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Watchmen (18)

4:32pm Monday 2nd March 2009

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.

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