It’s official, Robert Downey Junior can do no wrong. It doesn’t matter what film he is in, doesn’t matter what character he plays, his films will always do exceptionally well because, well, he is the bomb - a state of affairs that Iron Man 2 shows no sign of changing. Read more...

The Notebook. Do these two words have any effect on you? If it is overwhelming but life-affirming heartbreak coupled with a quivering bottom lip, then by all means go right ahead and subject Read more...

Looking for a no nonsense fright? You could do a lot worse than creepy low-key horror Shelter - adequate revenge for all you boyfriends forced to sit through a succession of terrible rom-coms . It seems the writer of the 2003 thriller Identity has a thing for multiple personality disorders, as the plot Read more...

Ladies and gentlemen of the 1980s, there will be stop-motion animation. If that kind of thing means anything to you, then Clash Of The Titans - a meaningless title, there are no titans, it's just the gods versus Jake Sully from Avatar - may prove to be a nostalgic disappointment. Read more...

Yes folks, after years of challenging and uncompromising work, it was finally time to recognise the awesome talents of...er, Sandra Bullock. Read more...

When we first meet small town Texas tomboy Bliss Cavendar (Ellen Page), she’s doing a bang-up job of finishing last in a regional beauty contest. As Hollywood has taught us, there’s a matriarch Read more...

I’m always very dubious of films that are surrounded by ‘hype’. I enter the cinema with dangerous high levels of excitement only to be bitterly disappointed and yes Tim Burton, I am talking about you. Read more...

You couldn't really ask for more bang-for-your-kroner from Neils Arden Opley's adaptation of the first book in Steig Larsson's phenomenonally successful Millennium trilogy. Read more...

I love you, Jim Carrey. After six years of old flexi-face phoning in performances in dross like Yes Man and Fun With Dick & Jane, he's finally come back to us Read more...

You may approach Shutter Island expecting to be jumping out of your skin and cowardly hiding behind your hands for most of the screening but the truth quite the opposite in fact - you'll find yourself unable to take your eyes off the screen. Read more...

Alongside Saving Private Ryan and Platoon, Paul Greengrass' devastating recreation of the Bogside Massacre, 2002's Bloody Sunday, is a stunning masterclass in conveying the dehumanising dynamics of combat. Read more...

Primarily through 20-something women obsessed with bicycle baskets, Saturday flea-markets, bake-sales and the music of Joanna Newsom, I am very much aware of the cultural and pop-culture impact of Lewis Carroll’s creation from the 1800s. Read more...

An elegant but foreboding ‘I will teach you the fear of the lord…’ quote from the bible opens Legion. So far, so ominous. Read more...