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The Blind Side review
Jennifer Choi on an award-winning film that can't quite see where it's going
 
¡Viva! Film Festival
Hip Hispanic art and films at Cornerhouse
 
The Wolfman review
Rachel Winterbottom thinks Del Toro lacks bite
 
Youth in Revolt review
Rachel Winterbottom wonders when Michael Cera will be allowed to grow up
Up in the Air review
Rachel Winterbottom is impressed by George Clooney's timely portrayal of a corporate downsizer
 
The Road (15)
Jonathan Schofield on a fabulous tale of bleakness, compassion, horror and hope
 
Sherlock Holmes
Rachel Winterbottom deduces that Guy Ritchie has probably never read anything by Arthur Conan Doyle
 
Avatar 3D review
Rachel Winterbottom thinks James Cameron's high-tech sci-fi could mark the start of a new era in film-making
Silent Hitchcock thriller comes to ...
Andy Murray is praying for fog as Chorlton Film Institute screen The Lodger with a live musical score
 
The Box
It's no Donnie Darko says Rachel Winterbottom on the latest film by Richard Kelly
 
Paranormal activity (18)
Mike Chapple hangs around with the horror nerds at a special preview of 'the scariest film you'll ever see'. W...
 
Jennifer’s Body
Rachel Winterbottom watches a man-munching Megan Fox in the latest film from Juno writer Diablo Cody
Zombieland review
Rachel Winterbottom devours this comedy-horror starring Woody Harrelson
 
Adventureland
Summer jobs and summer love: Rachel Winterbottom rates this nostalgic film about post-university blues
 
District 9 (15)
Rachel Winterbottom ingests some alien juice and feels better for it
 
Funny People review
Apatow's terminal illness comedy gets Rachel Winterbottom laughing in the face of adversity
Inglourious Basterds review
Rachel Winterbottom watches Tarantino's long-awaited Nazi war film
 
GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra review
Rachel Winterbottom thinks Hasbro are toying with disaster
 
Coco Before Chanel
Sarah Tierney thinks Audrey Tautou was tailor-made for this one
 
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Pri...
Rachel Winterbottom thinks it all smells a bit of teen spirit in Potter's latest potage
Brüno
Rachel Winterbottom on a new genre in cinema: horr-edy
 
Public Enemies review
Colette Bernasconi finds Depp diligent as Dillinger in a film which lacks charisma
 
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Rachel Winterbottom isn't blown away by all those explosions
 
Terminator Salvation review
Rachel Winterbottom can feel Christian Bale's bruises as if they were her own
Looking for Eric reviewed
Sarah Tierney says 'oui' to Loach and Cantona's film about the power of saying 'NON!'
 
Mr Ugly Mug, mini-skirts to the wai...
Nicola Mostyn, the best TV writer around, makes the Soaps interesting even if you never watch them
 
Angels and Demons
Rachel Winterbottom thinks there's a decent thriller hiding somewhere in here
 
Boy Meets Girl
Nicola Mostyn wonders if the gender gap is all that funny
Films: Star Trek (2009)
Lew Baxter is beamed up and boldly going into JJ Abrams' brave new world
 
Cheri reviewed
Sarah Tierney finds that beauty conquers all (even clunky scripts) in Michelle Pfeiffer's new film
 
The Apprentice
Nicola Mostyn thinks the party just got started
 
X-Men Origins: Wolverine review
Rachel Winterbottom would like to hear something she didn't already know
Best: His Mother’s Son
Nicola Mostyn on a sad story where it’s the alcohol that tackles and eventually triumphs
 
Britain’s Got Talent
Nicola Mostyn finally realises there’s nowhere to hide
 
Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
Nicola Mostyn says smoke me a kipper, I’ll be back for a three-parter
 
Heston's Feasts
Nicola Mostyn no longer wonders what the Romans did for us
Lesbian Vampire Killers
Rachel Winterbottom on a film idea that should have stayed dead
 
The Colour of Money
Nicola Mostyn on a simply stressful game show
 
Watchmen
Rachel Winterbottom on a gang of superheroes who don't quite cut it
 
Comic Relief review
Nicola Mostyn thinks it’s all come down to celebrity ego massage
TV: Wired up
Its DVD box set was one of 2008's biggest Xmas sellers and it has been called the best TV show that no one has...
 
