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Charlie's Angels: Starring: Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, Drew Barrymore (15). Natalie Cook (Diaz), Dylan Sanders (Barrymore) and Alex Munday (Liu) are Charlie's Angels, operatives for a mysterious private investigation agency, headed by the equally mysterious Charlie, who communicates their missions only by telephone. After the angels are hired by Eric Knox, the owner of "Knox Technologies", whose revolutionary voice-recognition software has been stolen, they must place a bug in the system of Knox's bitter rival Roger Corwin, who is the prime suspect. Unfortunatly for the angels, after the bug is placed, thier home base is destroyed, and their lives as well as Charlie's are in imediate danger. But how do they protect someone they have never met? Yet another old "cult" television show has been updated for the big screen. Charlie's Angels is incredibly cheesy, and unbelivably comical, yet its saving grace is that it is ment to be. Although the fact that the film has been attacked by feminists doesn't really matter, you can't really get away from the fact that this film is incredibly sexist. But this is a good thing. All the fight scenes are very well choreographed, and quite spectacular. Bill Murray also adds some comedy to an already funny film. Although this move won't be getting any Oscars, it will probably sporn at least one spin off. A well done remake.

Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows: Starring: Stephen Barker Turner, Tristine Skyler, Jeffrey Donovan (15). Jeffrey Donovan stars as mentally disturbed Jeff. After the runaway success of The Blair Witch Project he sets up a "Blair Witch Hunt" tour of Black Hills to try to cash in on gullible fans. On the first tour, four college students, including Stephen and Tristine, join Jeff, and look for the blair witch. However, they decide to rest at Rustin Parrs house for the night. Rustin Parr, unfortunatlely for them, was the man who murdered seven children under the influence of the blair witch. In the morning, they discover to their horror that they didn't actually sleep that night, but they can't remember what happened, and their bodies are now adorned with strange symbols. Afterwards, they travel back into town, only to discover someone, or somthing has come back with them. This movie follow up to the tremendously successful, but not very scary blair witch. This film actually acknowledges that the first film was fiction, and instead, to the film makers credit, tries to explore a different angle, that of the effect horror movies can have on people. Unfortunately, instead of building on the success of The Blair Witch, BWP2 goes downhill. While the oreiginal at least had some kind of an atmosphere, this feels like a rushed out movie that is merely trying to cash in on the success of The Blair Witch. It also dismally fails to answer any questions leading from the first film, such as "does the blair witch really exist?". If you were a fan of the original, you should avoid this like the plague, because overall, it is just plain disappointing.

Road Trip: Starring: Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Tom Green (15). Meyer stars as Josh Porter, a college guy who is in a long distance relationship with his long time girlfriend, Tiffany Henderson, who lives 1800 miles away in Austin, Texas. Josh soon begins to worry when she doesn't phone, and is told by her roommate she hasn't slept in her bed for three days. Thinking she is having an affair, Josh beds campus beauty Beth, much to the anger of an obsessive teachers assistant. Unfortunately for Josh, he and Beth decide to make a home video of themselves, whcich accidently gets popped in the post to Josh's girlfriend. Desperate to salvage his relationship, and stop Tiffany seeing the tape, Josh heads off on a road trip with his best friends E.L., Rubin, and college retard Kyle. This film is excellent. It follows hot on the heels of Me Myself & Irene,American Pie and Theres Somthing About Mary. But, is it better than these films? The answer is undoubtably yes. Road Trip manages to continue te trend of sick comedy, but it manages to break away from the convention of depending on disgust to get laughs. Probably the best comedy this year.

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Me, Myself & Irene: Starring: Jim Carey, Renee Zellweger (15). When docile Rhode Island state trooper Charlie forgets to take his medication, for his multiple personality disorder, he finds himself fighting with his frustration induced, and highly aggresive, alter-ego Hank, for the love of the same woman, an alleged criminal who has to be enscorted to New York. This is yet another of the current spate of "disgusting and offensive" movies from the Farrelly brothers, following in the success of There's Something About Mary. Despite this being even more tasteless and offensive, somehow its not quite as funny. Indeed, sometimes the shock value takes the place of content, and the raw humour present in Theres Somthing About Mary seem to be lacking. For a better comedy, I recommend the excellent Road Trip

