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YOUR HIGHNESS, the mediaeval comedy-advernture starring Natalie Portman and Zooey Deschanel, has just opened in cinemas in Galway.

Excitement, intrigue, great camera work, a magic pill that will awaken your mind’s full potential, and a leading man who is just gorgeous, what more can one ask for, however given this tease of action and suspense early on I couldn’t help but feel a little let down by the lack lustre ending.

LIMITLESS, THE new film starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro, based on the novel The Dark Fields by Irish author Alan Glynn, is now on in cinemas.

I lost all love for Adam Sandler films a long time ago, as they all seemed to be the same old thing on endless repeat, however I am willing to re-evaluate my opinion of him as Just Go With It managed to keep the annoying at bay and the hilarious gags coming.

Athlone Film Club will be proving that oldies are the best next Tuesday February 22 in the Dean Crowe Theatre, with the screening of All About Eve, a classic that has retained its edge, and remains a sharp beautifully written gem.

The world of ballet will never seem the same again as Black Swan, a film which is both beautiful and disturbing, gives us Natalie Portman’s best performance yet as the perfection-seeking ballerina whose dream disintegrates along with her fragile mind.

Thirty minutes into this third installment of the Meet The Parents franchise I was still waiting to laugh out loud but it never happened, in fact I’m pretty certain that all the good gags were used up in the trailer just to suck you in but then leave you bitterly disappointed.

Shutter Island

This spy ‘mistaken-identity’ thriller was entertaining but it could have been so much more, with big guns such as Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie in the lead roles, given a plot that could have been promising.