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Ryan Gilbey gives his verdict on the key new movie releases

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Money, money, money

  • 10 July 2008
  • 1 comment

Plot and dialogue are incidental to this cash-in on Abba's back catalogue Mamma Mia! (PG) dir: Phyllida Lloyd

Keeping it low-key

  • 03 July 2008

A talented writer-director bangs the drum for plain, unremarkable lives The Visitor (15) dir: Tom McCarthy

A less than fantastic voyage

  • 26 June 2008

Devoid of tension, Narnia is a much duller place the second time around The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (PG) dir: Andrew Adamson

A talent in need of nurture

  • 19 June 2008

Stylistic gusto fails to hide the flimsy nature of this Dylan Thomas biopic The Edge of Love (15) dir: John Maybury

Heart of darkness

  • 12 June 2008

A low hum of horror pervades this exposé of US abuses in Afghanistan Taxi to the Dark Side (15) dir: Alex Gibney

Parental misguidance

  • 05 June 2008
  • 1 comment

Ben Affleck's directorial debut surpasses anything he's done before Gone Baby Gone (15) dir: Ben Affleck

A woman's right to shoes

  • 29 May 2008
  • 2 comments

Miseryguts and Lobotomy Woman in a tale of gormless materialism Sex and the City (15) dir: Michael Patrick King

Flogging a dead franchise

  • 22 May 2008

The latest Indiana Jones shows little of Spielberg's usual pizzazz Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (12A) dir: Steven Spielberg

Tales from the dark side

  • 15 May 2008

Two directors explore less savoury aspects of human morality Terror's Advocate (12A) dir: Barbet Schroeder Heartbeat Detector (12A) dir: Nicolas Klotz

It's just me, myself and I

  • 08 May 2008

Morgan Spurlock's documentary is a masterclass in vain, glib navel-gazing Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? (12A)dir: Morgan Spurlock

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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