6/10

There is a current fashion for nostalgic films about Paris, with The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc Sec, Midnight in Paris and Hugo all giving us their version of the Parisian past. Now there's an animated French film set in the same city, which is not at all bad.

6/10

Not so much Dances With Wolves as "Oh God, there's wolves everywhere, and they're trying to kill us!' - which I agree is not a very snappy title, but possibly better than The Grey, which conveys absolutely nothing at all.

7/10

It's a pity that this has come and gone from cinema screens so quickly, since it is an excellent film, but make sure you catch in on DVD; it would make an excellent double bill with Inside Job. This is my kind of film - talky, intelligent and dealing with the real world.

5/10

Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to tell you that this is as good as or better than Juno or Up In The Air, the last 2 films directed by Jason Reitman, who made this (from a script by Diablo Cody who wrote Juno), but I cannot tell a lie. While I enjoyed it moderately, I was left feeling shortchanged and underwhelmed.

8/10

If ever there was a film that provided the adage/cliche that less is more, this is it. Short, simple, sweet and sophisticated, it says as much about love and relationships as two hundred other films based on the boy meets girl template.

5/10

Roman Polanski will be 80 next year. He directed his first film 50 years ago. Chinatown is one of the great all time movies. This is his new film. It's based on a stage play (and it shows). It has an impressive cast. I don't think I enjoyed it very much, but it's not a bad film. Is it worth seeing? Possibly.

7/10

Despite the endless and tiresome predictions of the demise of British cinema, each year young and imaginative directors somehow find the money to make films which are interesting, unusual and worth seeing. Last year there was Skeletons. In 2011, the award for originality on a low budget goes to this film by Will Sharpe and Tom Kingsley.

2/10

Dear Madge, Given your longstanding failure to show any talent either as film actor or as film director, I don't know whether to admire you for your persistence, or point out that the cinema is not a medium in which you flourish. But I will say that even by your standards, this is a pretty atrocious film.