Ratatouille

Starring: Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Brian Dennehy
Directed by: Brad Bird
(U), 111 mins, 2007, United States

In this hilarious Pixar animated adventure a rat named Remy follows his dream of becoming a chef - despite his family\'s discouragement and the obvious disadvantage of being a rat in a rodent-phobic profession.

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Stardust

Starring: Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
(PG), 128 mins, 2007, UK

 
Stardust is an all-star fantasy epic based on the award-winning novel by Neil Gaiman. In a sleepy English village a young man named Tristan (Charlie Cox) embarks on a journey to win the heart of his beloved Victoria (Sienna Miller) which ends up taking him to magical world he couldn\'t have dreamed up.

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Michael Clayton

Starring: George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton
Directed by: Tony Gilroy
(15), 120 mins, 2007, United States

Gorgeous George does it again in this tense courtroom thriller where he plays an in-house "fixer", handling clients\' legal messes from hit-and-runs to thefts. Plagued with his own messy life he gets a wake-up call when assigned to a case he wasn\'t quite prepared for.

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Eastern Promises

Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel
Directed by: David Cronenberg
(18), 100 mins, 2007, UK/USA/Canada

In this gritty violent thriller set in London\'s Russian underworld we see the ties of family and culture that bind organised crime. Focusing on the Russian mafia\'s sex trade - shown as flourishing in London - it\'s a dark movie with few laughs, as you might imagine.

www.easternpromises.net

Sicko

Directed by: Michael Moore
(12A), 123 mins, 2007, UK

Love him or loathe him, Michael Moore\'s back and this time he has the US healthcare industry in his sights. Viewers from this side of the pond won\'t fully appreciate his provocative exposé, but the documentary will no doubt make us appreciate (to at least some extent) our NHS.

www.sicko-themovie.com

The Kingdom

Starring: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman, Ashraf Barhom, Jeremy Piven
Directed by: Peter Berg
(15), 110 mins, 2007, USA

This political action thriller sees Jamie Foxx lead an all-star cast to the Middle East in a fight against terror.

www.thekingdommovie.com 

Rendition

Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep
Directed by: Gavin Hood
(15), 120 mins, 2007, USA

Reese Witherspoon stars in this tense thriller as the American wife of Egyptian-born chemical engineer who disappears on a flight from South Africa to Washington. Isabella desperately tries to track her husband down, while a CIA analyst (Jake Gyllenhaal) at a secret detention facility outside the US is forced to question his assignment as he becomes party to the man\'s unorthodox interrogation.

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The Heartbreak Kid

Starring: Ben Stiller, Michelle Moynahan, Malin Akerman
Directed by: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
(15), 116 mins, 2007, USA

 

Funny guy Ben Stiller plays a 40-year-old pressured into a marriage by his persuasive family and friends. Feeling ultimately cynical and bitter about romance, he inconveniently meets his true love when in Mexico on their honeymoon.

www.heartbreakkidmovie.com 

Superbad

Starring: Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen

Directed by: Greg Mottola
(15), 114 mins, 2007, USA

Two teenage boys (Michael Cera and Jonah Hill) are about to graduate from high school and are forced to become more independent from each other. They make it their mission to hook up with girls before they set off for different colleges, but dealing with the departure from their co-dependent relationship proves even harder.

www.sonypictures.com/movies/superbad 

Deathproof

Starring: Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Rose McGowan, Sidney Poitier, Zoë Bell, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
(18), 113 mins, 2007, USA

 
Mike (Kurt Russell), a psychotic stuntman, cruises the streets in his deathproof killing machine car, preying on attractive young women. Until the day he gets a dose of his own medicine.

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Atonement

Starring: James McAvoy, Keira Knightley
Directed by: Joe Wright
(15), 123 mins, 2007, UK

Thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Bryony wrongly accuses Robby (James McAvoy) of a dreadful crime. The only person who doesn\'t believe her is her older sister, Cecilia (Keira Knightley). At this point their lives change forever as they become victims of the young girl\'s imagination.

