Movie Reviews
What movies would make your all-time top 10?
Email your selection to film editor Jeremy Smith on jeremy.smith@oxfordmail.co.uk and those printed could get two free tickets to the Vue cinema in Oxford.
See Vue's website for booking and screening details or call 08712 240240. The cinema, in Ozone Leisure Park, Grenoble Road, has free parking
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 | THE GAME PLAN (U) | | 5:15pm Thu 6 Mar 08 | | Although the setting and underlying themes are contemporary - the corruptive allure of celebrity, the pressures of single parenthood, rampant materialis -The Game Plan is, at its soft, gooey heart, an old-fashioned Disney yarn extolling the virtues of the family. |
 | THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL (12A) | | 5:11pm Thu 6 Mar 08 | | Falling victim to the same excesses as Elizabeth: The Golden Age, The Other Boleyn Girl is beautiful to look at but lacks deep emotion. | User Rating:         6/10 |
 | DIARY OF THE DEAD (18) | | 5:05pm Thu 6 Mar 08 | | You just can't keep a good zombie franchise down. Forty years after George A Romero reinvigorated the horror genre with his low budget classic Night Of The Living Dead, the sexagenarian godfather of gore returns with the fifth instalment of the blood-soaked franchise. | User Rating:         10/10 |
 | BE KIND REWIND (12A) | | 3:04pm Thu 21 Feb 08 | | Comedy/Drama. Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Melonie Diaz, Mia Farrow, Sigourney Weaver, Chandler Parker. Director: Michel Gondry. | User Rating:         10/10 |
 | Rambo (18) | | 3:02pm Thu 21 Feb 08 | | Action/Thriller. Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Paul Schulze, Graham McTavish, Matthew Marsden, Tom Kang, Ray Gallegos, Jake La Botz. Director: Sylvester Stallone. | User Rating:         9.5/10 |
 | JUMPERS (12A) | | 4:16pm Thu 14 Feb 08 | | Sci-Fi/Action/Thriller/Romance. Hayden Christensen, Samuel L Jackson, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson, Michael Rooker, Diane Lane, Max Thieriot, AnnaSophia Robb. Director: Doug Liman
Adapted from the novel by Steven Gould, Jumper is a special effects heavy, science fiction adventure about a young man blessed with the ability to teleport anywhere on the globe. |
 | THERE WILL BE BLOOD (15) | | 4:12pm Thu 14 Feb 08 | | Drama. Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Dillon Freasier, Kevin J O'Connor, Ciaran Hinds, Mary Elizabeth Barret
Adapted from Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil!, There Will Be Blood is one of this year's Oscar frontrunners, nominated for eight statuettes including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor In A Leading Role and Best Adapted Screenplay. |
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