QUICK FLICKS

TEN MOVIES WORTH WATCHING A Single Man (M):

A reminder, perhaps needed after shamelessly disporting himself in Mamma Mia on TV, that Colin Firth really can act. He gives a beautifully touching performance as a grieving gay man.

Arrowtown

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (M):

Inspired, if that's the word, by the computer game, a light- entertainment romp from Jerry Bruckheimer, not hard to take for the escapist but not especially involving either.

Invercargill, Queenstown

A Nightmare on Elm Street (R16):

Freddy retreaded. A remake of the Wes Craven original, lacking surprises.

Invercargill

The Blind Side (M):

Gently Hermes Handags Replica uplifting sports story helped along by the number of laughs amid the sentiment, and by Sandra Bullock's Oscar-winning performance as a woman who turns a shambling, uncommunicative (and huge) young son-of-a-druggie into more than just a sports star.

Invercargill, Queenstown

Robin Hood (M):

The Gladiator duo, director Ridley Scott and star Russell Crowe, return to strike a similar combination of handsomely mounted action and not-so-dumb storytelling.

Bell&Ross Fake

Invercargill, Queenstown

Iron Man 2 (M):

Robert Downey Jr is back in unapologetic blockbuster mode with all requisite components (profundity not among them) all present and accounted for. It's escapist fun, helped by strong turns from Mickey Rourke baddying it up, and Scarlett Johansson being all shadowy in a tight costume.* * * *

Invercargill, Gore, Queenstown

Home by Christmas (PG):

A movie memoir by Gaylene Preston (War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us) about her father's world War II service and its aftermath.

Invercargill, Arrowtown

The Hurt Locker (R16):

The best film Oscar winner. And for a reason.

Gore

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The Road (R16):

The Cormac McCarthy novel is increasingly being regarded as a masterwork. The film, with Viggo Mortensen as a father trying to keep his son and himself alive in a post-apocalyptic world has drawn solid reviews.

Arrowtown

Boy (M):

The jauntily but prodigiously talented Kiwi writer- director Taika Waititi follows his Oscar-nominated short Two Cars One Night and his geek feature Eagle vs Shark with a bittersweet coming-of- age comedy abut a rural East Coast boy with a Michael Jackson fixation projected onto his flash but shallow Dad. * * * *

Invercargill, Queenstown, Arrowtown.

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