Damon Smith

Stories by Damon Smith

Below are recent stories by Damon Smith

• Last updated: 13 Mar 2010 15:00

  Film of the week: Everybody's Fine (12A)

  IF Hollywood has taught us anything over the decades, it's that resentment, regret and anguish simmer beneath the surface of almost every seemingly perfect family.

• Published: 13 Mar 2010 14:00

  Film of the week: Alice In Wonderland (PG)

  COMBINING a unique aesthetic, conjured from his twisted imagination, with dark humour and heartfelt emotion, Tim Burton has remained a visionary in a sea of profit-driven conformity.

• Published: 3 Mar 2010 14:00

  Film of the week: The Lovely Bones (12A)

  HERE is life after death in Peter Jackson's visually stunning interpretation of the best-seller by Alice Sebold, which proves to be one adaptation too far for the Oscar-winning director of The Lord Of The Rings trilogy and King Kong.

• Published: 21 Feb 2010 09:00

  Film of the week: Valentine's Day (12a)

  SINGLETONS of the world unite.

• Published: 7 Feb 2010 14:00

  Film of the week: Precious: Based On The Novel 'Push' By Sapphire (15)

  ACCORDING to figures released this week by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), an average of 60 children are sexually abused in Britain every single day.

• Published: 31 Jan 2010 15:00

  Film of the week: Brothers (15)

  ALL'S fair in love and war. In Jim Sheridan's English language remake of Susanne Bier's celebrated Danish drama Brodre, love is war as two siblings - polar opposites - are divided by their deep bond to the same woman.

• Published: 24 Jan 2010 14:00

  Film of the week: Up In The Air (15)

  UNEMPLOYMENT is no laughing matter... although Up In The Air begs to differ

• Published: 18 Jan 2010 14:00

  In the dead of night

  LIFE'S a bitch then you don't die," grumbles a vampire in Daybreakers.

• Published: 12 Jan 2010 09:00

  Film of the week: Did You Hear About The Morgans?

  WHAT a difference a decade makes. The last time Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker worked together, they played medics in the misfiring 1996 thriller, Extreme Measures.

• Published: 20 Dec 2009 14:00

  Film of the week: Where The Wild Things Are (PG)

  BASED on Maurice Sendak's beloved children's story, Where The Wild Things Are is not a sentimental coming-of-age story viewed through rose-tinted spectacles.

• Published: 13 Dec 2009 14:00

  Film of the week: Me & Orson Welles (12A)

  HIGH School Musical star Zac Efron attempts to step away from cutesy, teen-friendly fare with this handsome period piece.

• Published: 29 Nov 2009 15:00

  Film of the Week: The Twilight Saga: New Moon (12A)

  NOT since Harry Potter first cast a spell over cinema audiences has a franchise based on a series of best-selling novels been as completely critic-proof as The Twilight Saga.

• Published: 22 Nov 2009 14:00

  Film of the week: 2012 (12A)

  CANCEL the London Summer Olympic Games!

• Published: 9 Nov 2009 09:00

  Film of the week: This Is It (PG)

  THIS is it - the behind-the-scenes film of the 50-date concert series at the O2 Arena in London that sadly never was.

• Published: 2 Nov 2009 09:00

  Film of the week: Fantastic Mr Fox (PG)

  HIP indie director Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited) is an odd fit for Roald Dahl's classic children's story.

• Published: 26 Oct 2009 09:00

  Film of the week: The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus (12A)

  "A FILM From Heath Ledger & Friends," sombrely proclaim the end credits of Terry Gilliam's fantasy.

• Published: 19 Oct 2009 09:00

  Film of the Week: Zombieland (15)

  IT'S one of the burning questions of the modern age: in the event of zombie holocaust, how can the human survivors protect themselves from becoming a walking buffet for the undead?

• Published: 9 Oct 2009 09:00

  Film of the week: The Truth About Lying (12A)

  THE TRUTH about Ricky Gervais' new comedy, co-written and co-directed by Matthew Robinson, is that it is mean-spirited, misconceived and starved of big laughs.

• Published: 17 Sep 2009 09:00

  Film Of The Week: Julie & Julia (12A)

  MERYL Streep looks certain to secure a 16th Oscar nomination for her tour-de-force portrayal of an American cultural icon in the new comedy from writer-director Nora Ephron (Sleepless In Seattle).

• Published: 31 Jul 2009 11:00

  Faux-mance isn't dead

  Six out of 10 for The Proposal (12A)

• Published: 29 Jul 2009 12:11

  Off to see the wizard

  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (12A) earns 8 out of a possible 10 stars

• Published: 18 Jul 2009 11:56

  Bad taste in fashion: Bruno reviewed (18)

  Lightening doesn't strike twice for Sacha Baron Cohen, whose new film scores half marks with Damon Smith

• Published: 6 Jul 2009 07:30

  Film of the week: Year One (12A)

  A prehistoric two out of ten for Jack Black's latest film.

• Published: 11 Jun 2009 10:30

  Film of the week: Terminator Salvation (12A)

  It's back - and it's got half marks

• Published: 21 May 2009 10:30

  Film of the week: Angels and Demons (12A)

  Damon Smith gives the religious thriller five out of ten.

• Published: 13 Apr 2009 08:30

  Film of the week: Monsters Vs Aliens (PG)

  Just when it seemed that no one could challenge the computer animated might of Pixar (Ratatouille, WALL-E), directors Rob Letterman and Conrad Vernon deliver an out-of-this-world adventure that proves heroes come in all shapes and sizes.

• Published: 3 Apr 2009 10:30

  Film of the week: The Damned United (15)

  The beautiful game is full of larger than life characters; men of boundless desire, on and off the pitch, who inspire lifelong devotion from the fans.

• Published: 19 Feb 2009 12:00

  Film of the week: Vicky Cristina Barcelona (12A)

  The Spanish sun evidently proved a tonic for Woody Allen.

• Last updated: 5 Feb 2009 10:40

  Film of the week: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (12A)

  Based on a short story by F Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button is the frontrunner at this year's Oscars with a hefty 13 nominations.

• Last updated: 22 Jan 2009 15:46

  Film of the week: Seven Pounds (12A)

  Do you want to know a secret? Huddle closer, so no one else can hear.