Melanie Whitehead

WHAT can you say about the film of the year?

THE Belfast boys are back and after the monumental success of Chasing Cars, they seem to have made a determined effort to return to their roots of a more indie style alternative rock.

EVER been stuck in a situation where you wish you could shut your eyes and escape from it all?

HOLLYWOOD’S favourite syrup-loving hero Nicholas Cage is back as Benjamin Gates, the treasure hunting anorak who stops at nothing in his quest for the holy grail of American history and treasure.

FOLLOWING on from the highly entertaining, dialogue-fest that is Death Proof, Planet Terror is the second installment of the Tarantino-Rodriguez efforts of last summer.

THE petite frame of Ashley Oliver leads an enthralled audience through the dramatic highs and lows of one of the stage's favourite heroines at the Liverpool Empire theatre.