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Death at a Funeral is even worse than the original

04.06.10
This is a virtually all-black remake of the 2007 film directed by Frank Oz about a funeral in the English countryside that goes disastrously wrong... more

Tadpole animation in Battle For Terra

12.02.10
Battle For Terra features an animation that has an almost filigree quality that contrasts favourably with all but the best of its competitors... more

Could 2012 be the greatest disaster movie ever?

13.11.09
Roland Emmerich's latest epic of impending doom, 2012, is perhaps the most intelligent and exciting example of the genre... more

The nightmare vision of Blindness

20.11.08
Blindness, an apocalyptic film that looks good but ultimately lacks enough depth.... more

The great lost American move

19.06.08
As a director representing black America, Charles Burnett is as important as Spike Lee, argues Derek Malcom as he reviews Burnett's seminal piece of cinema.... more

Alabama's got the blues

08.05.08
Beautifully acted, Honeydripper makes you laugh with and fear for the central characters in a film that comes from the heart.... more

A second take too far

21.02.08
You can either surrender to the fun of Be Kind Rewind, or resist the whole thing as a mess, says Derek Malcolm.... more

Slice of alternative Americana

13.09.07
The script for Honeydripper is a little stagey, and the result is a loving slice of alternative Americana that finally fails to engage as a film.... more

DVDs of the week

14.08.07
Mark Wahlberg plays a traumatised war veteran in Shooter and I Want Candy sees Carmen Electra become a famous porn star.... more

DVDs of the week

07.08.07
Will Ferrell and Jon Heder team up in the brilliant Blades of Glory, and Primal Scream's debut live DVD are among this week's offerings.... more

Heroism by numbers

12.04.07
A second-rate action-thriller, Shooter has car chases, explosions and a lot of shooting, but not much in the way of decent dialogue.... more

Rain fails to dampen Shooter premiere

30.03.07
Hundreds of fans braved the rain to see Mark Wahlberg arrive for the London premiere of his new thriller Shooter.... more

Will radio dare air the tune of the year?

19.03.07
Thou Shalt Always Kill by Dan Le Sac vs Scroobious Pip is Paul Connolly's favourite song of the year. But will commercial radio stations play a song with anti-corporate lyrics?... more

Africa puts the West in the dock

22.02.07
A ground-breaking movie, Bamako is thought-provoking and unique in the often fraught annals of African film-making.... more

Oscar hope Hudson brings down the house

25.01.07
Dreamgirls is based on the Supremes story and Jennifer Hudson steals the show as the one who's dropped from the band. Nick Curtis meets the ex-American Idol contestant.... more

Beyoncè's £15m record breaker

04.12.06
Beyonce Knowles is set to earn more than any other black actress in history from her new film, Dreamgirls.... more


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