CINEMA LISTINGS

A MAN APART (18): Vin Diesel stars as a DEA agent whose wife is killed by a drug lord. Seeking revenge, he sets out to hunt down the killer with the help of his partner and a jailed cartel boss. A lacklustre action film, which fails to prove why Diesel is fast becoming one of Hollywood's brightest young stars.

ABOUT SCHMIDT (15): A retired man begins to meddle with his daughter's life, only to realise that he's wasted his own.

ADAPTATION (15): The creative process of script writing is picked apart in this bizarre but compelling movie.

BLUE CRUSH (18): Surfing movie which centres on Anne Marie, a brilliant surfer who is in training for a big contest but is held back by fears of having another accident. A bit of a no brainer, but this movie does have some great surfing sequences.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (12A): Real-life coming-of-age tale by Spielberg, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the ultimate juvenile con-man.

CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND (15): Based on a true story, TV producer/host Chuck leads a double-life as a CIA assassin but he begins to wonder just who he can trust.

THE CORE (12A): The Earth faces disastrous consequences when its inner core stops rotating. When the planet's protective magnetic fields begin to collapse, NASA experts must find a way to save the world from imminent incineration.

CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE (15): A disappointing rehash of Adrzej Bartkowia's previous martial-arts thriller, Romeo Must Die. Dastardly plots to steal diamonds and kidnap young ladies abound.

EQUILIBRIUM (15): Fantasy thriller about a post-Third World War regime that outlaws emotion in an attempt to cure the nation of its destructive nature.

JUST MARRIED (12A): A romantic slapstick comedy, following a couple of young American newlyweds on a jinxed European honeymoon. The film stars real-life couple Brittany Murphy and Ashton Kutcher, giving the pair more on-screen chemistry than is typical for this kind of movie.

L'HOMME DU TRAIN (12A): See preview opposite.

JOHNNY ENGLISH (PG): See review.

JUNGLE BOOK 2 (U): See review.

THE LITTLE POLAR BEAR (U): See review.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (12A): The battle for Middle-earth begins in the second instalment of the epic fantasy trilogy.

MAID IN MANHATTAN (15): A maid struggles to maintain her false identity after a politician mistakes her for a wealthy guest.

PERSONAL VELOCITY (15): This insightful film tells the stories of three women, each at a transitional moment in her life.

THE PIANIST (15): Biopic about Jewish concert pianist Wladislaw Szpilman set in the Second World War.

THE RECRUIT (12A): Espionage thriller starring Colin Farrell. A CIA agent struggles against government corruption and a lethal love-triangle. A far cry from the fantasy of James Bond, Farrell's spy is a scruffy computer hacker, but he's still got a tight hold on dramatic tension.

THE RING (15): Adaptation of a classic Japanese horror flick. The prophecy of a deadly videotape sets a journalist on a terrifying race against the clock.

THE RULES OF ATTRACTION (18): Brazen tale from Pulp Fiction director Roger Avery, based upon the teenage novel about sex and drugs in an Eighties campus.

S CLUB: SEEING DOUBLE (PG): See review.

SHANGHAI KNIGHTS (12A): Jacki Chan and Owen Wilson team up again as Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon in this action/comedy sequel to Shanghai Noon. Set in 1887, the film sees the former outlaws team up and come to London in search of the man who killed Wang's father and is now planning to murder Queen Victoria.

THE SILENCE (15): Ingmar Bergman film which centres on two sisters who both find temporary erotic distractions from their difficult lives.

THE WICKER MAN (15): See preview.

THE WILD THORNBERRYS (U): A big screen spin-off from the kids' TV series. Eliza Thornberry goes on the trail of poachers.