BARNEY'S VERSIONStarring: Paul Giamatti, Minnie Driver, Rosamund Pike. Dir: Richard J Lewis. Barney's Version netted lead Paul Giamatti a Golden Globe win, but passed... Read More

THE TERRORISTDir: Mahsun Kirmizigul. Starring: Danny Glover, Robert Patrick, Hailuk Bilginer. The original and overseas title was Five Minarets in New York, which... Read More

X MEN: FIRST CLASSDir: Matthew Vaughn. Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon. This fifth X-Men film was universally praised when it hit cinemas,... Read More

SNOWTOWN: Dir: Justin Kurzel. Starring: Daniel Henshall, Lucas Pittaway, Louise Harris I hesitate to make this a pick of the week, as it is brutal and shocking and... Read More

CATFISH: Dir: Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost. Catfish is a strange but very enjoyable film. It's sort of a documentary, but its fly-on-the-wall approach contains more... Read More

HESHERDir: Spencer Susser. Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rainn Wilson, Natalie Portman Hesher certainly looks like an interesting proposition: Oscar winner Portman,... Read More

THE HOLE: Dir: Joe Dante. Starring: Chris Massoglia, Haley Bennett, Nathan Gamble. Teen brother Dane and Lucas relocate to a new town with their single mother and... Read More

ANOTHER YEAR: Starring: Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Leslie Manville. Dir: Mike Leigh. There are many people who will not have the slightest interest in this film.... Read More

OPERATION 8 (****) Dir: Errol Wright, Abi King-Jones. It's ironic that this documentary was released during the same week all firearms charges against defendants... Read More

LEBANON: Starring: Itay Tiran, Oshri Cohen, Michael Moshonov. Dir: Samuel Maoz. And we have yet another film set in an uncompromisingly minimalist space. This time... Read More

BATTLE: LOS ANGELES Dir: Jonathan Liebesman. Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Ramon Rodriguez. Fighting aliens on the war-torn streets of Los Angeles... Read More

PAUL Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kristen Wiig. Dir: Greg Mottola I was a bit underwhelmed when I first saw Paul. It was on a plane (never the best way to... Read More