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Mamma Mia! goes straight to No 1 in the records books

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:22:16 GMT

Mamma Mia! The Movie is the biggest-selling DVD of all time

The best art house films for 2009

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:13:02 GMT

Critically and commercially, 2008 has been good for foreign movies and next year looks even better. From a Korean spaghetti western to a Danish war film, expect the unexpected.

Teenage dreams in Summer

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:11:03 GMT

A coming-of-age drama with a difference, Summer is the story of a man who takes so long to find himself.

The Girl in the Park grabs attention

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:11:02 GMT

You would expect something a bit special from David Auburn and The Girl in the Park, his first film as director gives us just that.

Buzz but no sting in Secret Life of Bees

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:11:02 GMT

Dakota Fanning plays the lead character in The Secret Life of Bees and the main theme concerns her need to be loved.

Everybody needs good neighbours in Lakeview Terrace

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:11:02 GMT

At last Samuel L Jackson has chosen a decent role, as a bigoted Los Angeles cop who takes his grudge out on the couple next door in Lakeview Terrace.

Tilda goes on a bender in Julia

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:11:02 GMT

The magnificent Tilda Swinton is at her best as a reeling alcoholic involved in a plot to kidnap a young boy in Julia.

Bitter fruit of division in Lemon Tree

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:11:00 GMT

The Lemon Tree, though quite plainly made, is another feather in the cap of Eran Riklis's, who made the equally affecting The Syrian Bride.

North Face is an astonishing true story

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:11:00 GMT

In 1936, when it was the dream of mountain climbers all over to conquer the highly dangerous North Face of the Eiger, two young Germans set out to climb the mountain.

Still the best Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:11:00 GMT

The 1931 version of the Robert Louis Stevenson novella is still the best version there is, far more frightening than the glossy MGM version Victor Fleming made a decade or so later.

White Christmas is a regular attraction

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:10:59 GMT

Its the title song in White Christmas that really produced lasting gold.

Light in the gloom in Man From London

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:10:58 GMT

Though beautifully and often breathtakingly shot by director Fred Keleman The Man From London is definitely not for the faint-hearted.

Stone-faced Keanu in Day the Earth Stood Still

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:10:58 GMT

The Day the Earth Stood Still, starring Keanu Reeves, has a general whiff of a B-movie striving for effect.

Inkheart has great cast but lacks character

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:10:57 GMT

Inkheart is a noisy fantasy directed by British film-maker Iain Softley and based on the bestselling book by Cornelia Funke.

Dean Spanley is shaggy dog story

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:10:57 GMT

Peter O'Toole and a fine cast make the most of an eccentric tale of personal redemption in Dean Spanley.

Revolution televised in Che

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:10:56 GMT

Che is an extraordinary achievement even if the second part of this two-part, four-hour-plus biopic of Che Guevarais much the most watchable.

Gonzo's fear and loving

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:10:56 GMT

Few mere journalists have been written about with such admiration as Hunter S Thompson. His Life and work is now appreciated in film.

Yes Man isn't as funny as it would like to be

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:10:56 GMT

Based on the memoir by British funny-man Danny Wallace, Yes Man tells the story of Carl Alle but it is not the edgy hit it so longs to be.

Twilight is a teen vamp thing

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:10:56 GMT

Is it wise to fall for a bloodsucker? Twilight is a fantasy that makes it look harmless enough.

Australia is lost in the Outback

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:10:56 GMT

Baz Luhrmann has upset aborigines and led Nicole Kidman astray in a sanitised epic about their homeland in Australia.

Best DVDs of 2008

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:10:55 GMT

From The Dark Knight to Curb Your Enthusiasm, here are DVDs not to be without.

Winslet's a winner in The Reader

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:10:55 GMT

The Reader, Stephen Daldry's sensitive film of a controversial book about a former Auschwitz guard, gives Kate her best role in years.