While the sequel is neither as hilarious or emotional as its predecessor, it at least ups the ante for endless wardrobe changes.

The first British film shot in 3D uses the technology to bring dance and cinema together in an exuberant way.

This adaptation of Jay Parini's 1990 novel about the last year in the life of the great Russian novelist Count Leo Tolstoy is like a night at the theatre in London or New York.

Little beneath the clothes

In contrast to the teen-model stars of American romps, the kids look and act like real kids - and that's what makes the film so charming.

A big, ballsy, fun and instantly forgettable blockbuster.

The film becomes a worthy tribute to the stress-disordered veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but in the process it's drained of the intense dramatic life that distinguished the original.

A fictitious romance, real people sharing their experiences, and handmade cardboard puppets all come together charmingly in this unique documentary about love.

French writer and director Jennifer Devoldere's debut feature is a gentle transatlantic romance.

In its strident efforts to be historically plausible, this latest Robin Hood may do away with many past traditions, among them the whole robbing from the rich policy of past incumbents.

Much like last year's Shall We Kiss, director-actor Emmanuel Mouret's latest comedy is centred on the question of infidelity.

Timely thrills from troubled Argentina.

With a script lacking in imagination and a predictable plotline, Letters to Juliet is quite simply overwhelmed by romantic cliches.

Bullock is the force driving this film, she's sassy and funny, interfering and determined...

Avoiding the obvious, French producer Emmanuel Benbihy assembles some striking mainly young talents in the Big Apple for a sequel portmanteau film to Paris, Je T'Aime.

The single man is George Falconer, an expatriate Englishman teaching at a Los Angeles college, and struggling to find a purpose to life after the sudden death of his long-time partner.

The new film by Japanese writer-director Kore-eda is an exquisitely slow and finely calibrated study of a family.

Deft but downbeat, this drama is a classy piece of work thanks to a wonderfully deglamorised title-role performance by the lustrous de France.

This prickly philosophy flick is overly cute, writes Peter Calder.

Gaylene Preston's family tale is a touching Kiwi wartime classic, writes Peter Calder.

The most intriguing thing about this romantic comedy is how it managed to attract such a good cast.

Get the tissues ready, Dear John is a quite deliberate tear-jerker.

Killer thriller: A tasty policier starring Diane Kruger.

Michael Winterbottom's newest movie has a promising premise but the film that results is all style in search of story.

Something you don't expect to see in yet another film about resistance heroism in Nazi-occupied Europe: a stagecoach chase.

Bloody, brainy and British - a superhero movie reinvented as gory comedy works out surprisingly well, writes Russell Baillie.

Tina Fey and Steve Carell strut their comedic abilities by taking this far-fetched story and turning it into an enjoyable laugh-out-loud comedy.

With its crude, tasteless humour set against an underlying sweet and heartfelt story, She's Out of My League is straight out of the Judd Apatow school of comedy, mixed with the buddy flick element of The Hangover.