Johnny Depp has become, in his young middle age, like a star of the movies’ golden period
Public Enemies
Music
this was a triumph of eye-popping production and exhausting choreography
Madonna
Theatre
If his smug stage persona is tricky to warm to, his skill, and the snappiness of Andy Nyman’s direction, are spot-on
Derren Brown
If you are feeling totally fed up with your lot at the moment with the economic squeeze - go see this film
I thought this was an excellent, powerful production. The staging and acting were superb, it is well worth going to see
Absolutely AMAZING show that went like a train for three hours solid and didn't waiver once!
London,
05.06.09
Sacha Baron Cohen's new comic creation, the latest instalment from Harry Potter at Hogwarts and adventures in the land of lizard men - here is our...
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29.05.09
An adaptation of Anne Michaels's prize-winning novel, Fugitive Pieces reduces the Holocaust and its aftermath to a cosy soap opera.
29.05.09
First time writer/director Dennis Lee is desperate to transcend genre clichés in Fireflies in the Garden
29.05.09
Four brainy people, all with something to hide, find themselves in a deserted house, faced with a string of riddles in Fermat's Room
29.05.09
The three Disney-backed, Christian cuties that are the Jonas Brothers seem very conscious of the camera in their 3D movie
29.05.09
Drag Me To Hell offers a wry take on the greedy, competitive and dishonest world of banking. It deserves to be seen.
22.05.09
Left to his own cinematic devices, Jean Luc Godard serves up a conventional femme fatale and blows our minds with boredom in Pierrot Le Fou.
22.05.09
Tormented is diverting, occasionally moving, and has two secret weapons, teen heart-throb Alex Pettyfer and newcomer Tuppence Middleton.
22.05.09
This year’s Swedish Oscar entry, Everlasting Moments is a tribute to the pioneering Swedish photographer, Maria Larsson.
22.05.09
One's final impression is that aging legends make unreliable puppet-masters in The Girl Cut in two.
22.05.09
There’s no shortage of movies about Britain’s mean streets and, for the most part, Awaydays runs with the pack.
22.05.09
Safy Nebbou, the director of fabulous French thriller Mark of An Angel both encourages and toys with such paranoia.
23.04.09
The pressure is on to emulate the surprise global success of Danny Boyle's film. Here are this year's top 10 homegrown movies that could hit the...
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24.02.09
There are plenty of good reasons to watch Watchmen. Ultimately, though, it's a movie about cynicism that is full of cynical moves.
19.02.09
Twentieth Century Boys is way too long but thanks to the beautifully freaky child actors you may decide resistance is futile.
12.02.09
Hotel for Dogs gives way to cuddles all round and even some light petting but questions remain unanswered.
12.02.09
In possibly the most excruciating comedy of the year, Steve Martin reprises his role as Inspector Clouseau and hunts the missing Pink Panther.
12.02.09
A fictionalised version of rap star Biggie's life — and death — reinvents its cast of tough characters as good guys in Notorious.
12.02.09
Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, perhaps a little too awestruck by his own powers, all but loses his way in Three Monkeys.
12.02.09
The beast of high-budget horror like Friday the 13th can be vanquished only if we starve it of cash, says Charlotte O'Sullivan.