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Zack Snyder’s stylish but bloody and violent adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ celebrated graphic novel pulls no punches as its transports us back in time to a very different vision of the mid-1980s.

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The Young Victoria (PG)

4:36pm Monday 2nd March 2009

Of all the love stories that have defined the British monarchy, none tugs the heartstrings quite like Victoria and Prince Albert.

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The International (15)

2:55pm Monday 23rd February 2009

In the present climate a film that portrays banks as the villains is likely to have the audience cheering in the aisles.

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Gran Torino (15)

2:51pm Monday 23rd February 2009

Clint Eastwood delivers a tour-de-force performance in a tension-soaked tale about the bubbling pressures under the surface of muilticultural America He examines the clashes of ideals in predominantly white, blue-collar neighbourhoods, where the ethnic and cultural make-up has been irrevocably altered by the influx of immigrants.

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Confessions Of A Shopaholic (PG)

8:48am Thursday 19th February 2009

Confessions Of A Shopaholic is the right film in the right place at the wrong time.

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Push (12A)

8:52am Thursday 19th February 2009

Just once, it would be refreshing to watch a cinematic vision of the future filled with utopian dreams rather than dystopian nightmares.

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Cadillac Records (15)

8:53am Thursday 19th February 2009

Darnell Martin’s dramatisation of the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists affirms the image of the music industry as a beast that chews up its best talent, sucks out their creativity and spits them out when they are no longer of any use.

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Vicky Cristina Barcelona (12A)

3:45pm Monday 9th February 2009

The Spanish sun evidently proved a tonic for Woody Allen.

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The Pink Panther 2 (PG)

3:44pm Monday 9th February 2009

The razor-sharp intellects of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple would struggle to unravel The Curious Case Of The Completely Pointless Sequel.

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Hotel For Dogs (U)

3:43pm Monday 9th February 2009

Thor Freudenthal ignores the advice about working with children and animals to direct this family-oriented tale of two enterprising orphans, whose enduring love for their four-legged friends sparks a magical adventure.