Cinema: A fairytale with brains? Has to be make believe

Matthew Vaughan’s lavish adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s graphic novel looks to be The Princess Bride for our times; a funny, knowing fairytale that will appeal to anyone, old or young, fantasist or curmudgeon. Stardust

For the most part, this entertaining and impressively mounted film achieves that, with the help of a talented cast and a clever mock epic tone.

Charlie Cox is Tristan, a rural shop boy smitten with local beauty Victoria (Sienna ...