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Run Fatboy Run

Starring: Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton
Directed by: David Schwimmer
(12A), 95 mins, 2007, UK

 

Five years after leaving his pregnant wife Libby (Thandie Newton) at the altar, clueless and out-of-shape Dennis (Simon Pegg), realises his mistake and vows to run a marathon to win her back. Directed by ex ‘Friend’ David Schwimmer and also starring Simpsons mainstay Hank Azaria, there are laughs aplenty in this super-silly comedy.

Check out the full review here 

30 Days of Night

Starring: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George
Directed by: David Slade
(15), 113 mins, 2007, USA

 
Every year, the small Alaskan town of Barrow is plunged into darkness for 30 days straight. Unfortunately for the townspeople, a gang of bloodthirsty vamps discover this handy fact and travel up there to rip the town apart...

www.30daysofnight.co.uk

 
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Starring: Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Geoffrey Rush
Directed by: Shekhar Kapur
(12A), 115 mins, 2007, UK

 
This one is either for the history buffs among us or those who would rather see Clive Owen in tights. Whichever you fancy, make sure you catch Cate Blanchett returning to the throne as our favourite powder-faced Queen preparing to tackle the Spanish Armada and the irresistible Sir Walter Raleigh.

www.elizabeththegoldenage.net

Lions for Lambs

Starring: Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford
Directed by: Robert Redford
92 mins, 2007, US
9 November, 2007

Robert Redford looks set to cause a stir with this commentary on the war on terror, and with the help of Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise you can expect a potent mixture of political dissent and acting prowess.

Read our full review here

Man Of The Year

Director: Barry Levinson

(12A), 115 mins

Robin Williams plays a political satirist who, for a lark, runs as a presidential candidate and inadvertently wins the election. If you like the sound of Williams putting his wacky comedy at the heart of a conspiracy movie then this could be the one for you.

www.manoftheyearmovie.net

Interview

Starring: Sienna Miller, Steve Buscemi

Director: Steve Buscemi

(15), 84 mins

The first in a series of remakes by the late Dutch director Theo van Gogh that sees the political journalist Pierre Peders (Buscemi) out of his element and forced to interview soap star Katya (Miller). The scene is set for one revealing interview.

www.sonyclassics.com/interview

Death At A Funeral

Directed by: Frank Oz

(15), 90 mins

Funerals are usually rather sombre and dreary affairs, but for brothers Daniel (Matthew MacFadyen) and Robert (Rupert Graves), the death of their father looks to upset the balance. There is plenty hilarity and mayhem in this comedy when some earth shattering secrets are revealed at the wake.

www.deathatafuneral-themovie.com

Saw IV

Director: Darren Lynn Bousman

(18) 95 mins

Get ready to throw your popcorn with fear and hide behind you seats because the next round of gruesome torture with all the gory bits left in is ready for you.

movies.break.com/saw4/

The Jane Austen Book Club

Starring: Hugh Dancy, Emily Blunt, Maria Bello
Director: Robin Swicord
(PG), 106 mins, 2007, USA
16 November 2007

Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen, only to find that their own relationships start to resemble those featured in her novels. If you are a fan of any of Austen\'s novels this is a must see.

Check out our Jane Austen Book Club special 

Planet Terror

Starring: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Michael Biehn, Marley Shelton
Director: Robert Rodriguez
(18), 105 mins, 2007, USA
9 November 2007

The second half of the double bill that began with Tarantino\'s Death Proof and a tribute to the zombie film era. An experimental biological weapon turns the people from a small Texan town into zombie-like creatures and a group of survivors attempt to take them on. An entertaining thriller that delivers excitement, gore and enough zombie ass-kicking to keep you zoned in from start to finish with a few laughs along the way.

American Gangster

Starring: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe
Director: Ridley Scott
(18), 157 mins, 2007, USA
16 November 2007

 
Ridley Scott thriller based on the true story of the 1970s Harlem heroin smuggler Frank Lucas and the investigator who sets out to do him justice. This year\'s biggest gangster movie tells a compelling story, is supported by bold performances and has even been compared to The Godfather and Goodfellas. You would be a fool to miss out.

