Stuck for something to do over the holidays? Here's our pick of top movies to beat the holiday blues:
Race to Witch Mountain
Race to Witch Mountain
is loosely based on the 1968 young adult sci-fi novel by Alexander Key,
Escape to Witch Mountain
Monsters vs Aliens. Photo / Supplied
Stuck for something to do over the holidays? Here's our pick of top movies to beat the holiday blues:
Race to Witch Mountain
Race to Witch Mountain
is loosely based on the 1968 young adult sci-fi novel by Alexander Key,
Escape to Witch Mountain
.
Verdict:
Heaps of action to keep even the most restless kid firmly planted in their seat. Read the full review
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Just like
Sex and The City
and
The Devil Wears Prada
this is serious chick flick material. A light, fluffy romantic comedy,
Confessions of a Shopaholic
is based on a book by Sophie Kinsella and will provoke shoe envy, and naughtily encourage you to go on a shopping spree immediately.
Verdict:
Fashion porn for those who believe spending is the best way out of a recession. Read the full review
.
Monsters vs Aliens
Jam-packed with references to
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, The Blob
and
War of the Worlds
among others,
Monsters vs. Aliens
is both a nod to B-grade sci-fi films, and a family friendly 3D feature that will keep parents and kids entertained.
Verdict:
Worth seeing purely for Seth Grogan perfectly cast as a brainless alien. Read the full review
.
Watchmen
So far as being yet another adaptation of the celebrated comic book works of Alan Moore, the
Watchmen
movie is quite something.
Verdict:
Comic epic's adaptation as faithful as it is grim. Read the full review
.
Dean Spanley
Perfectly amiable and utterly pointless, it's an adaptation of a 1936 novella by an Irish baron about a clergyman who, when he drinks tokay, a rare and expensive sweet wine, is transported back to his earlier life - as a dog.
Verdict:
Obscure Edwardian whimsy, but finely filmed and acted. Read the full review
.
Slumdog Millionaire
The Oscars' favourite is the kind of film that demands critical hyperbole because hyperbole is its native language: it is riotously kinetic, superbly shot, cleverly structured and irresistibly watchable.
Verdict:
Undeniably entertaining but deeply phoney. Read the full review
Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
On the face of it, a feature-length doco about the Topp Twins would seem to crave your indulgence.
Verdict:
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you might just yodel. Read the full review
.
The Reader
Bernhard Schlink's 1995 novel
The Reader
was a morally complex, sobering meditation on the nature of intergenerational guilt and the corrosive power of silence.
Verdict:
Bloodless adaptation of a good novel is almost rescued by Winslet at her best. Read the full review
.
The Wrestler
Mickey Rourke's Oscar-nominated performance as an ageing professional wrestler has magic in it.
Verdict:
A spellbinding performance by Mickey Rourke. Read the full review
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