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Abbie Cornish stars as Fanny Brawne, the love of Keats's life

Bright Star (PG)

This delicate romance between Keats and Fanny Brawne is much more than a simpering costume drama

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Jim Carrey provides the voice not only for Scrooge but also for the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future in Robert Zemeckis's version of Dickens's tale

A Christmas Carol (PG)

Sunday, 8 November 2009

Christmas has come early, and it's a thoroughly ghoulish affair

Jennifer's Body (15)

Sunday, 8 November 2009

When Diablo Cody won an Oscar for her Juno screenplay, she was suddenly the coolest woman in Hollywood.

The Men Who Stare at Goats (15)

Sunday, 8 November 2009

The Men Who Stare at Goats, Jon Ronson's book about the Pentagon's secret experiments in psychic combat, has been adapted into a film in the least satisfying way possible.

DVD: Brüno

Sunday, 8 November 2009

Watching Sacha Baron Cohen disguised as a camp Austrian fashion guru, the viewer can snort with laughter, gawp in disbelief at the rudeness,marvel at the star's physicalcomedy and death defying bravery ... and still end up being disappointed.

DVD: The Informers

Sunday, 8 November 2009

Adapted from an early Bret Easton Ellis novel –essentially an anthology of overlapping short stories – The Informers is a failed attempt ata Robert Altman-style web of vignettes set in Los Angeles in 1984.

DVD: Russell Brand, Scandalous

Sunday, 8 November 2009

Ooh, you are naughty. At times during this 80-minute set, it all gets a bit Carry On.

Jane Campion's film Bright Star is a wistful and melancholic account of the unconsummated romance between the poet John Keats and his neighbour Fanny Brawne.

Bright Star (PG) (Rated 4/ 5 )

Friday, 6 November 2009

A thing of beauty in itself

1 Day (15) (Rated 2/ 5 )

Friday, 6 November 2009

Penny Woolcock's Birmingham-set drama seeks to meld the black gangsta flick with a hip-hop musical, which some will find a challenge.

Look upon me: A Christmas Carol soars and swoops in 3D

A Christmas Carol (PG) (Rated 3/ 5 )

Friday, 6 November 2009

Robert Zemeckis extends the performance-capture 3D technology he deployed on Beowulf to this version of the Dickens story, and if there's nothing here quite as eye-catching as Grendel's mum (Angelina Jolie in heels), it scores high on swooping visuals and meticulous draughtsmanship.

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (15) (Rated 3/ 5 )

Friday, 6 November 2009

Henri-Georges Clouzot's reputation is founded on The Wages of Fear (1953) and Les Diaboliques (1955), and it might have been enhanced if he had completed his 1964 project, Inferno, about a jealous husband driven towards insanity.

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