http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/ Read film reviews of all the latest new film releases. en-gb Sunday Mercury http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/20/get-smart-12a-66331-21566950/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:01:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/20/get-smart-12a-66331-21566950/ THE 1960s TV series has been brought to the screen with a likeable cast – Steve Carell’s character of bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart likes Abba, for a start. http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/20/hellboy-ii-the-golden-army-12a-66331-21566928/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:48:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/20/hellboy-ii-the-golden-army-12a-66331-21566928/ I can’t wait to see what del Toro does next with The Hobbit. http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/18/you-don-t-mess-with-the-zohan-12a-66331-21553630/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:14:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/18/you-don-t-mess-with-the-zohan-12a-66331-21553630/ ADAM Sandler is the greatest Israeli soldier that ever lived – who gives it all up to become a hairdresser. http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/18/wild-child-12a-66331-21553625/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:08:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/18/wild-child-12a-66331-21553625/ POPPY (Emma Roberts, niece of Julia) is a spoilt Malibu brat. http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/18/miss-pettigrew-lives-for-a-day-pg-66331-21553583/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:57:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/18/miss-pettigrew-lives-for-a-day-pg-66331-21553583/ THE wonderful Francis McDormand plays Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged Londoner dubbed “the governess of last resort”, who finds herself fired from her latest job in 1939. http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/18/star-wars-the-clone-wars-pg-66331-21553576/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:56:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/18/star-wars-the-clone-wars-pg-66331-21553576/ THIS animated adventure might be called Episode 2.5, as it’s set between Attack Of The Clones and Revenge of The Sith. http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/07/the-fox-and-the-child-u-66331-21489564/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:42:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/07/the-fox-and-the-child-u-66331-21489564/ LUC Jacquet, director of the Oscar-winning March Of The Penguins, has based this story on his childhood in the French alps. http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/07/elegy-15-66331-21489428/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:35:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/07/elegy-15-66331-21489428/ YOU can see why Ben Kingsley jumped at this role – he gets to spend a lot of time in bed with a naked Penelope Cruz. http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/07/win-new-batman-book-66331-21481689/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:21:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/07/win-new-batman-book-66331-21481689/ WIN the new Batman book written by Dark Knight genius Frank Miller. http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/07/get-smart-and-win-some-odeon-cinema-tickets-66331-21481687/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:09:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/07/get-smart-and-win-some-odeon-cinema-tickets-66331-21481687/ This is YOUR chance to see this hilarious summer blockbuster, which took the US Box Office by storm, at special previews in the ODEON cinema, Birmingham before it opens nationwide on 20th August. http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/05/space-chimps-u-66331-21472832/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:27:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/05/space-chimps-u-66331-21472832/ ARE your young children bored already of the school holidays? Then they might enjoy this, the only new release made for them. http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/05/the-mummy-tomb-of-the-dragon-emperor-12a-66331-21472827/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:20:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/05/the-mummy-tomb-of-the-dragon-emperor-12a-66331-21472827/ IT starts in a Shanghai nightclub filled with dancing girls, there’s a fight over a jewel and then the action moves to the Himalayas. http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/04/man-on-wire-12a-66331-21461445/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:58:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/04/man-on-wire-12a-66331-21461445/ It's an odd time to make this film now, 34 years after the event and seven years after the World Trade Center was destroyed. http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/04/cass-18-66331-21461401/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:56:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/04/cass-18-66331-21461401/ THIS testosterone-fuelled film, full of bad language, is based on the true story of Cass Pennant (Nonso Anozie), a 1980s football hooligan who was sentenced to four years in prison. http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/04/the-love-guru-12a-66331-21461391/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:54:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/04/the-love-guru-12a-66331-21461391/ THE Love Guru is Mike Myers’ first new character since Austin Powers, but you won’t be saying “yeah, baby”. More like “please, no more”. http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/04/the-x-files-i-want-to-believe-15-66331-21461386/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:52:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/08/04/the-x-files-i-want-to-believe-15-66331-21461386/ I WANT to believe, I really do. I was a fan of the TV series and even hung on to the bitter end, when it had gone way past its best. And I liked the first film a decade ago. http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/07/28/a-complete-history-of-my-sexual-failure-18-66331-21421253/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:16:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/07/28/a-complete-history-of-my-sexual-failure-18-66331-21421253/ If nothing else, it will make you feel better about your own life. http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/07/28/baby-mama-12a-66331-21421230/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:06:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/07/28/baby-mama-12a-66331-21421230/ HIGH-flying businesswoman Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey) has a new promotion and a great Philadelphia apartment, but all she wants is a baby. http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/07/27/angus-thongs-and-perfect-snogging-12a-66331-21414509/ Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:41:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/07/27/angus-thongs-and-perfect-snogging-12a-66331-21414509/ BASED on Louise Rennison’s bestselling books and directed by Gurinder “Bend It Like Beckham” Chadha, this has all the ingredients for a great British teen comedy. Yet despite funny and charming moments, it doesn’t quite work. http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/07/22/the-dark-knight-12a-66331-21383699/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:25:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/film-news/film-reviews/2008/07/22/the-dark-knight-12a-66331-21383699/ IT’S one of the year’s most anticipated films. It’s broken box office records in America with the biggest-ever opening weekend.