WHATS ON - The Big Screen

AN IDEAL HUSBAND (PG): Cate Blanchett and Minnie Driver in Oliver Parker's adaptation of Oscar Wilde's master-piece - Odeon, Southampton; Odeon, Salisbury.

ANTZ (PG): Comical cartoon with the voice talents of Woody Allen, Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman - Odeon, Southampton (Sat am).

BELOVED (15): Oprah Winfrey and danny Glover in touching tale about slavery - Odeon, Salisbury; UCI, Port Solent (Wed).

A BUG'S LIFE (U): Comical animated action with the voice talents of Kevin Spacey and David Hyde Pierce - Odeon, Southampton; Odeon, Salisbury; UCI, Port Solent.

DR DOLITTLE (PG): Comedy with Eddie Murphy starring as the doctor who can talk to the animals - Odeon, Southampton (Sat am).

8MM (18): Nicolas Cage is brought in to investigate a snuff movie - Odeon, Southampton; Odeon, Salisbury; UCI, Port Solent.

EXISTENZ (15): David Cronenberg's sci-fi fantasy starring Jude Law - Odeon, Southampton; UCI, Port Solent.

THE FACULTY (18): Aliens take over a high school - Odeon, Southampton; UCI, Port Solent.

FORCES OF NATURE (12): Ben Affleck meets up with Sandra Bullock on a disastrous journey to his wedding - Odeon, Southampton; Odeon, Salisbury; UCI, Port Solent.

THE HONEST COURTE-SAN (15): Catherine McCormack in period drama - Odeon, Southampton.

STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (18): Limp sequel to origi-nal slasher flick - Odeon, Southampton; Odeon, Salisbury; UCI, Port Solent. IN DREAMS (18): Annette Bening has visions in her dreams of the victims of child killer Robert Downey Jr - Odeon, Southampton.

JACK FROST (PG): Christmas film for families with Michael Keaton being reincarnated as a snowman - Odeon, Salisbury (Sat am).

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (PG): Oscar-winning Italian romantic comedy unbelievably set in a World War II concen-tration camp - UCI, Port Solent.

THE MASK OF ZORRO (PG): Big screen adapta-tion of the classic series star-ring Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta Jones - Odeon, Southampton (Sat am).

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (12): Kevin Costner and Robin Wright Penn in romantic drama - Odeon, Southampton; Odeon, Salisbury; UCI, Port Solent.

MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (PG): Family adventure about a giant gorilla who takes American by storm - Odeon, Southampton; Odeon, Salisbury; UCI, Port Solent.

MULAN (U): Latest Disney blockbuster based on a Chinese legend - Odeon, Southampton (Sat am).

THE PARENT TRAP (PG): Dennis Quaid in remake of Disney comedy about a pair of scheming twins - Odeon, Southampton (Sat am).

PAYBACK (18): Mel Gibson turns bad guy in vio-lent thriller - Odeon, Southampton.

PLUNKETT & MACLEANE (15): Robert Carlyle and Johnny Lee Miller are highwaymen in contemporary period drama - Odeon, Southampton.

THE PRINCE OF EYGPT (U): The Old Testament in animated form with the voice talents of Val Kilmer and Ralph Fiennes as Moses and Rameses - Odeon, Southampton; Odeon, Salisbury (Sat am).

THE RED SHOES (U): Reworking of the Hans Andersen story starring Moira Shearer - The Anvil, Basingstoke (Sat).

THE RUGRATS MOVIE (U): Tommy Pickles and friends hit the big screen - Odeon, Southampton; Odeon, Salisbury; UCI, Port Solent.

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (15): Joseph Fiennes takes on the role as the famous playwright with Gwyneth Paltrow as his love interest in multi Oscar-win-ning romantic comedy - Odeon, Southampton; UCI, Port Solent; The Point, Eastleigh.

SMALL SOLDIERS (PG): A mix of computer animation and live action as toy soldiers come to life - Odeon, Southampton (Sat am).

SWING (15): Romance when Lisa Stansfield joins Hugo Speer in a swing band - Odeon, Southampton. TASTE OF CHERRY (PG): Winner of the 1997 Palme d'Or - The Phoenix, Boldrewood Centre, Bassett Crescent East, Southampton (Wed).

TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (PG): Howard Hawks' masterpiece starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall - The Gantry, Southampton (Sun).

WAKING NED (PG): Lottery comedy set in Ireland - Odeon, Southampton.

THE WATERBOY (12): Very few laughs with Adam Sandler as a simpleton-turned-hero - Odeon, Southampton; Odeon, Salisbury; UCI, Port Solent.

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