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three stars
Dir: Tim Johnson
Voices: Jim Parsons, Rihanna
Runtime: 94 minutes
THE Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons is a perfect fit to voice the extra-terrestrial Oh in this amiable animation from the director of Antz. Oh and the rest of the Moovs have invaded Earth, herding humans into a colony and separating Tip (Rihanna) from her mother. She's a stray human at large, while Oh, having made one too many mistakes, is a fugitive. Can they help each other? There is not much to the story, with Johnson's picture instead relying on the charms of Parsons, Rihanna (plus songs, lots of songs) and Steve Martin as a blow-hard Moov captain, to carry the day - and they do.
Maxine Peake as Hamlet (12A)
three stars
Dir: Margaret Williams
With: Maxine Peake, Claire Benedict
Runtime: 208 minutes
A CHANCE to see the much talked about production with - may the heavens weep! - a woman playing the Prince of Denmark on the cinema screen. Filmed at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre, the production by Sarah Frankcom takes a modern dress approach and gender turns out to matter not a jot. Peake's Hamlet is a stirring performance, while never quite reaching the heights of electrifying. When it comes to screen productions, David Tennant still rules as the mad monarch.
Cineworld, Glasgow and Cameo, Edinburgh, March 23 and March 31
The Voices (15)
two stars
Dir: Marjane Satrapi
With: Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton
Runtime: 104 minutes
THE surprise movie at this year's Glasgow Film Festival, but not, it has to be said, a pleasant one for most of the audience. Ryan Reynolds plays Jerry, an outwardly sunny but seriously disturbed factory worker who lives with Bosco the dog and Mr Whiskers the Scottish cat. We know he is Scottish because he talks. Marjane Satrapi's black comedy proves too ambitious for its own good by trying to mine laughs from murder and madness, but only the foul-mouthed McCat raises a smile.
Alison Rowat
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