Speed racer (PG)

12:09am Thursday 8th May 2008

The Wachowski brothers of Matrix fame go wild with the paint box and SFX in this live action adaptation of the Japanese cartoon. Imagine a highly stylised, hyper-caffeinated cross between Wacky Races and The Jetsons with ninjas and a chimpanzee thrown in and you’re almost there.

Honeydripper (PG)

12:07am Thursday 8th May 2008

John Sayles’s Oscar-nominated storytelling talents lend a rich glow to this slight tale about the birth of rock and roll. Danny Glover plays Tyrone Purvis, owner of the Honeydripper bar where the music is live and fabulous, but no-one wants to hear it when there’s a new-fangled jukebox in the joint next door. Desperate to lure the punters back, Tyrone allows Sonny (Gary Clark Jr) to plug in his electric gee-tar.

Manufactured landscapes (U)

12:05am Thursday 8th May 2008

The environmental price of progress is laid bare in a fascinating if treacle-paced documentary on the work of photographer Edward Burtynsky. Jennifer Baichwal follows the Canadian through the factories and industrial sites of China.

XXY (15)

12:04am Thursday 8th May 2008

This Argentinian drama, a prizewinner at Cannes, tackles a difficult subject with astonishing ease and grace. Ines Efron is Alex, a hermaphrodite. Her parents have taken her as far away from society as they can manage, but tough choices are now closing in on the trio as Alex hits puberty.

The last mistress (15)

12:03am Thursday 8th May 2008

It’s petticoats, carriages and duels at dawn in this portrait of a love affair set in 19th-century Paris. Having established a reputution for sex scenes so explicit they frightened any passing horses clean out of their shoes, director Catherine Breillat takes a relatively coy approach to the story of a rich young fop (Fu’ad Ait Aattou) and his tempestuous squeeze Vellini (Asia Argento).

Where in the world is Osama bin Laden? (12A)

12:02am Thursday 8th May 2008

The filmmaker who lit a flame under the fast food industry turns his camera on the war on terror. Inspired by the birth of his first child (and the need to provide a little cinematic brother or sister to Super Size Me), Spurlock heads to the Middle East to ask

Cashback (15)

Thursday 8th May 2008

Sean Ellis turns his 18-minute, Oscar-nominated short into a feature length film. The leads are the same: Glasgow’s Sean Biggerstaff as the sensitive youth floored by the loss of his first love, and Emilia Fox as the girl who helps him to his feet again.

	A real superhero saves the day
	12:11am Thu 1 May 08
	Iron man (15): There is meant to be just one superhero in Jon Favreau’s Iron Man. Robert Downey Jr, donning the shiniest suit in Marvel’s comic universe, is the picture’s main provider of thrills and spills.

Beaufort (15)

12:55am Thursday 1st May 2008

War, as ever, is hell in Joseph Cedar’s sombre feature, which was nominated for a best foreign film Oscar but lost out to The Counterfeiters.

Made of honour (12A)

12:53am Thursday 1st May 2008

When New York playboy Tom (former teen heartthrob Patrick Dempsey) decides to turn his back on a life of womanising and propose to best pal Hannah (Michelle Monaghan), he finds himself pipped to the post by charming Scotsman Colin McMurray (Kevin McKidd).

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