Culture: Action & Adventure

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (12A)

A strangely underpowered effort from Terry Gilliam

Inglourious Basterds (18)

Nazi hunters mix with cinema buffs in a return to form for Tarantino

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Sin nombre (15)

This immigrant tale is a flimsy but entertaining gangland thriller

Mesrine: Killer Instinct (15)

There’s life yet in the French gangster movie genre

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (12A)

Hogwarts may not be a sink school, but there’s still room for improvement

Public Enemies (15)

Dazzling visuals can’t disguise a lack of character in this 1930s crime flick

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Wild boy falls far from glory

McG’s extension of the Terminator franchise is woefully misconceived

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The method behind the myth

Some last-minute sentimentality mars an otherwise fresh take on the biopic Che: Part Two (15) dir: Steven Soderbergh