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Ever since he was a boy, Cris Johnson has been 'cursed' with the ability to glimpse a few minutes into the future, and to alter his behaviour accordingly. The only person who knows his secret is old friend Irv.Read

The Painted Veil

The searing heat and choking humidity of 20s Shanghai provide a suitably steamy and exotic backdrop to John Curran's handsome period romance, adapted by Ron Nyswaner from W Somerset Maugham's novel.Read

Reno 911!: Miami

Now in its fifth season on American TV, Reno 911! is a spoof of the popular reality series Cops, bringing a touch of soap opera to the action-packed adventures of a group of law enforcers.Read

Straightheads

Taking its title from a term used by gang members for people not involved in a crime, Straightheads is a brutal and unsettling revenge thriller that sinks to the same unnecessarily violent depths as its characters.Read

Fracture

Brilliant engineer Ted Crawford learns that his beautiful, younger wife is having an affair.Read

Alpha Dog

A real-life incident inspired this hard-hitting portrait of life for a group of Californian teenagers whose determination to seize the American dream ends in tragedy.Read

The Reaping

In this spooky thriller, a scientific investigator sets out to disprove claims that a small Louisiana town has fallen victim to the 10 Biblical plagues.Read

Reign Over Me

Writer-director Mike Binder becomes one of the first American filmmakers to tackle the emotionally raw subject of the aftermath of the 9/11 atrocities in Reign Over Me.Read

Justin plays the Alpha male

Justin Timberlake is in Newcastle at the end of the month. From today, though, he can be seen in cinemas in new film Alpha Dog.Read

And for my Next investigation

No, it's not the clothing retailer, it's a new thriller starring Julianne Moore and Nicolas Cage. Julianne talks to Robin Walker about Next.Read

Set at film's centre is a source of civic pride

Built in a period of brutal modernism, Newcastle Civic Centre avoided inhumanity with an elegance of design which still wins fans today.Read

Curse of the Golden Flower

The seeds of a conflict are planted when the Emperor (Yun Fat) and his middle son, Prince Jai, return from war to the Imperial Palace to honour their ancestors as part of the Chong Yang Festival.Read

Perfect Stranger

Ace investigative newspaper reporter Rowena Price (Berry) is about to hit the front page with her latest scoop, exposing the gay affair of married Senator Sachs under the headline SACHS-UAL HARASSMENT.Read

Shooter

Ace sniper Bob Lee Swagger (Wahlberg) has one of the best trigger fingers in the Marines, but his days of sharp shooting are cut short when a mission in Ethiopia with his spotter, Donnie, ends in carnage.Read

Wild Hogs

Worn down by the stress of their middle-aged lives and the responsibilities of marriage and fatherhood, four forty-something pals - Doug Madsen (Allen), Woody Stevens (Travolta), Bobby Davis (Lawrence) and Dudley Frank (Macy) - decide to escape reality on a cross-country motorcycle trip.Read