Antonio Fargas, who was Huggy Bear in Starsky and Hutch, is a highlight as Foxy Brown’s lowlife younger brother in this riotous slice of blaxploitation from 1974.    Â
Romance! Comedy! Action! Murder! This rip-roaring silent British masterpiece from 1928 has it all. Â Â Â Â
Terrence Malick’s meditation on love and the disintegration of a relationship wafts along to no particular purpose. Â Â Â Â
Armando Iannucci’s US version of The Thick of It isn’t as droll and caustic (it badly misses Malcolm Tucker) as the Brit version, but Julia Louis-Dreyfus is very good value as potty-mouthed Selina. Â Â Â Â
Armando Iannucci and his pals from the BBC’s The Thick of It relocate their quick-fire government insult-fest to Washington DC. Â Â Â Â
This solemn look at addiction never really surpasses its terrifying plane crash in the opening sequence. However, Denzel Washington (pictured), on top form, holds it ably together with a convincing performance as a sozzled pilot, Captain Whip Whitaker. Â Â Â Â
CBBC’s frequently funny and crude sketch show, which has a mission statement of “making history look less crapâ€, succeeds in making the past as accessible and enjoyable as possible for children.    Â
Pixar’s underwater tale, even after multiple viewings, is still a visual delight: the animation is exquisite, the script crisp (“Fish are friends, not foodâ€) and it remains a poignant examination of “letting go†of your children.    Â
The critics haven’t been universally kind to Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby. Anthony Quinn, The Independent’s film reviewer, sums up the criticism: “It has energy, but not subtlety; dazzle, but not depth.” As a filmgoer it is not what you want to hear; as an advertiser it is exactly what you want to hear. Â Â Â Â
Roger Michell’s unofficial sequel to The King’s Speech has Bertie and the Queen Mum visiting Franklin D Roosevelt (Bill Murray) at his mother’s country mansion.