The Young Victoria
Sarah Tierney finds a new respect for royalty
 
Grow Your Own Drugs
Nicola Mostyn says the drugs do work…well, sort of
 
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Rachel Winterbottom loves Brad Pitt, even with wrinkles
Soap update
In soap land this month, Nicola Mostyn finds everyone’s wondering if reliable romantic bets are the way to go
 
Revolutionary Road review
Cat Johnson finds a lot to admire but little to enjoy
 
Films: Vicky Cristina Barcelona (12...
Stuart Ian Burns is swept away by Woody Allen's Spanish harem
 
Skins series 3
Rachel Winterbottom thinks its not just the characters who have identity issues
The Krypton Factor
Nicola Mostyn thinks the new Krypton factor is lacking some basics
 
Dispatches: The True Cost of Cheap ...
Nicola Mostyn on Jay Rayner, and how restaurant critics can contain only 10% meat
 
Frost/Nixon (15)
“400 million people were waiting for the truth”... Stuart Ian Burns is bowled over by a masterpiece
 
“I wish I’d never had kids. I wish ...
Nicola Mostyn with her soap update finds the line that best sums up Eastenders
Slumdog Millionaire (15)
Rachel Winterbottom finds the ‘feel-good’ award-winning movie is far from sweetness and light
 
Russell T Davies' Manchester (part ...
We see a Salford University car park, he sees the setting for The Second Coming. Andy Murray continues his tou...
 
The Wrestler
Sarah Tierney gets ringside at Mickey Rourke's comeback fight
 
Demons
Nicola Mostyn on ITV’s new supernatural TV series. Remember: it may suck
Russell T Davies' Manchester (part ...
He moved here to write Why Don't You?, and ended up penning Dr Who. Andy Murray begins a two-part tour of the ...
 
TV: Celebrity Big Brother (C4)
The egos have landed at the Big Brother house. AA Grill watches the latest collection of prototypes all piling...
 
Yes Man (12A)
Rachel Winterbottom says yes to the film adaptation of the British novel
 
Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen
Nicola Mostyn watches the greatest story ever told
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Nicola Mostyn says finally Keanu finds a role he can excel in. Shame about the film
 
Come Dine With Me
Nicola Mostyn enjoys some cooking with the gloves off
 
What Just Happened
Hollywood makes another film about itself. Rachel Winterbottom watches it
 
Hole in the Wall versus Eggheads
Nicola Mostyn on two shows aiming to pit the wits or the bodies of contestants against very important challeng...
The Silence of Lorna (15)
Nicola Mostyn on a heart-rending tale of a marriage of convenience
 
Survivors
Nicola Mostyn hopes you know how to catch a chicken come the apocalypse
 
<i>Blindness</i>
Nicola Mostyn just can’t see the logic in this land of the blind
 
Soap update
Nicola Mostyn is getting her soaps confused and so do the scriptwriters
Max Payne (15)
Rachel Winterbottom braved the Payne, and wishes she'd taken an aspirin
 
<i>Zack and Miri Make a Porno</i>
Nicola Mostyn enjoys a comedy about sex and love and more sex
 
I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here
Nicola Mostyn dreams that one day, everyone will have manhandled an eel on television
 
Of Time and the City
You don't have to be a Liverpudlian to be enthralled by Terence Davies' new film, says Natalie Bradbury
Home Show
Nicola Mostyn’s TV column: time to throw away the key on property programmes
 
W. (15)
Nicola Mostyn is surprised to find herself feeling sorry for George Bush
 
Quantum of Solace (12a): is it any ...
Nicola Mostyn likes it cool, blue-eyed and deadly
 
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