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By using all the cliches of hero verses super villain movies and looking at it from a different perspective Megamind is a hilarious animation which is incredibly entertaining for all the family.

“I LIKE writing. It keeps my mind off grim subjects. It’s therapeutic in the same way a patient in an institution is given fingerpaints,” so said film maker, writer, actor, and playwright Woody Allen in a 2005 interview.

THE BLUES Brothers, one of the best loved films of all time, will be shown in The Eye Cinema on Monday at 7pm.

They say that it is hard to live up to high expectations and this could certainly be the case for director Todd Phillips as Due Date failed to have the same side-splitting impact as his previous work.

THE ACTOR Peter O’Toole and director John Huston have been associated with County Galway for more than six decades.

The Butler Gallery will present a Werner Herzog documentary film series off-site at the Set Theatre, John Street, Kilkenny.

SCI-FI THRILLER Skyline opens in cinemas tomorrow and to mark the release the Galway Advertiser has three film tie-in goodie bags to give away.

Ever imagined what retirement would be like for special black-ops CIA agents, swapping their AK-47s for a pair of slippers or assasinations for flower arranging? Well the transition is not so easy, but when an attempt is made on Frank Moses’ life he wastes no time in getting his old team together and they gladly get back into action once again.

With a tired sigh I thought ‘oh no, not another Katherine Heigl rom-com’ but to my surprise, I really enjoyed this movie which not only had plenty of hilarious comedy scenes but also included some poignant moments where the question of true friendship, and love, is explored.

THE OTHER Guys takes the cringy moments from cop movies, and there have been plenty, to produce a laugh-a-minute look at one section of the New York City police where the heroes are worshipped like gods by their bootlicking colleagues and where there is always one idiot, cue Will Ferrell.