 
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Beowulf

Starring: Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
(12A)118 mins, 2007, USA

Muscle bound torsos, nympho mums and a hell bent demons to boot. Clearly the Old Norse had a thing for telling a tall tale, but when you throw in creepily realistic animation and a hot cast, we think this will make a fine alternative to the 3183 line poem. Oh, and did I mention, it\'s in 3D?

 
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Brick Lane

Director: Sarah Gavron
Writers: Monica Ali (novel), Laura Jones
(15), 102 mins, 2007, UK

Based on the best selling book by Monica Ali, Brick lane is set in \'80s London and takes a look at the struggles of adapting to life in an arranged marriage for a young girl from Bangladesh and the contrast to life back home.

 
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Sleuth

Starring: Michael Caine, Jude Law

Directed by: Kenneth Branagh

(15), 86 mins, 2007, UK

Jude law steps into Michael Caine\'s shoes again, although we reckon he might stink at this one a bit less because he has got the big man himself playing opposite him (who himself takes over the Lawrence Olivier role in the original). A game of cat and mouse unfolds in this thrilling tale of suspense.

The Darjeeling Ltd

Starring: Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman
Directed by: Wes Anderson
(15) 91 mins, 2007, US

Hooray, we\'ve been waiting ages for the next of Wes Anderson\'s offbeat comedies and this one looks to be just as welcome as The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic. Here we get to see three brothers travel across India in a quest to find themselves and each other. Also keep an eye open for the 13-minute prologue Hotel Chevalier, starring Natalie Portman\'s bum, if you can.

Look out for our review coming soon 

Shrooms

Starring: Lindsey Haun, Jack Huston
Directed by: Paddy Breathnach
(18), 86 mins, 2007, (Ireland)

American teens lost and scared in a forest - check
Getting into unknown territory, ie, taking magic mushrooms - check
Homicidal maniac chasing you - check
Well, it maybe a month late for Halloween but if you need your classic horror fix then this looks like it will be just the ‘trip\' for you.

Check out the review here

Rescue Dawn

Starring: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies
Directed by: Werner Herzog
(12A), 120 mins, US, 2007

If you like war films with a bit of a getaway involved (think The Great Escape or Escape To Victory) then you should love Rescue Dawn. Based on a true story, the ever so dashing Christian Bale stars as the only POW to escape a Laotian jungle, battling some fierce adversities along the way.

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The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford

Starring: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard
Director: Andrew Dominik
(15), 159 mins, 2007, USA

It’s pretty boys aplenty in this all star re-enactment of the last days of bad boy outlaw Jesse James (Brad Pitt). Affleck plays anti-hero Robert Ford who, although he once idolised James, murdered him in cold blood after becoming jealous of his hero’s ever growing notoriety.

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Fred Claus

Starring: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Rachel Weisz, Kevin Spacey
Directed by: David Dobkin
(PG), 116 mins, 2007, USA

Vince Vaughn plays Santa\'s big bro in this year\'s most Christmassy of flicks. Look out for several superstar cameos from the likes of Kathy Bates and Kevin Spacey, while Paul Giamatti\'s loveable turn as Saint Nic is a special treat in itself.

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The Nines

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis, Melissa McCarthy
Directed by: John August
(15), 99 mins, 2007, USA

The Nines tells the rather confusing tale of three men (all of whom are played by Ryan Reynolds) who find their lives are somehow entwined. Gary, a TV actor, Gavin, a TV show-runner and Gabriel, a videogame designer, must solve the riddle or risk losing everything...

www.lookforthenines.com

Southland Tales

Following a nuclear attack on the United States, the world has gone to war. In Los Angeles, a city where chaos reigns supreme, we follow the tangled lives of several of its inhabitants: Boxer Santaros, an action movie star suffering from amnesia, twin brothers Roland and Ronald, and Krysta Now, a former porn star and talk show host. Written and directed by the genius that brought us Donnie Darko, Southland Tales promises to be another must-see, mind-bending, future-classic...

www.southlandtales.com

The Golden Compass

Based on the best-selling trilogy, His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass tells the first fantastical part of the story, which focuses on a young girl called Lyra. Set in a fantasy world where animals can talk, and magic is real, we follow Lyra as she embarks on a dangerous adventure to save the universe from unspeakable danger...

www.goldencompassmovie.com