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.

Rating: 3/5

Rating: 4/5

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

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

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

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

Rating: 4/5. Verdict: Welcome to the dark side

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

Rating: 3/5. Verdict: Old, new boys of indie rock

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: 2.5/5. Verdict: Acting the young fool

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

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

Romeo and Julietgets probably its kitschiest makeover yet, set in a world of garden gnomes. With music from Elton John, it's an unusual combination of tragedy, plaster and flamboyance.

Doug Liman, director of The Bourne Identity, takes a shot at a real life spy story in this political thriller about undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame.

Craig Cliff's first collection of stories heralds the arrival of an electrifying new voice on the New Zealand writing scene. These stories are standalone gems, but the collection also brings together satisfying harmonies as a whole.

John Irving is the king of the long, multilayered novel. In the tradition of Dickens, he cleverly weaves together the intricate threads of cross-generational storylines.

There's the boy who kills sheep and gouges out their eyes. There's the young man who wishes literally to eat his girlfriend but who angrily denies he is a Hannibal Lecter figure.

Prepare to be outraged by this political drama, based on the autobiography of outed CIA agent Valerie Plame.

Paul Torday produces an intriguing page-turner that won't fail to surprise.

This intermittently charming animated offering from Disney relocates Shakespeare's famous love story to the secret world of garden gnomes, then adds Elton John music.

This work of speculative fiction arrives on New Zealand shelves with the degree of hype usually reserved for angst-ridden teen vamps or boy wizards.