Starring:    Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Michael Keaton, Ned Beatty, Joan Cusack

Directed:    Lee Unkrich

There are very few trilogies out there that stay strong from beginning to end. Star Wars, Lord Of The Rings are prime examples. But there are some that fall at the last hurdle and make you resent them for trying to hard with one notable example being The Godfather. I suppose you could call it the law of diminishing returns.

Thankfully though, Toy Story has started strong and finished strong with a superb end to a wonderful, funny and heart lifting story.  Since its inception, Toy Story has gone from strength to strength and the only question you can ask is, why they waited this long for the third one.

Starring:    Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Sam Worthington

Directed:    Louis Leterrier

If like me, you are old enough to remember Saturday afternoons, with the rain pouring down outside and no such thing as an X Box or PS3 to keep you occupied, and nestling down by the TV to watch Clash Of The Titans or Jason and the Argonauts, then you will have looked forward to this updated version of those classic Saturday afternoon movies.

Gone by the wayside are the distinctive Ray Harryhausen stop motion special affects and the awful acting.  In its stead we have top of the range CGI which brings the old legends to life.

Starring:    Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy

Directed:    Christopher Nolan

The statement that can only really sum up this movie after my first viewing is, “what the hell?”.  Batman helmer Christopher Nolan’s vision of a dreamscape and reality in which ideas are stolen for nefarious use by others is a stunning vision that really begs the question as to where do movies go from here.

In a summer dominated by remakes and rehashes, Inception is a movie that grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go for the running time and will definitely garner repeated viewings in order to figure out the complex and multi layered plot.

Starring:    Michael Niqvist, Naomi Repace

Directed:    Neils Arden Oplev

Based on the first of the best selling trilogy by Stieg Larsson, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is a Silence Of The Lambs for a new generation.

40 years after a young 16 yr old vanishes from a family party without a trace, an eager and up and coming journalist Mikael Blomqvist is contacted by her uncle and sets out to seek the truth about what happened the young girl.

Starring:    Matt Damon, Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear

Directed:    Paul Greengrass

Teaming up again together Bourne Director Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon bring us a fresh take on the war in Iraq and the hunt for WMD’s based on the novel, “Life in The Emerald City” by Wasgington Post journo Rajiv Chandrasekaran.

Damon stars a Warren Miller, an army officer who is sent to Bagdad in order to ascertain where the WMD’s are being stored.  While he there he starts to question the quality of his intelligence and  teaming up with intrepid journalist  Laurie Dayne (Amty Ryan) decides to search for the truth.

Starring:    Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Laurence Fishburne

Directed:    Nimrod Atal

After a desperate showing at the box office with Alien vs. Predator and its even worse follow up, studio bosses at Fox have obviously shown a huge amount of faith to director Robert Rodriguez with this rebooted edition of Predator considering the amount of money spent on promotional material.

With a good cast including the likes of Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Laurence Fishburne and Rodriguez favourite Danny Trejo, this movie has everything in its mix need to be a success.

Starring:    Josh Stewart, Daniella Alonso, Andrea Roth

Directed:    Marcus Dunstan

Having cut their teeth on the Saw series, Director Marcus Dunstan and writer Patrick Melton go it alone with this fresh take on the trusted “intruder in the house” scenario.

With debts adding up, Arkin, ably played by Josh Stewart, decides to break into his employer’s house and look after himself.  The only problem is, he isn’t the first in there.  Someone has already broken in who has far more twisted designs on the house and family inside it then robbing the cutlery.

After running into one of the hiding family, he quickly realises that his employer and his family are being held captive by a mysterious masked man, who has set up the house as one big cruel booby trap with everything from razor sharp knives on the light fittings and a carpet of bear traps in the sitting room.

What we are left with is a petty thief who must decide on saving his own skin or helping his employer’s family who surely won’t make it through the night.

Starring:    Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas

Directed:    Mike Mitchell

There is a large shadow on the horizon and its coming this way in the shape of Toy Story 3 so studio bosses decided to bring forwards Shrek Forever After’s release date to ensure maximum receipts before Woody & co take over!

After a stunning entry into movie stardom with Shrek 1 & 2 and a very limp part 3, Shrek Forever After has tried to recapture some of the glory of its origins with a movie that the kids will surely love either way.

Once again starring Mike Myers as the loveable Ogre, Eddie Murphy as Donkey and Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona, the 4th installment finds Shrek suffering from the 7 year itch (so to speak).

Starring:    Noel Clarke, Michelle Ryan, Tamsin Egerton, Shanika Warren Markland

Directed:    Noel Clarke

Since exploding on to our screens with stunning Kidulthood and then amazingly following it up with the even edgier and grittier Adulthood, Noel Clarke remains one of Britain’s rising stars who is a complete rare quality. Actor, Director, Writer and Producer, it is so rare that an individual can master all of the above and remain, in one sense, completely anonymous at the same time.

4.3.2.1. is his latest offering, and, while not up to the standards of his previous two, it still packs a good punch with great characters, good scripting and an excellent cast featuring Clarke himself as a bossy shift manager.

Starring:    Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Kristen Davies

Directed:    Michael Patrick King

Well the girls are back and it seems still on form from their last big screen outing.  With a little more comic relief than the last one and a heftier running time as well weighing in at 160 minutes, this will both please and annoy some fans.  If you are a guy, you are going to hate this but you will still be dragged along anyway. Unless of course, you are a male fan of the show, which are rarer than a faithful Premiership footballer.

Ok, let’s get down to business and the story. We open with a lavish wedding which is both funny and jaw dropping and we meet the girls as they come together again and basically stay together right through the movie.