Movies

Harry, Ron, Hermione and hormones BRITISH DIRECTOR Mike Newell’s tough-minded take on Rowling’s fourth novel is darker and more violent than the three previous Potter films. The story? Oh, you

Blooming dreadful THE TRAILER shows boy meeting girl on an aeroplane flight, with Tom Petty’sLearning to Fly wailing away in the background. The trailer deceives. You do get the boy

Family fashion BASED ON Jennifer Weiner’s best-selling book, Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette star in the film In Her Shoes. There are no prizes for guessing who is playing the

There’s something bunny going on IN THIS Claymation spectacular, Wallace and Gromit have leapt gracefully from living room to silver screen. The two most loveable, goofy characters in movie history,

Baseball or Barrymore? NICK HORNBY’S book Fever Pitch tells the story of his obsession with Arsenal football club – not even relationships with women stood a chance compared to his

Dating in the 21st century TODAY, INTERNET dating is as common as personal ads in the paper and probably works better than an appearance on Blind Date. Based on the

Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf? IF YOU’RE plagued by witches, curses or trolls, who ya gonna call? In The Brothers Grimm, you call Matt Damon and Heath Ledger.

Hazardous to audiences everywhere ANOTHER WEEK, another TV remake that can’t decide whether to mock its cheesy source material or embrace it, and winds up uncomfortably in between. Based on

It’s just too funny! WEDDING CRASHERS is American Pie for grown-ups. Like the randy post-adolescents in the Pie movies, the emotionally stunted pair of 30-somethings in Wedding Crashers is the

Knockout, Russell wears the slipper well! WHEN A director-actor combination scores a big hit movie, it’s usually impossible for them to reproduce that winning chemistry, but lightning has struck twice