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Ryan Gilbey gives his verdict on the key new movie releases

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Short, sweet and pricey

  • 21 August 2008

A pleasantly trivial doodle of boyhood friendship in gritty north London
Somers Town (12A)
dir: Shane Meadows

Hancock's two and a half hours

  • 14 August 2008

A talented Russian creates suspense, but doesn't know what to do with it
The Banishment (12A) dir: Andrey Zvyagintsev

Shallow, botched, insidious

  • 07 August 2008

Brazil's new hit has a reactionary message, leavened only by its incompetence
Elite Squad (18) dir: José Padilha

The joke is on us

  • 31 July 2008

Provocative social commentary is the order of the day with this US comedian
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (15)
dir: Liam Lynch

Dark was the knight, cold was the clown

  • 24 July 2008
  • 2 comments

Despite the presence of the Joker, this superhero franchise is grimmer than ever
The Dark Knight (12A)
dir: Christopher Nolan

The golden age of animation

  • 17 July 2008

Pixar makes yet another great leap forward with its latest release

WALL·E (U)
dir: Andrew Stanton
Standard Operating Procedure (15)
dir: Errol Morris

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

Cricket's revolution

The Ashes and globalisation

The empire strikes back

Ziauddin Sardar

Move over viagra

Put a little spice in your box

Religion

Does God hate women?

Does God Hate Women?

Art

Medals of dishonour

Pin the blame on them

James Macintyre

Cameron the bully?

A fresh approach?

Canada

The new dope lords

Traffic out of control

Travel

Brussels and surrealism

Nothing is as it seems

Television

Revelations

Revelations: How to Find God

Vote!

Will China rule the world?

Suggest a question

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