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CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (U) A comical fantasy about one man's pursuit of his dreams. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's computer-animated film is also a colourful morality tale about the gluttony of the West, where bigger is apparently always better. Bill Hader voices the inventor whose contraption causes food to rain from the sky, while Anna Faris is the inexperienced weathergirl asked to cover this meteorological phenomenon. Star rating: AWAY WE GO (15) An entertaining ensemble piece that paints a vivid portrait of contemporary America and its foibles, with John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph starring as expectant parents who decide to leave behind their blissful back-woods existence for the sake of their imminent child's prospects. The resulting madcap road trip sees them cross paths with oddball but well-meaning friends played by Allison Janney and Maggie Gyllenhaal, among others.
Star rating: THE FIRM (18) A brutal and unflinching portrait of hooliganism and male bonding from writer-director Nick Love, who trampled through similar territory in his 2004 film The Football Factory. Calum McNab, who had a supporting part in that movie, is wooden in the central role as the disenfranchised teenager drawn into a dangerous world after mistakenly picking a fight with the leader of one of London's most notorious football firms, played with relish by Paul Anderson. Star rating: JULIE & JULIA (12A) Meryl Streep looks certain to secure a 16th Oscar nomination for her tour- de-force portrayal of American cultural icon Julia Child in the new comedy from writer-director Nora Ephron (Sleepless In Seattle). Based on two memoirs set more than 50 years apart, Julie & Julia is a frothy and entertaining tale of cuisine and l'amour which simmers nicely but never quite comes to the boil. Amy Adams co-stars as the modern-day cook and blogger Julie Powell. Star rating: SORORITY ROW (15) Sisters are doin' it for themselves - covering up murder, that is - in Stewart Hendler's competent remake of the 1983 slasher The House On Sorority Row. A prank on the two-timing brother of a sorority member goes horribly wrong, and months later the girls involved are stalked by a killer in a black graduation robe, wielding the same weapon used to slay their friend....See the full content of this document
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