{ "#" : "London on the verge of World War II is the setting for , a witty but inconsequential romantic comedy based on the 1938 novel by Winifred Watson." , "b" : "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day"}
{ "#" : "The third instalment of Stephen Sommer’s franchise, , finally nails the lid down on the dusty old sarcophagus, seven years after the original revival gave a significant fillip to the action-adventure genre, while handily providing Brendan Fr
{ "#" : "After successfully redrawing the origins of his superhero character in Batman Begins three years ago, British director Christopher Nolan continues his story in the morbid and dangerous , a thrilling crime story cut with an acid misanthropy.
Theatre director Phyllida Lloyd makes her feature debut with this star-filled but horribly saccharine adaptation of the stage musical, based on the lyrics of Abba songs.
Spellbound By Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies. By Donald Spoto, Hutchinson, €25.40
{ "#" : "The tangled life of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas is told through the lives of the two women who loved him in director John Maybury’s artful and awkward film," , "b" : "The Edge of Love."}
{ "#" : "Say what you like about Ben Affleck as an actor - I certainly have and none of it was kind - but as a director, he shows considerable promise. For his feature debut, Affleck follows another performer-turned-helmer, Clint Eastwood (with Mysti
{ "#" : "After nearly 20 years and countless false dawns, everyone’s favourite archaeologist adventurer dusts himself down for one more globetrotting escapade, as - one of the most eagerly awaited sequels in cinema history - finally arrives." , "b" :
Forget four spiteful mannequins tottering around New York. The real Sex and The City is happening in hot, dusty Beirut where five women bond over blow-dries in a run-down beauty salon.
{ "#" : "The summer blockbuster season kicks off with Jon Favreau’s , a gutsy adaptation of the Marvel comic superhero that offers a story typical of a first instalment in a franchise." , "b" : "Iron Man"}
{ "#" : "Mike Leigh, the chronicler of British kitchen-sink misery in films such as Vera Drake and Secrets & Lies, makes a graceful about-face with , the endearing and optimistic tale of a young primary school teacher learning how to drive." , "b" :
{ "#" : "Austrian provocateur Michael Haneke’s scene-for-scene, line-for-line English language remake of his 1997 German film is a curiously deadening exploration of what happens to a family when their holiday home is invaded by a couple of psychopat
The Spiderwick Chronicles, Directed by Mark Waters, Nationwide, PG
Directed by Brian De Palma, IFI and selected cinemas, 16
