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How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, certificate 15, Cineworld, Wolverhampton. Three stars.

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, certificate 15, Cineworld, Wolverhampton. Three stars.

4:48pm Monday 6th October 2008

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People is a satire based around a British journalist working on an upmarket USA celebrity magazine.

Appaloosa, certificate 15, ODEON, Merry Hill. Four stars.

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9:57am Thursday 2nd October 2008

Appaloosa is a dramatic western about a town held to ransom by renegade cattle rancher Randall Bragg (played by Jeremy Irons). Bragg has just killed a sheriff in cold blood and the townsfolk are desperate for protection. Called in to save the good people are gun toting peacemakers Virgil Cole (played by director and co-writer Ed Harris) and his loyal sidekick Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen).

The Women, certificate 12A, ODEON, Merry Hill, REVIEW by Natalie Driver, Three stars

The Women, certificate 12A, ODEON, Merry Hill, REVIEW by Natalie Driver, Three stars

4:52pm Wednesday 24th September 2008

Hot on the heels of the Sex and the City Movie comes this enjoyable tale of female relationships courtesy of a stellar all-woman cast.

The Duchess, 12A, ODEON, Merry Hill, Four stars

The Duchess, 12A, ODEON, Merry Hill, Four stars

4:54pm Wednesday 10th September 2008

Presumably hoping to tempt hoardes of Princess Diana fans to the cinema, the publicity campaign for Keira Knightley’s new period drama The Duchess has cynically focused on the parallels between the late ‘People’s Princess’ and her direct descendant Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire.

Get Smart, 12A, ODEON, Merry Hill, Three stars

Get Smart, certificate 12A, ODEON, Merry Hill, Three stars

12:09pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

Half spoof, half credible spy movie, US funnyman Steve Carell's latest vehicle is sure to pack out the multiplexes.

The Dark Knight, cert. 12A, ODEON, Merry Hill, Four stars

The Dark Knight, cert. 12A, ODEON, Merry Hill, Four stars

2:27pm Wednesday 30th July 2008

The Dark Knight – the follow-up to Batman Begins which was released back in 2005 – reunites director Christopher Nolan with the caped crusader in his continuing war on crime.

City girls are a hit...

11:51am Wednesday 4th June 2008

Sex and the City: The Movie (15), Four stars AFTER a four year wait, the time finally arrived as Sex and the City hit the big screen.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Showcase Cinemas - Dudley, 12A, four stars

10:19am Tuesday 3rd June 2008

AFTER a break of nearly 20 years Harrison Ford returns as the greatest action hero of all time - Indiana Jones.

Iron Man, Odeon Merry Hill, 12A, three stars

3:41pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

Superheroes are usually equipped with all manner of impressive powers - from the ability to fly, scale skyscrapers with a sticky web to having superhuman strength.

Drillbit Taylor (12A), 102 mins, Showcase Cinema, Dudley, Three stars

10:35am Wednesday 2nd April 2008

Owen Wilson's latest funny flick Drillbit Taylor sees the comic star once again on fine form.


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Tattoo helped police track criminal

Aaron Evans was traced thanks to his tattoo

Updated 4:23pm Tuesday 7th October 2008

A car criminal who gave police everything they needed to know to track him down from a tattoo on his neck has been jailed.


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