The home nations may have failed to qualify for Euro 2008 but in one
league table at least, Britain consistently stands head and shoulders
above its neighbours: teenage pregnancy rates.
For years, gardeners have been talking lovingly to flowers and shrubs in
the belief that their little beauties respond to intonations of the
human voice.
Diamonds are a girl's best friend - although designer heels and haute
cuisine come a close second - in Priceless (Hors De Prix), a breezy
romantic comedy set in the sun-kissed playgrounds of the rich and
fabulous.
As M Night Shyamalan's contemporary paranoia thriller enters its
overwrought final act, Mark Wahlberg stares dumbfounded at the camera
and gasps, "Can this really be happening?"
Kazakhstan's entry for this year's Academy Awards as Best Foreign
Language Film is an epic chronicling the rise of Genghis Khan from
orphaned boy to bloodthirsty leader of men.
In the sequel to the 2004 comedy Harold & Kumar Get The Munchies, stoner
roommates and best friends Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn) decide
to follow their love of pot all the way to Amsterdam. Unfortunately,
when Kumar decides to light up on the airplane - a bong that is - the
pals are mistaken for terrorists and rushed to Guantanamo Bay where they
are welcomed with open arms by the warders. Having suffered various
indignities behind barbed wire, the pair escapes from the detention
centre with Homeland Security chief Ron Fox (Rob Corddry) and his team
in hot pursuit. Meanwhile, both roommates face trials and tribulations
of the heart: Harold to attract the woman of his dreams, Maria (Paula
Graces), and Kumar to win back his ex-girlfriend, Vanessa (Danneel
Harris), before she ties the knot.
