GET HIM TO THE GREEK (15)
AFTER years of dizzying success, rock star Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) releases the album African Child, which is lambasted by critics. Soon after, the singer breaks up with his girlfriend and falls into disrepute in London. During a meeting with record company supremo Sergio (Sean Combs), underling Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) hits upon the idea of a 10th anniversary comeback concert to celebrate Snow's most famous live outing at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. Despite initial reservations, Sergio eventually agrees and issues his minion with an ultimatum: "From the moment you touch down, you have 72 hours to get Aldous Snow to the Greek." Unfortunately, Aldous loves to party, leading to debauched encounters that jeopardise Aaron's relationship with his girlfriend.
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KILLERS (12A)
IF ROBERT Luketic's action-packed romantic comedy is to be believed men are capable of hiding everything from their nearest and dearest. The film's charming hero meets, woos and marries the woman of his dreams without revealing a vital part of his genetic make-up. Jen Kornfeldt (Katherine Heigl) marries Spencer Aimes (Ashton Kutcher). Spencer has been keeping a tiny secret: he is an international spy and assassin, who retired from active duty but has now been marked for death. Killers is an odd mishmash of genres, veering wildly from action to comedy and back again, sometimes in a single scene. Kutcher and Heigl are far better than the screenplay.
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LETTERS TO JULIET (PG)
WRITER Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is poised to marry chef Victor (Gale Garcia Bernal). They embark on a trip to Italy. She visits Juliet's famous balcony and is surprised to see dozens of tourists penning letters to the ill-fated Capulet. A group of women known as the secretaries of Juliet collect the missives and reply to these love-sick strangers. Sophie offers to help and stumbles upon a long-lost note which demands her words of wisdom. The American is shocked when a snooty man arrives in Verona to berate the secretaries for encouraging his grandmother to seek out her soul mate from long ago.
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WILD TARGET (12A)
THIS comedy caper is a real romp, and one you simply cannot help getting swept away with. Bill Nighy stars as Victor Maynard, a meticulous, lethally efficient, middle-aged and unmarried assassin under the thumb of his domineering mother (played brilliantly by Eileen Atkins). Emily Blunt is reckless thief Rose, aiming for the ultimate art con who makes a phone call to Victor as soon as he realises he's been duped. Victor sets out to perform the deadly hit in a car park but finds himself unable to kill her.
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