THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN 3D (PG)

TINTIN (Jamie Bell) buys a model ship and is plunged into a centuries-old mystery involving Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine (Daniel Craig). Ivan asks Tintin to name his price for the boat but the reporter refuses to sell, sensing the wooden vessel is far more valuable than it first appears. Sure enough, a cryptic conundrum lies within, revealing that "only a true Haddock will discover the secret of The Unicorn." Assisted by trusty pooch Snowy, Tintin searches for more clues, meeting booze-sodden Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis), whose family history holds the key to the mystery of a cursed shipwreck.

STAR RATING: ***

ARTHUR CHRISTMAS 3D (U)

SANTA (voiced by Jim Broadbent) has been the figurehead of the Yuletide season for decades and he proudly oversees this year's delivery of presents in his hi-tech spacecraft, masterminded with military precision by eldest son Steve (Hugh Laurie). Down in the bowels of the craft, youngest son Arthur (James McAvoy) excitedly answers correspondence from the children of the world, including a young British girl called Gwen (Ramona Marquez). A malfunction in the loading bay goes unnoticed by the elves in mission control and Gwen doesn't receive her pink bicycle. With time running out, Arthur joins forces with Grandsanta (Bill Nighy) and wrapping elf Bryony (Ashley Jensen) to deliver Gwen's gift.

STAR RATING: ****

THE DEEP BLUE SEA (12A)

ICONIC British director Terence Davies revives Terence Rattigan's 1952 play for cinema audiences, more than 55 years after Vivien Leigh and Kenneth More essayed the doomed lovers. Hester (Rachel Weisz) is married to High Court judge William Collyer (Simon Russell Beale) but the fissures are clear to see. She begins a passionate affair with dashing former RAF pilot, Freddie Page (Tom Hiddleston). The red-hot ardour slowly cools and while Hester vigorously pursues liaisons, he slowly draws back, leaving her to rake over the smouldering coals of the relationship and rue everything she has given up. Hester searches for enlightenment in a boarding house run by the imperious Mrs Elton (Ann Mitchell), where one of the other lodgers, Miller (Karl Johnson), also bears the scars of the past. However, the weight of Hester's guilt and despair slowly suffocates her until she reaches the point where she feels there is but only one way out of the misery.

STAR RATING: ***

DREAM HOUSE (15)

WILL Atenton (Daniel Craig) is a successful publisher in Manhattan, who abandons the city to spend more time with his wife Libby (Rachel Weisz) and daughters Dee Dee (Claire Geare) and Trish (Taylor Geare) in the suburbs. While reconnecting with his family, Will also intends to churn out the novel he has always promised to write. But an even bigger story unfolds in the Atenton's home when Will learns that the family nest was a murder scene. A mother and her brood were slain at the hands of a wrathful husband, shocking the quiet community. Ann Paterson (Naomi Watts) and her teenage daughter Chloe (Rachel G Fox), who live across the street, clearly know something but are reluctant to speak. Then a mysterious stranger called Boyce (Elias Koteas) begins to spy on the Atentons and Will is infuriated by the lack of assistance from his neighbours. So he and Libby piece together the puzzle.

STAR RATING: ***

IN TIME (12A)

DIRECTOR Andrew Niccol imagines an emotionally starved globe in which money has become obsolete and the currency is time. People are engineered to age until they reach 25 years old, then a timer, embedded in their arm, begins to tick down second by second to their demise. During a night out, Will Salas (Justin Timberlake) has a chance encounter with handsome yet suicidal rich man Henry Hamilton (Matt Bomer), who donates 100 years of his time to Will's body clock. Granted access to the most exclusive parts of the city, Will learns the truth about how Philippe Weis (Vincent Kartheiser) and the men in power manipulate the populace for their own gain. Will vows to bring down the corrupt system forging an unlikely alliance with Philippe's rebellious daughter Sylvia (Amanda Seyfried).

STAR RATING: ***

JUSTICE (15)

NEW Orleans school teacher Will Gerard (Nicolas Cage) sees his world come crashing down when his musician wife Laura (January Jones) is robbed and sexually assaulted. The attack leaves her battered and bruised, and at the hospital Will is approached by an enigmatic stranger called Simon (Guy Pearce). He offers to save the couple from a distressing court trial by doling out tough justice to the rapist, if Will agrees to return the favour in the future. Six months later, Simon contacts Will to collect the debt by asking the teacher to kill a paedophile (Jason Davis). When Will refuses, Simon ups the stakes, jeopardising the teacher's relationship with his suspicious wife and best friend Jimmy (Harold Perrineau).

STAR RATING: ***

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - PART 1 (12A)

THE final chapter of the Twilight series has been cleaved in two, with the concluding instalment due in November 2012. When we left Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), she had chosen vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) over werewolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner). Jacob is heartbroken, but Bella and Edward marry in front of her parents (Billy Burke, Sarah Clarke) and his blood-sucking clan. Bella falls pregnant during their honeymoon in Rio de Janeiro and her half-human, half-vampire child grows at an accelerated rate. The Quileute wolf pack led by alpha male Sam (Chaske Spencer) prepares to kill Bella and her unborn abomination. Jacob protests and forms a splinter pack with Seth Clearwater (Booboo Stewart) and sister Leah (Julia Jones) to protect the woman he loves.

STAR RATING: ***