ADRIFT
(Hans Horn, 15, 95min)
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AKEELAH AND THE BEE
(Doug Atchison, 12A, 112min)
Earnest spelling bee weepy in which a spunky South Central schoolgirl tries to spell herself out of poverty. (Kevin Maher)
ALPHA MALE
(Dan Wilde, 15, 100min)
Slow-burning British film that charts the family tensions underlining the return of a prodigal son. (Ian Johns)
THE ANT BULLY
(John A. Davis, U, 89min)
A destructive boy learns ant-style teamwork in this uninspiring animated fable. (IJ)
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THE BREAK-UP
(Peyton Reed, 12A, 105min)
Misfiring comedy about a relationship in meltdown, starring Jennifer Aniston. (KM)
CARS
(John Lasseter, PG, 121min)
A poor script lets down this still enjoyable Pixar animation about cars learning life’s hard lessons. (IJ)
CRANK
(Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor, 18, 88min)
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GARFIELD 2
(Tim Hill, U, 80min)
Bill Murray voices the comic- strip cat in a lame computer- animated sequel. (IJ)
HARSH TIMES
(David Ayer, 15, 119min)
Christian Bale plays a Gulf War veteran’s problems when faced with a return to civilian life. (Wendy Ide
INNOCENT VOICES
(Luis Mandoki, 12A, 111min)
Formulaic coming-of-age drama set in El Salvador. (IJ)
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JOHN TUCKER MUST DIE
(Betty Thomas, 12A 89min)
Weak high-school comedy drama in which the girls try to get even with a triple-timing classmate. (Tom Charity)
LADY IN THE WATER
(M. Night Shyamalan, PG, 110min)
Infantile and laughably self-important shocker. (WI)
LAGE RAHO MUNNA BHAI
(Rajkumar Hirani, 145min)
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A LION IN THE HOUSE
(Steve Bognar, NC, 222min)
Unflinching documentary following child cancer patients. (IJ)
LITTLE FISH
(Rowan Woods, 15, 114min)
Sprawling Aussie ensemble drama, with Cate Blanchett, about a group of misfits. (IJ)
MIAMI VICE
(Michael Mann, 15, 135min)
Mann revives his cult 1980s cop series to embarrassingly boring effect. (WI)
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MONSTER HOUSE
(Gil Kenan, PG, 91min)
Entertaining computer- animated adventure. (IJ)
NACHO LIBRE
(Jared Hess, 12A, 92min)
Limp comedy set in the world of Mexican wrestling. (WI)
THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE
(Mary Harron, 18, 91min)
Gretchen Mol gives a sunny performance as the 1950s pin-up in this fun biopic. (WI)
OVER THE HEDGE
(Tim Johnson/Karey Kirkpatrick, U, 83min)
DreamWorks animation with an eco-friendly feel. (JC)
PAPER CLIPS
(Elliot Berlin, Joe Fab, U, 84min)
Sickly-sweet production values mar this documentary on an American school’s imaginative Holocaust project. (IJ)
RENAISSANCE
(Christian Volckman, 15, 105min)
French animated sci-fi thriller whose striking looks fail to compensate for an undeveloped script. (IJ)
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A SCANNER DARKLY
(Richard Linklater, 15, 100min)
An animated Keanu Reeves in Philip K. Dick’s story about a cop battling a superdrug. (WI)
THE SENTINEL
(Clark Johnson, 12A, 108min)
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SEVERANCE
(Christopher Smith, 15, 95min)
The Office meets Hostel in an enjoyably nasty British horror pic. (Kim Newman)
STORMBREAKER
(Geoffrey Sax, PG, 93min)
Engaging schoolboy heroics based on Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider tales. (KM)
STRAY DOGS
(Marzieh Meshkini, 12A, 93min)
Timely portrait of modern-day Kabul in which Afghan children fend for themselves as US planes streak the sky. (IJ)
SUPERMAN RETURNS
(Bryan Singer, 12A, 154min)
The Man of Steel returns in a film that has a heart and a brain. (Dominic Wells)
TERKEL IN TROUBLE
(Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Stefan Fjeldmark, 15, 78min)
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THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED
(Kirby Dick, 18, 97min)
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TIDELAND
(Terry Gilliam, 12A, 103min)
A creepily fascinating meditation on surviving childhood and isolation. (WI)
TO DIE IN SAN HILARIO
(Laura Mañá, 12A, 95min)
Magical-realist whimsy can’t quite sustain this Spanish comedy. (IJ)
VOLVER
(Pedro Almodóvar, 15, 111min)
This ghostly family drama is a sassy delight (JC)
YOU, ME AND DUPREE
(Richard Linklater, US, 15, 100min)
Like Dupree, this film overstays its welcome.
(Tom Charity)