The 50 Word Review

Starring Steve Carell as an ‘Agony Uncle’ - who dishes out tales of caution and morality - as a single parent. He falls for his brother’s girlfriend, falls foul of his siblings, and children, and realizes that he is not the perfect person, or parent that he always wrote about in his column. There’s a moral in there somewhere. Brian Murray

Typical Woody Allenesque movie with fantastic jokes that are nostalgic reminders of his earliest works. With a touch of meta-fiction and postmodernism, this is sophisticated and hilarious! Omid Nikfarjam

This Bollywood movie is a compilation of 10 different stories, which have a flavour of thrill, action, suspense, romance and the occasional morality tale. It’s very different from the regular Hindi-movie format and very beautifully done. Most of the stories are enjoyable, but you may find the odd dud. Neha Kumar

A romantic melodrama with an ingenious indie look. Unlike most Hollywood movies with ready-made, superfluous answers it successfully limits itself to showing the mystery of love in all its ambiguity. Marvellous cast, especially the Penns (Sean and Robin) who are the very personification of “being madly in love”. Omid Nikfarjam

American writer, Augusten Burroughs, has certainly lived a most peculiar life. Who the hell could live with the craziest family in the history of cinema, the Finches, and become such a brilliant writer? At times surreal and grotesque, and sometimes very funny and warm, Running with Scissors reminded me of The Royal Tenenbaums. Look for the “turd pointing to God” sequence, one of the funniest and saddest pieces you’ve seen all your life. Beautiful soundtrack. Omid Nikfarjam

An art-movie dealing with the ten commandments in a very lighthearted, kitsch kind of way. Maps a linear progression through seemingly non-sequitur characters to tie together Mose’s great tablets. If you like Art moives, and are a grad-school level white American, then I think you’ll like this. Otherwise, it may be a waste of time. Brian Murray

Tale of swordsmanship presenting an aesthetic shamelessly plundered by Tarantino for his Kill Bill films. Bizarrely, after much sword-wielding and slaying, Zatoichi’s staggering narrative closes with a merry tap-dancing choreography, which ought to number among the best dance episodes in film ever.

Sabine Wolf