro-studio aimed at developing local film-making talent opens this week. Moxie Makers will be launched at the fifth Northern Lights Film Festival which starts tomorrow at the Tyneside Cinema. Read

Singer Bi Kidude from Zanzibar

Woman they can’t stop talking about

AN AWARD-WINNING music documentary is to get its first commercial UK screening this week at Newcastle’s Side Cinema. Read

A scene from the movie The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford

The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford


If Brad Pitt lassos his first ever Oscar nomination as Best Actor for his portrayal of the eponymous outlaw in Andrew Dominik’s handsome drama, it will be at the expense of an even better performance. Read

A scene from the movie Fred Claus

Fred Claus


David Dobkin’s new comedy, reuniting the director with his Wedding Crashers leading man Vince Vaughn, will bring out the Scrooge in even the most ardent fan Christmas. Read

A scene from the movie Hitman

Hitman


Fans of the top-selling videogame series, from which Xavier Gens’ stylish shooter takes its inspiration, will be thrilled by how faithfully the iconography has been translated to the big screen. Read

A scene from the movie Rescue Dawn

Rescue Dawn


In 1997, director Werner Herzog won awards for his documentary Little Dieter Needs To Fly, a tribute to American serviceman Dieter Dengler, one of the few to escape a Laotian prison camp during the Vietnam war. Read

A scene from the movie August Rush

August Rush


Music is all around us. This is the message of Kirsten Sheridan’s gushingly sentimental yarn, August Rush. Read

A scene from the movie Sleuth

Sleuth


Released in 1972, Joseph Mankiewicz’s thriller pitted Sir Laurence Olivier against Michael Caine in a battle of nerve and deception. Read

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