Comedy. Starring Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe.

PLOT: In a world where everyone tells the truth, one man, a writer, comes up with the idea of telling porkies for personal gain.

VERDICT: A good concept but it rapidly becomes tedious.

PANDORUM

Science Fiction. Starring Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Norman Reedus.

PLOT: The world's population is soaring out of control and two astronauts are bringing colonists to another planet.

VERDICT: The whole thing ends up a messy pastiche.

DRIVING APHRODITE

Comedy. Starring Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Alistair McGowan.

PLOT: A tour guide brings a busload of stereotypical nationalities around ancient sites in Greece and on the way unexpectedly finds love.

VERDICT: Absolutely atrocious.

THE ARMY OF CRIME

Wartime drama. Starring Virginie Ledoyen, Simon Abkarian, Robinson Steverin.

PLOT: A group of Communists risk their lives as they carry on their struggle in a Paris under Nazi occupation.

VERDICT: An admirable piece of work on a tricky subject.

Birdwatchers

Drama. Starring Claudio Santamaria, Alicelia Batista Cabreira, Chiara Caselli.

PLOT: The native Guarani tribe in Brazil are caught between tradition and the modern world.

VERDICT: While the underlying storyline may be simplistic, the film has great heart.

Creation

Drama. Starring Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, Martha West.

PLOT: Charles Darwin's dilemma about publishing On the Origin Of Species gets the big-screen treatment.

VERDICT: Has the feel of a costume drama made for television.

THE CRIMSON WING

Nature documentary. Narrated by Mariella Frostrup.

PLOT: On a volcanic lake in Tanzania thousands of flamingos raise their young.

VERDICT: Flamingos aren't as cute as penguins but the photography is superb.

AWAY WE GO

Comedy/Drama. Starring Maya Rudolph, John Krasinski.

PLOT: Parents-to-be set off to find where to rear the child.

VERDICT: Disappointingly twee American roadmovie.

Drama. Starring Calum McNab, Paul Anderson, Daniel Mays.

PLOT: A young Londoner aims to be top dog in a gang of West Ham thugs.

VERDICT: Lacks the gritty realism of its TV film predecessor.

Comedy/Drama. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart.

PLOT: A student takes a job at a theme park.

VERDICT: Perfectly pitched between the serious and silly -- if you don't love this, you have a heart of stone.

Comedy/Drama. Starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams.

PLOT: A New York civil servant cooks her way through a cookbook.

VERDICT: Disappointing, except for Streep.

- George Byrne