The rise of the internet claimed another victim as Blockbuster, the US video-and-games rental store chain, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York... more
Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a sweet debut effort from Nicholas Stoller, XXY makes for relentless viewing and Street Kings is an almost damn fine cop movie.
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Katherine Heigl is the eternal birdesmaid in 27 Dresses, David Lynch's masterpiece The Elephant Man gets a timely re-release, and prehistoric man sends us all to sleep in 10,000BC... more
The Orphanage may be the scariest movie since The Shining, Baumbach returns with Margot at the Wedding, while lead actress Heard proves a screamer in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane.... more
Rip-roaring silliness and an obvious plot come as standard in Walk Hard, Eyes Without A Face is not for the faint-hearted and Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium is a quirky fairytale.... more
The Golden Compass offers a roller-coaster ride, the Charlie Wilson's War script is brimming with punchy one-liners and raw, visceral performances in Silent Light are a triumph.... more
Kevin Costner is businessman by day, murderer by night in Mr Brooks, while Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig star in body-snatching thriller, The Invasion.... more
Brit rom-com Starter For 10, The Best Of Saturday Live, Ghosts, and the true story of an English eccentric's quest to sail round the world, are all released on DVD this week.... more
The dinosaurs at the New York National History Museum come to life, Eddie Murphy travels back 24 years in time, and Dame Edna's 1987 talk shows are revived on DVD this week.... more
Daniel Craig as James Bond in Casino Royale, a film on S&M 1950s pin-up girl Bettie Page and a satire from King Of The Hill's Mike Judge are all released on DVD this week.... more
Gritty sc-fi Children of Men, audience-dividing fantasy Lady In The Water and the definitive version of Rocky are among the week's best DVD releases.... more
Uma Thurman's comic turn in My Super Ex-Girlfriend beats the worthy soul-searching of Superman Returns, while Nacho Libre doesn't have enough laughs.... more
Enron's execs go from bubble to bust in Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room, Chow Yun-Fat stars in John Woo's all-action flick Another Tomorrow II, and Tristan & Isolde drips its way onto DVD.... 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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London Gateway, the £1.5bn container port under construction on the Thames at Thurrock, will have capacity to unload six of the world's largest ships at one time and have as much impact on the capital as a new airport or half a dozen Westfield shopping centres
With London Fashion Week kicking off on Friday, British designer Matthew Williamson tells Rosamund Urwin about breaking up with his ex, post-show partying and his new model man
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