Iron Man is a wake-up call to a generation that has enjoyed the excesses of the affluent West, unencumbered by the morals of their parents. When a person comes to the end of their life it is their deeds, not their words, by which they will be judged.

If you think being smart and being wise are the same thing, this film will change your mind.

Wendy Harmer’s new foray into the life-style focused documentary is a surprisingly considered approach to our obsession with ownership and the objects that give our lives meaning. But at what point do we stop possessing and start to become possessed?

It’s not just the portrayal of sex that has the power to reshape our self-image. Fantasy story-lines centering on power and money are just as likely to undermine our characters as alluring images erode the surface.

It’s a rare film that actually improves on the books that inspired it. But the film version of The Spiderwick Chronicles is more frightening, faster paced and emotionally charged than its predecessors – as well as being a welcome antidote to some unhelpful myths about divorce.

Esther Blueburger is not like other girls. And that is part of her problem.

If you’re a fundamentalist Christian wacko pipe down! Why? Because if the giant spider in the mist doesn’t get you, a down to earth, common sense supermarket clerk with a gun will.

If Underbelly is capable of breaking free from the legal quagmire that continues to dog its production, then it promises to be one of the most significant home-grown television releases of the year.

The attractiveness of Bella is found in its preparedness to accept that even the most terrible events can contribute something beautiful to life.

If someone were to deliberately set out to create a hero who would appeal to a generation of ‘can’t waits’ they couldn’t do much better than the lead character of Jumper.

It seems the Jane Austen card continues to be played in today’s entertainment marketplace, and for good reason. There are many Austen fans out there, and chances are, many of them will rock up to see what this Jane Austen Book Club is all about.

They say you are what you eat. If this year’s television diet is anything to go by, we’re going to develop a taste for the overly buffed, salivate over muscle cars, digest the bitterness of organised crime and be too full for our families…

Watching new teen movie Sydney White was grim but no fairytale for this reviewer.

How much would a bionic woman set you back these days? If you were thinking six million, then I suggest you may have to make an appointment with your bank manager.