Cinemas - More new releases - 13/3/09

Mar 20 2009 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

THE AGE OF STUPID (12A)

PETE Postlethwaite (pictured right) headlines this climate change documentary from director Fanny Armstrong (McLibel), which hopes to shame audiences into changing their lifestyles to save planet Earth from disaster.

Set in a bleak and desolate 2055, an archivist (Postlethwaite) examines decades-old footage from 2007, which reveals all of the signs of impending catastrophe, though few people take note.

The film laments the lack of a co-ordinated, global response to fears about climate change.

STAR RATING: ***

LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS (15)

JAMES Corden and Mathew Horne from Gavin & Stacey tread the well worn path from small screen sitcom to big screen movie with a horror spoof that wedges a tongue in cheek and a stake in its heart.

Unfortunately, it's an exceedingly poor choice for the leads to showcase their undeniable talents.

The tone throughout is juvenile, ogling the frequently topless female cast and littering the script with puerile humour and copious expletives.

Lesbian Vampire Killers may be many things - clumsy, dull, almost completely starved of laughs - but sophisticated certainly isn't one of them.

STAR RATING: **

PAUL BLART: MALL COP (PG)

SIZE matters, especially when deciding who to poke fun at, in Steve Carr's politically incorrect, comic spin on Die Hard, set in a New Jersey shopping centre under siege from armed robbers.

Instead of lean, mean Bruce Willis in a sweaty-drenched vest, Paul Blart: Mall Cop places its trust in the sweaty palms of an overweight, lovesick father, whose dreams of joining the state police are thwarted by his body.

STAR RATING: **