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Django Unchained (18)

Dir: Quentin Tarantino Stars: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo Di Caprio, Samuel L JacksonRead

Flight (15)

'WHIP' Whitaker (Washington) is the kind of guy other guys want to be.Read

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (12A)

THE cinematic release of yet another of JRR Tolkien’s adventure fantasies hits the screens on Thursday.Read

Looper (15)

Director: Rian Johnson Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Pierce GagnonRead

Holy Motors (18)

HOLY MOTORS is the most recent creation of French director and writer Leos Carax and is one of the most outstanding films of the year. Read

Hysteria (15)

Dir: Tanya Wexler Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones, Rupert Everett, Ashley Jensen, Sheridan SmithRead

Berberian Sound Studio (15)

IT IS becoming rather clear that Peter Strickland is a true European auteur. Read

Ted (15)

DID you grow up on a diet of 1980’s pop culture? Then you should love Ted…but you probably won’t.Read

AFTER a rather bloated and wheezing attempt at directing The Expendables I, Sly Stallone has exchanged megaphone for hand cannon and stepped aside to let Simon West direct a swashbuckling, oily bicep flexing and brilliantly moronic piece of cinema-grade plutonium in The Expendables 2.Read

The Dark Knight Rises (12A, mild spoilers)

In the avalanche of hype that preceded the release of the third act of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy it wasn’t difficult to gauge what to expect amid the inevitable buzz.Read

God Bless America (15)

IT will always be difficult to convince an audience that it’s funny to watch a baby being blown up like a watermelon with a pump action shotgun. Read

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Seeking A Friend for the End of the World (15)

SEEKING a Friend for the End of the World’ hits the screens this Friday 13th, exactly 23 weeks to the day from the official apocalypse date of 21st December 2012 as sponsored by the Mayans.Read

The Amazing Spiderman (12A)

AFTER the recent disaster which was Sam Raimi’s Spider-man 3, it came to many fans of the comic book genre as a shock to learn of the impending reboot of the Marvel series with last week’s release of The Amazing Spider-Man.Read

Glasgow Film Festival 2012: A retrospective

THE eighth Glasgow Film Festival has now ended, racking up a bountiful 239 screenings and events from UK and world premiers, guest appearances and workshops in a multitude of venues across our great city. Read

Glasgow Film Festival 2012: What's hot and what's not

WITH Glasgow Film Festival 2012 in full swing, movie addict and director of Firefly Films Gerrard Fitzsimmons casts his eye over the offerings so farRead

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (15) ****

REBECCA Morris gets to grips with adaptation of le Carre's famous bookRead

Beginners (15) ***

BEGINNERS is a portrayal of a son bonding with his newly out and proud gay father. Yet if the title of the film leaves you expecting joyful depictions of their romps into previously unexplored territories you might be disappointed.Read

Insidious (15) **

ALTHOUGH this movie may be brought to us by the same team that gave us the Saw franchise - director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell - a surprising lack of devious and sick death traps are forthcoming in Insidious.Read

Your Highness (15) **

A star-studded cast, a proven comedy director and a fresh take on a genre that has recently been so popular. But Your Highness fails to deliver many laughs.Read

Limitless (15) ****

THE old scientific myth is that we use less than a quarter of our brain. So, what would happen if we could access our full capabilities and how different a person would we become?Read