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Flyboys

The good die young in Tony Bill's wartime drama, which harks back to a bygone era of open cockpit bi-planes and `chocks away', when strangers became comrades in arms, repelling Germans forces in the skies above England and France.Read

Wedding Daze

In keeping with tradition, Michael Ian Black's romantic comedy proffers something old (most of the gags), something new (the romantic pairing of Jason Biggs and Isla Fisher), something borrowed (larger-than-life supporting characters defined by their tics or sexual peccadilloes) and something blue (sporadic gross-out humour).Read

The Hitcher

This remake of the cult 1986 film opens in traditional fashion with college lovebirds Jim Halsey and Grace Andrews slipping excitedly into his 1970 Oldsmobile 442 as Move Along by The All American Rejects booms from the car stereo.Read

Paradise Lost

Promoting an image of Brazil which is - aptly enough -nuts, this is a bloodthirsty adventure thriller about a sadistic doctor so enraged by the West's exploitation of his country that he has taken to kidnapping unwary, foreign backpackers and stealing their vital organs while they're still alive.Read

Flyboy has future charted

He's just emerging as one of Hollywood's most in-demand actors but it's fair to say that James Franco is already flying high.Read

Johnny Depp in the Pirates of the Carribbean: At World's End

Pirates of the Caribbean

The plot: If you haven't seen the first two films, there's very little point seeing At World's End.Read

Orlando's reached a point in life to treasure

He reached the milestone age of 30 this year, but far from being daunted by the advancing years, fresh-faced actor Orlando Bloom reckons he's entering the best stage of his life.Read

Zodiac

In the sweltering summer of 1969, when most of America was preparing to celebrate peace and free love at Woodstock, the Bay Area of San Francisco was gripped with fear.Read

Lovewrecked

"What do you do when all your dreams come true?" wonders the heroine in Lovewrecked, regurgitating the same words spouted by countless other smitten teenage protagonists. Read

Black Snake Moan

Wide-eyed sex kitten Rae is bereft since the departure of her sweet boyfriend Ronnie to National Guard boot camp.Read

Magicians

In their heyday, Harry Kane and Karl Allen were the darlings of the magic circle, until the fateful night their assistant Carol - Harry's wife - lost her head in a tragic guillotine malfunction.Read

Serial killer movie gets in your head

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal has made a name for himself with intense brooding roles in films such as Donnie Darko, Moonlight Mile and Brokeback Mountain.Read

28 Weeks Later

Four years after Danny Boyle raised the undead with his bloodthirsty thriller 28 Days Later, acclaimed Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo sinks his teeth into the nerve-wracking, adrenaline-pumped sequel.Read

Goodbye Bafana

Goodbye Bafana relives Nelson Mandela's 27 years behind bars through the eyes of white Afrikaner James Gregory, the prison guard whose memoirs of the same name reveal an intense bond between these two men from opposite ends of the political and social spectrum.Read