JCVD (15)
INSTANT cult classic, a genius piece of film-making and simply one of the most unexpected and innovative movies you will see all year. And it stars Jean Claude Van Damme! Part documentary, part self-parody but with some serious things to say about the fleeting nature of stardom. Has to be seen to be believed.
STAR RATING: ***
MILK (15)
OSCAR contending film featuring another eye-catching performance from Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in America. He was assassinated in 1978 by a colleague who may also have been gay.
STAR RATING: ***
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (15)
SILENCE of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme returns to form with a fascinating study of relationships at a wedding.
Anne Hathaway is getting great reviews for her performance as a recovering drug addict given a day pass from rehab to attend her big sister’s wedding.
STAR RATING: ***
UNDERWORLD : RISE OF THE LYCANS (18)
A PUMPED up Michael Sheen makes an unexpected foray into schlock horror vampire flicks, playing a werewolf in this prequel to the two previous Underworld films – no Kate Beckinsale but Bill Nighy ham its up again as the Vampire King.
STAR RATING: **
VALKYRIE (12A)
LIKE Defiance, director Bryan Singer’s latest relates a largely unknown Second World War story about German officers plotting to kill Hitler in 1944.
We know it didn’t work so the thril lies in seeing just how close they came.
Great cast includes Tom Cruise and Kenneth Branagh.
STAR RATING: ***