Scary Movie: Starring: Shannon Elizabeth, Carmen Electra (18). One year after accidently killing a man, and disposing of his body, the nightmare returns for Buffy Gilmore and her incredibly moronic friends as they begin to be killed off one by one, who "knows" what they did last halloween. Fortunately for them, the serial killer is also incredibly stupid, and instead of wondering throughout the film, "who dunnit?", you instead wonder " will this serial killer manage to do it?". For once in these reviews, the plot summary is almost nonexistant. This is because Scary Movies plot is almost nonexistant. However, it is brilliantly funny, cleverly spoofing films like, The Matrix, the Scream Trilogy, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Sixth Sense and The Blair Witch Project. This was a difficult film to pull off, as it is essentially spoofing spoofs. However, it does a brilliant job, and is hilariously funny.

X-Men: Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry (12). After the death of his family at the hands of the Nazi's, Magnus (Ian McKellen), resents humanity. Years later, Senator Robert Kelly is on the verge of passing a law leading to mutant registration. This divides the mutants into two camps, the first, led by Magnus, or as he now calls himself, Magneto, who believes that humans are inferior to mutants and the X-Men, a group who, lead by Magneto's old friend Professor Charles Xavier believe mutants and humans should live in peace together. To prevent the law being passed, Magneto plans to use a magnetic field to turn world leaders into mutants. To forfil his plan, Magneto must use a young mutant called Rogue's unique power, bringing ex-soldier, and mutant Logan into the fight. Despite a complex storyline, and a history based in comic books, X-Men is an excellent film. Considering the fact that this is predominatably a childs film, it contains brilliant special effects, good acting, and serious themes such as intolerance together, creating an excellent film.

Gone in Sixty Seconds: Starring: Nic Cage, Angelina Jolie (15). Nic Cage stars as Memphis Raines, a brilliant former car thief who, having taken to the straight and narrow after giving up a life of crime works at a kart racing track. However this all changes when Memphis's younger brother Kip fails in his task to secure fifty cars for Raymond Calitri. To save his brothers life, Memphis must steal the full fifty cars with the help of his crew in twenty-four hours, while being pursued by Detective Roland Castlebeck, a retireing cop who wants to go out on a high by capturing the infamous thief, and his rival car thieves. This remake of the 1974 classic manages to mix performance cars, brilliant driving, and beautiful women (basically Angelina Jolie), and the result is very good, even if moments are unbelievable, and the action only begins to hot up in the last 45 minutes.

The Perfect Storm: Starring: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg (15). In October 1991, Billy Tyne (Clooney) captained the fishing vessel The Andrea Gail from her harbour at Gloucester into the North Atlantic in search of swordfish. However, little did he know, but an event never before seen was about to occur, as two storms collided. His vessel was cought in the storms. Based apon a true story, and using the sister ship of the ill fated Andrea Gail, The Perfect Storm is highly authentic. Featuring jaw dropping special effects, and excellent acting from both Clooney, and Wahlberg, this is a truely breath taking and exciting film, even if it is slighty too sentimentle.

Mission: Impossible II: Starring: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Dougray Scott (15). Cruise returns to his role as IMF agent Ethan Hunt, who has been sent on a mission to retrieve and destroy the supply of a genetically created virus, before it falls into a terrorist groups' hands. To make matters more difficult, the leader of the terrorist group is a former IMF agent, who is fully aware of the IMF's tactics, and who has already managed to steal the cure, and now needs the virus to complete their plan of infecting the whole world, and selling the cure for billions. In order to infiltrate the terrorist group, Hunt recrutes an international thief, called Nyah. To make matters more complicated, Hunt falls for Nyah, who has become infected with the disease, and who desperatly requires the cure. Your opinions of this film will largely depend on what you enter the cinema expecting. If you are expecting a clever and twisting plot, and large doses of espionage, you will be disappointed. M:I-2 is nothing like the original, or the series, but is instead an over-the-top action extroadinaire, utilising slow motion and pyrotechnics effects to thrill the audience. Unfortunately, even the slow motion motorbike fight cannot compare with The Matrix, and the large number of continuity errors,(e.g. the way motorbike tyres can change from off road to slicks in seconds) detract from the film in general. In short, the best way to describe Mission Impossible II would be to compare it with a supermodel, as it is very nice to look at, but not very intelligent.

