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By RUTH SHARPE Not quite vintage AFTER THE astounding success of Gladiator in 2000, director Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe have reunited in the hope of producing something equally monumental.

Directed by: Martin Campbell Starring: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Caterina Murino and Judi Dench Genre: Action James Bond is a new recruit for the MI6 team. After earning his 00

Directed by: Richard Donner Starring: Bruce Willis, Mos Def, David Morse and Genna Stern Genre: Action An aging policeman is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from

By RUTH SHARPE The Departed: A tale of two moles BASED ON 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs, The Departed is about a policeman going undercover as a mob

Directed by: Agnieszka Holland Starring: Ed Harris, Diane Kruger, Matthew Goode and Phyllida Law Genre: History A fictionalised account of the last year of Beethoven’s life set in 1824. The

PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER Drama/Thriller Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with no sense of smell, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world’s finest perfumes. His

Crime Two men, from opposite sides of the law, are undercover within the Massachusetts State Police and Irish mafia. Violence and bloodshed boil when discoveries are made and the moles

THE ILLUSIONIST: Moved by sleight of hand Review by RUTH SHARPE THIS BIZARRE tale of intrigue, magic and murder follows Eisenheim (Norton), a stage magician with extraordinary powers, in turn

Animation Boog, a domesticated 900lb grizzly bear, finds himself stranded in the woods three days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form

Review by RUTH SHARPE THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA – Devilishly good WELCOME TO the dizzying world of New York fashion, the cut-throat industry that takes no prisoners. In The Devil