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A Serious Man, Joel and Ethan Coen, 105 Mins, (15)
Sunday, 22 November 2009
Asking questions about the universe won't get you very far, as the Coen brothers comically show in their most Jewish film yet
The Informant! Steven Soderbergh, 108 mins, (15)
Glorious 39, Stephen Poliakoff, 129 mins, (12A)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Chris Weitz, 130 Mins, (12A)
Sunday, 22 November 2009
Classy directors and starry casts didn't save the first two releases; and nothing could save the third
DVD: Ice Age 3, For retail & rental (20th Century Fox)
Sunday, 22 November 2009
Instead of bothering with a plot, the screenwriters of IA3 have devised enough fast and furious set pieces to furnish a videogame and a theme-park ride, and then glued them together with the pun-heavy babblings of a cast consisting almost entirely of wacky sidekicks.
DVD: Land of the Lost, For retail & rental (Universal)
Sunday, 22 November 2009
This terrible Will Ferrell sci-fi comedy can't decide whether to aim for small children or teenagers, and ends up alienating them both.
DVD: Terminator Salvation (12) (Rated 3/ 5 )
Friday, 20 November 2009
Though it may have no more than a few seconds of Arnie (and a digitally reconstructed version, no less), Salvation proves the Terminator franchise is still alive and just about kicking.
DVD: Supernatural: Season 4 (15) (Rated 4/ 5 )
Friday, 20 November 2009
The boys from the dark side are not only decking demons but, God forbid, kicking angel ass through season 4 of Supernatural.
DVD: Star Trek (12) (Rated 4/ 5 )
Friday, 20 November 2009
James T Kirk hotwires cars and gets into bar brawls; Spock loses his cool and tries to strangle Kirk to death.
DVD: The Sopranos: Season 1 (18) (Rated 5/ 5 )
Friday, 20 November 2009
HBO's finest achievement – The Wire was excellent, this was better – gets the Blu-ray treatment.
DVD: Ice Age 3 (Rated 4/ 5 )
Friday, 20 November 2009
Perhaps not quite as witty as the previous films, Ice Age 3 is great for post Sunday lunch viewing.
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