Hilary Swank doesn't shy away from Hollywood's unglamorous roles; they have, after all, seen her collect Oscars for Million Dollar Baby and Boys Don't Cry.

The titanic Shakespearean tragedy that is arguably the greatest work of English literature gets a thrilling and compellingly delicate reading in this production, the latest release in the excellent NT Live series.

One of the many funny lines in the profanity-strewn satirical film In The Loop came from the character Jamie Macdonald, the senior press officer in 10 Downing St and the "angriest man in Scotland".

Rating: 4/5. Verdict: An implosion of influences force-fed turpentine wine and turned up loud.

Tricky is still high on the 90s, stalking about the stage to the pounding bassline of Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams before throwing himself at You Don't Wanna, hissing like a reptile and boxing the air.

There's something special about playing the first song off your first album as the opening number at a concert. It takes you right back to where it all began.

The Queen of Scream, PJ Harvey, reconnects with her folk-blues roots on her eighth album, Let England Shake.

Rating: 3/5

Rating: 4/5

Rating: 4/5

Last time Liam Neeson went on a violent romp around Europe he was desperately in search of his missing daughter in Taken.

Scott Kara reviews the Damian Marley and Nas concert from last night.

Rating: 4/5. Verdict: Black Seeds man reveals his diverse musical nous

It's got James Cameron's endorsement and it's probably the first 3D scuba spelunking movie, ever.

Rating: 2/5. Verdict: She should have stuck to the cameo

After her unprepossessing Hollywood debut, Things We Lost In The Fire, Danish director Bier goes back to her roots - the intense and emotionally literate ensemble dramas with which she made her name.

Rating: 3/5. Verdict: Still clever and sometimes still annoying

Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher star in this lightweight and semi-raunchy romance from director and comedy veteran Ivan Reitman.

Rating: 3/5. Verdict: More low-key, and pleasant originals without much grip

Here's a story about how to become middle-aged and middle-class - without noticing it.

Harbour mastery Marcus Lush's North kicks off with a kindly look at a "poor-cousin" waterway, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

Rating: 4.5/5

Rating: 2.5/5

Rating: 3/5. Verdict: Soul, funk and artful rock from the late Jeff Buckley's girlfriend

Rating: 4/5. Verdict: More blues. Less metal. Just as heavy.