Damon Smith

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DAN THE FAN: Time to deal out on Byrne

TOWN’S successful start to the season continued last weekend as the two guys who are making the headlines worked together to seal the points at Roots Hall.

Watchmen (18)

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.

The Young Victoria (PG)

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

The International (15)

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

Gran Torino (15)

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.

Cadillac Records (15)

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.