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Now showing: from April 22

11:04am Thursday 22nd April 2004

50 FIRST DATES (12A) Adam Sandler comedy. (Barnet Odeon, Finchley Vue, Staples Corner UGC)

Film review: Kill Bill Volume Two (15)

Driving force: Uma Thurman in Kill Bill Volume Two

10:59am Thursday 22nd April 2004

A new Quentin Tarantino film is always cause for excitement. After the hyperkinetic swords and thrills of Kill Bill 1, this sequel comes with added anticipation.

Film review: The Girl Next Door (15)

5:31pm Wednesday 14th April 2004

Television's most inept damsel-in-distress, Elisha Cuthbert, bids to break away from her 24 persona by playing a former porn star in this raunchy coming-of-age tale, but like all tarts with hearts, she still needs rescuing, writes Rob Carnevale. The actress stars as Danielle, who attempts to rediscover her innocence by befriending her shy, 18-year-old neighbour, Matthew Kidman (Emile Hirsch).

Now showing: from April 1

12:12pm Thursday 1st April 2004

50 FIRST DATES (12A) Drew Barrymore plays a girl with short-term memory loss whose date (Adam Sandler) has to win her heart every day. (Barnet Odeon)

Film review: Gothika (15)

Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry's talents are wasted in this ridiculous film about a psychiatrist who is pursued by a ghost

11:57am Thursday 1st April 2004

We are all faced with choices in life that define the person we are. Halle Berry's defining choice might just be what she decided to do after winning an historic Oscar for her performance in Monster's Ball. She chose to become a Bond girl.

Rock-ing with guns'n'Rosario

3:34pm Tuesday 23rd March 2004

Welcome to the Jungle (12A) Popcorn rating: 3 out of 5 You can guess what type of film Welcome to the Jungle will be from its opening minutes. Former wrestler-turned-actor The Rock walks into a club as Arnold Schwarzenegger walks out, and wishes him good luck. Five minutes later, the big boys of an American football team have been mercilessly beaten up as The Rock collects the bounty he has been paid to collect.

Cinema review: The Passion of the Christ (18)

6:44pm Monday 15th March 2004

If Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ wasn't about the defining event in a major world religion it would be easy to dismiss it as unsubtle rubbish. There's not much entertainment here.

Girls bare all

11:09am Thursday 11th March 2004

Calendar Girls Wyllyotts Centre Darkes Lane, Potters Bar Sunday, March 14, 6.30pm

Rocking in the aisles

11:05am Thursday 11th March 2004

Phoenix Double Bill Phoenix Cinema High Road, East Finchley Sunday, March 14

Newell paints a joyless picture

2:53pm Wednesday 10th March 2004

Mona Lisa Smile (12A)Popcorn rating: 2/5 If Julia Roberts and Kirsten Dunst hadn't signed on to Mona Lisa Smile then it could have easily been the kind of soft-focused, sappy TV movie that you might find while channel surfing on cable. All the elements are in place: clichs, predictable script, cringeworthy lines and an overwhelming blandness about it all.





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