Battlefield Earth: Starring: John Travolta, Barry Pepper (15). Set in the year 3000, mankind has given up the fight against the Psychlos, a manipualtivbe alien race led by the ruthless Terl (Travolta). His race have stripped Earth of all is natural resources, and mankind is left in ruins. However, even after humanity has given up the fight, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler (Pepper) refuses to give in, and returns from his Rocky Mountain home to make one last stand. Written by one of Scientologies key figures, L. Ron Hubbard, and acted in by one of scientologies most ardent supporters, John Travolta, it is safe to say that this film is little more than a vehicle to promote their beliefs. This has already been named as possibly the worst film of the century, an opinion that seems to be correct.

The Ninth Gate: Starring: Johnny Depp, Frank Langella (15). Depp stars as Dean Corso, a rare book dealer who specialises in supernatural writings. He is hired by Boris Balkan (Langella) to compare three copies of an infamous book known as "The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of the Shadows". The books author had been burnt at the stake for collaborating with the Devil, and of the three copies known to exist, two are believed to be forgeries. The genuine book, with illustrations by Satan is rumoured to unlock the ninth gate, which will release Satan onto our Earth, hence Balkans interest. As Corso travels through out Europe, strange deaths seem to accompany him, as people fight for the power the book could unleash and he encounters various devil worshippers. This is director Roman Polanski's first film in five years, and although it shares the supernatural themes found in his brilliant Rosemary's Baby, it falls a long way short of emulating its suspense and fear. Althyough this is well acted, the air of mystery cannot replace the terror needed in films of this genre, and so you are left with a slightly boring story, which, although professional, falls short of Polanski's normal standards.

U-571: Starring: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi (15). Set in 1941, when German U-Boats are wreaking havoc in the North Atlantic, by attempting to cut off the vital supply line between America and Britain. In a Special Operation mission, an American submarine crew, headed by Captain Dahlgren (Paxton), are sent to capture an Enigma machine, the machine responsible for the almost unbreakable code used by U-Boat captains. However, this film is sure to raise a lot of controversy, as it was actually the British, who, unaided by the Americans broke the Enigma code. All-in-all, an excellent, tense, well acted and exhilerating film, which, although it replaces fact with fiction, is very entertaining.

Final Destination: Starring: Kerr Smith, Devon Sawa (15). As Alex Browning is about to board the plane taking his class mates on a school trip to Paris, he suffers a terrible premonition. He tries to warn his class mates, but is thrown off the plane. Horrifcaly, the premontion comes true, leaving Alex and his friends under suspision. The old saying "you can't cheat death" appears to be accurate, when his friends start being killed in mysterious circumstances, until only three remain. An excellent script, genuine tension, and good acting lift this above most horror films. This film does as much for the horror genre as the Scream did. An excellent film.

American Psycho: Starring: Christian Bale, Willaim Dafoe (18). Based on Bret Easton Ellis's novel, Bale plays a typical soul-less yuppy. He is only concerned with apperances, what he is wearing, where he is seen eating, and what designer drugs he is doing is all that matters. However, unlike the rest of his friends he gets a kick from murdering men and women alike. Although critcs where horrified by the violence and pornography present, this film contains a genuine message, that the youth of today are being turned into emotionless, consumers. However, Fight Club is a better look at todays perverse society.

Galaxy Quest: Starring: Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver (PG). Tim Allen plays the star of long dried up TV show Galaxy Quest. The show has long been canceled, and the remaining cast are left to travel between poorly attended fan conventions, remembering their success. That all changes, when they are upducted by genuine aliens, who mistook Galaxy Quest for a documentary, and, believeing the cast to be heros, enlist their help in saving their world. Excellent acting, and highly entertaining. Of particular note, is Sigourney Weavers gentle sending up of perhaps the most famous sc-fi figure, and her most famous role, Ellen Ripley, heroine of the Alien series.

Mission to Mars: Starring Gary Sinise, Jerry O'Connel (15). On the first manned mission to mars, the space craft, Mars 1, is deystroyed, leaving only one survivor, scientist Luke Graham. Determined to investigate the destruction of their rocket, and to rescue the stranded scientist, NASA sends Mars 2 to investigate. However, things take a strange turn, when the team of NASA astronaughts decide to explore the mysterious structure that was unearthed by a violent sandstorm, and bears a startling resemblence to a human face. This is a spectacular film, but is let down by a unbeleiveable plot twist towards the end.