Gus van Sant’s latest film Milk is a bio-pic of the political activist Harvey Milk - famous as the first openly gay man to win a position as a city supervisor in San Francisco. Harvey Milk was assassinated by a fellow colleague Dan White (an incredibly performance by Josh Brolin).

Gran Torino ****½Snubbed not only by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences but all the movie awards bodies, Gran Torino is a film that has not merely exceeded but totally obliterated expectations, winning rave reviews all round and achieving a

After watching this film I think nearly everyone would want a neighbour like Walt Kowalski (played by Clint Eastwood, the film's protagonist). He's clean, he's quiet, no need for neighbourhood watch, he has got a great tool kit that you might be able to borrow and is actually very funny