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The Men Who Stare at Goats
There are some lovely moments and funny sequences in this wacky satire about the use of psychics within the American military, but The Men Who Stare at Goats never quite reaches its potential to be a laugh out loud film or a sharp po
How To Train Your Dragon 3D
Based on the best-selling kid's book by Cressida Cowell, How To Train Your Dragon comes wonderfully to life on the big screen thanks to fabulous 3D computer animation, great voices, a story full of adventure, and plucky young her
The Road
The film of Cormac McCarthy's howlingly bleak apocalyptic novel is, first and foremost, a triumph of location scouting (the process by which film-makers find where they are going to set their shoot).
The Boys Are Back
The source of this surprisingly affecting family drama was the book The Boys Are Back In Town, by English journalist Simon Carr, who worked as Jim Bolger's speechwriter in the early 1990s.
Remember Me
Twilight star Robert Pattinson proves he's more than just every teenage girl's favourite vampire.
<i>Review:</i> Alice in Wonderland
It's not just because of fancy 3D computer graphics that Tim Burton's Alice and Wonderland is the closest to what Lewis Carroll saw when he wrote the book.
Movie review: <i>From Paris With Love</i>
On paper, it's hard to imagine Travolta and Rhys Meyers together, but on screen they have a nice thing going.
The Wolfman
Mist twists through vast woods inhabited by gaunt gypsies and fangs shred human flesh, but in the end, the evening news is scarier than this remake of the 1941 werewolf thriller, Wolfman.
Valentine's Day
A disappointingly bland romantic comedy, Valentine's Day boasts an ensemble cast.
Balibo
Given the horrendous events it documents, this viscerally gripping Australian drama is remarkably understated.
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Sparks do not fly between Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Director Chris Columbus, responsible for the first two Harry Potter films, returns to the world of teenage fantasy adventures.
Julia
The title of this film is a clue that it's a homage to John Cassavetes' 1980 film Gloria.
Noodle
This exquisite little Israeli film, a major award-winner and commercial hit in its homeland.
I'm not Harry Jenson
Graduates of local television dramas, soap operas and sitcoms combine their talents.