All right, it does go a bit American at the end, with lots of explosions, which is very anticlimactic, but then the series always was. It always ended the weirdest of capers with a jolly good cup of tea.Sean Connery is quite good as Sir August DeWynter, but most praise must be heaped on Jim Broadbent and the rest of the supporting cast who provide most of film's weirdness. The titles are terrific, and so is the opening scene. I'm sure this will come to be seen, when people actually watch it, rather than reading other people's reviews, as a underrated classic. It's not perfect, but then what is? A jolly good first stab, and I hope they get another chance. C

Tomorrow Never Dies 12
Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Teri Hatcher, Judi Dench

The oh-so-suave Irishman is back with his disconcertingly slimy incarnation of Bond. Oh yes, and it's innuendoes ahoy for the first half an hour. Desmond Llewellyn is still Q, but looking somewhat less doddery than last time thankfully. The useful cavalcade of British actors pop up, including Geoffrey Palmer as an Admiral. Jonathan Pryce makes for a weak villain, but thinking of him as Rupert Murdoch, especially at the end, does help. Finally, Sheryl 'why did they ask her?' Crow gets the title song totally wrong, as we all knew she would. A watchable, but not fantastically good entry in the Bond saga. I still think Timothy Dalton was a better Bond. B

The Nutty Professor 12
Eddie Murphy

If you like toilet humour, and jokes about fat people, (and who doesn't?) you'll be wetting yourself all the way through this one. However, that's about all it's got. Then again, why do we need to overload a simple script about farts and eating huge quantities of junk food with anything subtle? Just enjoy it, and stop whittering on. Or go and read Sight and Sound. M