Christian Bale is Oscar-nominated for his role as a manic coach in a grittily authentic boxing drama - but Mark Wahlberg packs the bigger punch... more
As Julie & Julia hits the big screen, Sarah Woodward visits the corner of Provence that seduced the TV chef who introduced French cooking to the US in the Sixties... more
Female film-makers are making a big impact at the movies. Does this mean, asks Courtney Hunt, director of Oscar-nominated Frozen River, that we are seeing a New Women's Cinema emerge?... more
The time is right for a new set of film awards, and devoted readers of the Daily Mail have helped to make 2008 a golden year for movies at the British box office.... more
The Mike Leigh feature Film Collection is a reminder of the writer/director's brilliance, Movin' On Up celebrates Curtis Mayfield and Enchanted brings us a modern fairytale.... more
There is a sustained perkiness and twinkly-eyed innocence in the performance of cartoon princess Amy Adams, which ensures Enchanted is a triumph.... more
DVDs released this week include the superb Junebug - a study in family tensions that isn't played for laughs - and James Whale's surprisingly meaty follow up to 1931's Frankenstein, The Old Dark House.... more
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