http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/rss-clean/ Film reviews and news from the Evening Standard and London cinema listings with times. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23375960-details/The+Twilight+Saga%3A+New+Moon/filmReview.do The creepiest thing about the second adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight books - New Moon - is its obsession with teenage celibacy. 2009-11-20T10:16:23Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23375488-details/A+Serious+Man/filmReview.do Joel and Ethan Cohen's A Serious Man isn't just a comedy - the serious edge of human enquiry is there too 2009-11-20T12:20:35Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23375456-details/Glorious+39/filmReview.do British period pieces are regularly mocked as pretty pieces of cinema devoid of real bite. But you couldn't call Stephen Poliakoff's first film for more than a decade, Glorious 39, namby-pamby 2009-11-20T12:38:48Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23375267-details/The+Informant%21/filmReview.do Steven Soderbergh's ironic, beautifully acted comedy, The Informant! is based on the story of one of the highest-ranking whistleblowers in American corporate history 2009-11-20T12:02:41Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23373369-details/The+First+Day+Of+The+Rest+Of+Your+Life+%28Le+Premier+Jour+Du+Reste+De+Ta+Vie%29/filmReview.do This smash hit at the French box office, The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life, is an extended portrait of an ordinary family, sketched out over 12 years 2009-11-20T12:56:36Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23376183-details/Manchan/filmReview.do With some gusto, Manchan tells the astonishing true story of a group of illegal immigrants 2009-11-20T13:01:41Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23376153-details/The+Sea+Wall+%28Un+Barrage+Contre+Le+Pacifique%29/filmReview.do The Sea Wall is culled from Cambodian director Rithy Panh's own experiences as a young woman in the French Indo-China of the Thirties 2009-11-20T13:11:04Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23375923-details/2012/filmReview.do Roland Emmerich's latest epic of impending doom, 2012, is perhaps the most intelligent and exciting example of the genre 2009-11-13T09:09:52Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23373111-details/White+Ribbon/filmReview.do Michael Haneke's tale of mysterious events in a deeply religious village, The White Ribbon, digs deep into the soul 2009-11-13T09:21:41Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23375815-details/Harry+Brown/filmReview.do Sir Michael Caine's central performance in Harry Brown is as impressive as anything he has recently done 2009-11-13T09:23:34Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23375983-details/Avatar/filmReview.do Of all the blockbusters due in December, James Cameron's 3D sci-fi epic Avatar will be subject to the beadiest scrutiny 2009-11-13T10:42:47Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23375221-details/Cold+Souls/filmReview.do Paul Giametti plays a neurotic actor trying to get through rehearsals for Chekhov's Uncle Vanya in director Sophie Barthes's debut, Cold Souls 2009-11-13T09:35:15Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23375926-details/Amelia/filmReview.do Hilary Swank plays Amelia Earhart with a great big smile and looks a treat in her flying outfits 2009-11-13T09:37:44Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23372991-details/Taking+Woodstock/filmReview.do Ang Lee's attempt to put the Swinging Sixties on the screen with love, respect and a dash of humour in Taking Woodstock is a distinct disappointment 2009-11-13T09:32:12Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23375950-details/Love+The+Beast/filmReview.do You would have to love Eric Bana and his souped-up old racer to appreciate Love The Beast 2009-11-13T09:42:37Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23375367-details/We+Live+In+Public/filmReview.do If you want to know how we arrived at Facebook and Twitter, take a look at Ondi Timoner’s extraordinary documentary, We Live In Public 2009-11-13T09:40:36Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23375907-details/Lala+Pipo/filmReview.do There's a talking penis in Miyano Masayuki’s comedy, Lala Pipo, and a bevy of sex-starved young people who wander sex clubs in search of fulfilment 2009-11-13T09:44:11Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23375292-details/The+Men+Who+Stare+At+Goats/filmReview.do The Men Who Stare At Goats, taken from Jon Ronson's non-fiction book about the US Army's attempt to use paranormal powers, doesn’t quite cut it. 2009-11-06T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23375211-details/Bright+Star/filmReview.do Jane Campion's Bright Star is full of confidence about its artistic vision and genuinely poetic, says Andrew O'Hagan 2009-11-06T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23375660-details/Jennifer%27s+Body/filmReview.do Jennifer's Body, starring Megan Fox, is no ordinary splatter movie but one written by Diablo Cody, who penned Juno 2009-11-06T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23375183-details/1+Day/filmReview.do Made on the unlovely streets of Birmingham, 1 Day has been labelled the first British hip-hop musical 2009-11-06T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23375796-details/A+Christmas+Carol/filmReview.do Robert Zemeckis's A Christmas Carol is splendidly mounted and visually imaginative animated 3D version of the classic novel 2009-11-06T00:00:00Z