Review: Bronson

The bastard son of A Clockwork Orange and Chopper is made up of stylised and abstract images punctuated with bursts of theatrical violence with a surreal 80s synth-pop soundtrack on top.

Tom Hardy's performance is excellent and makes sure the film is always watchable, but whilst the idea of Bronson performing his story is interesting at first, it doesn't have enough substance to it for the concept to carry the film as a whole.

Review: W.

The latest Presidential biopic from Oliver Stone wisely isn't the slapstick kicking of Dubya it threatened to be - just watch Will Ferrell's off Broadway show to see how rubbish that would be. Disappointingly though, the film stops short of being the harder and darker expose into the influence Cheney and Rove had over Bush, with the brief moments the issue is explored being the most interesting bits of the film by far.

Key moments off his presidency are missed out (9/11, Katrina) and it doesn't tell you anything you didn't know before - apart from the brief moment when Prince William was apparently Prime Minister of Britain that I must've missed.

Review: The Men Who Stare At Goats

Clooney is on quite the roll with turns in this, The Fantastic Mr Fox and the much anticipated Up In The Air all coming in quick succession. Sadly this film is more about Ewan McGregor as journalist Bob Wilton than Clooney and Jeff Bridges whose part in the rise of New Age Army in the post-Vietnam military, told in flashbacks in by far the funniest part of the movie.

A wasted Kevin Spacey briefly turns up as the villain of the piece without much to do and the film petters out to an anti-climatic finish that leaves you wondering why they bothered to change the source material if they aren't going to end it properly.

The film is entertaining enough and at 84 minuted doesn't outstay its welcome, but if you want to watch Clooney and Bridges do screwball comedy, go watch a Coen Brothers film

Review: Sunshine

After the first hour this was on course to become arguably the greatest Sci-Fi movie of all time, such is the masterful level of suspense that builds and builds throughout.

Then out of nowhere the film takes a huge nosedive for its last half hour that is more AVP than Alien complete with a monster that appears out of nowhere and an ending that seems extra confusing for no apparent reason.

Review: Bedtime Stories

This family film, the type that was so successfully lampooned by Sandler himself in Funny People is actually the polar opposite of the moral it tries to portray - being really dull, unimaginative and just out to make a quick buck - there can be no other reason for the guinea pig with goggly eyes appearing other than cynical need to sell some toys to kids.

Don't be fooled by the trailer, which suggests a film full of fun flashbacks set in a range of fantasy set pieces - viewers will be left disappointed as these only make up a brief part of the film - centre stage is instead given to the dull story of who gets to run an even duller hotel.

Why anyone is supposed to like Sandler is beyond me, as our hero spends pretty much the entire movie manipulating a couple of kids for his own personal gain with his nemeses guilty of such crimes as stopping people stealing from mini bars and not wanting to give their kids sugar - send them to the stocks!

Review: Fantastic Mr Fox

As a Wes Anderson film its good. As a film a children's book its rubbish.

The marketing of it as a children's film is going to result in a lot of disappointed kids alongside parents who will probably be a peeved with the amount of cussing (literally) and cider being pushed as 'liquid gold' at various points during the film.

For adults however, there is plenty of the usual surreal humour you've come to expect from Anderson with frequently funny, yet completely bizarre moments throughout the film - including Jarvis Cocker popping up for a banjo interlude and a South African pilot that is probably the funniest moment in the film for its sheer randomness.

Review: Inkheart

Following the likes of Stardust into the post-Potter world of family fantasy films, Inkheart lacked the marketing push and Take That soundtrack to push it into the mainstream so hopefully it will find the audience it deserves on DVD.

The choice of Brendan Fraser in the lead seems odd, but he holds his own with a cast that features some of the finest British actors around at the moment and the end result will keep young and old happy.