Good old 2D hand-drawn animation isn't very fashionable these days.

The debut feature of its writer-director, this disarmingly deadpan comedy can scarcely avoid comparison with (and even accusations of ripping off) 1999's Being John Malkovich.

Law Abiding Citizen stars Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler, and that's probably the best that can be said about what is an overly violent thriller.

Modest in both scale and ambition, this indie offering may include one complication too many among its ingredients.

Larry David has long been a sun-bleached Woody Allen.

High-pitched animated fun best left for those aged under 12.

The super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes gets a 21st-century makeover as an action hero.

Peter Jackson and his partners would have seemed to be a good match for Alice Sebold's best-selling book about young Susie Salmon, a murder victim trying to find solace in her own heaven.

Werner Herzog promises his new Antarctic documentary won't be "another movie about penguins".

The likes of Christopher Guest and Ricky Gervais have set the mockumentary bar pretty high on both sides of the Atlantic.

This French family saga is heartfelt and well-acted.

Verdict: Just when you thought the scariest thing about Auckland was the traffic ...

The sequel to Twilight amps up the action, vamps up the love and is less awkwardly implausible, says reviewer Jacqueline Smith.

Niki Caro's adaptation of the The Vintner's Luck is rambling, unfocused and unconscionably long. Reviewed by Peter Calder.