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Although we are talking age old themes here – first love, dodgy geezers, questions of class – the material is spectacularly well handled.

More often than not, when emotion is called for, Michael Konyves lays on the scripting far too thick.

[Brosnan is] put through his paces by Maori director Lee Tamahori and comes out of it stirred, but not shaken.

The story expands beyond the conventions of a Boys Own adventure

Fracture is clever, masterfully controlled by an actor whose love affair with the camera never seems to wane.

Rosamund Pike is a revelation as the woman who can be everything you want her to be - and, especially, what you definitely don't want her to be.

The plot is pants down puerile

Hallow Road is an Irish co-production, and it shows both in theme and in quality.

Sound fades into nothing and the pace slows

Pike won a Golden Globe for this performance and it's well deserved.

Jackboots On Whitehall isn't afraid of stomping on a few tender sensibilities and its smut level is set to 'stun'.

Make no mistake: despite the big cast, this is the sort of thriller you can safely snooze through on a plane, connecting with ease the dots between the clichéd fights and chases.

English is given more depth and there's a real story that doesn't depend on the central joke.

Morton continues to show her acting talents with a substantial - if not substantial enough - role and Malkovitch is an adequate counter balance to the very considerable presence of Depp.

Told in an accessible and reassuringly crowd-pleasing way.

The plotting, though not without cliche, retains a satisfyingly robust quality - dense enough to keep you intrigued without becoming overwrought.

This is the first time in ages - perhaps ever - that the hot-blooded delights of a country house ball have been shown to be fun.

Heineman’s docu-style fits perfectly into the look and sound of things.

A further challenge is the credibility of the chemistry - it's in two senses that a flame flickers between the Curies, and in both it convinces.

Its unreliable geographies, human and physical, make it even more beguiling.

Surrogates develops into a glossy thriller that looks and acts just like the real thing.

The tensions are taut and the feelings genuine

The humour is filtered through a storyline that keeps losing credibility

While there are plenty of laughs, the film might be victim of a too-linear, too-literal and too-revealing trailer, and the impact of its funnier moments are dampened by familiarity.

Worthington is as nebulous a charisma void as ever, sucking all the life out of everyone and everything around him, while Liebesman is reasonably capable with action but proves a total hack when it comes to handling anything remotely resembling drama.