Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Judgment Day… 2000 AD comic strip character Judge Dredd is brought to life by actor Karl Urban in this sci-fi thriller, which sees the titular law enforcer tasked with bringing order to a high-rise slum.

Lawless

Banned of brothers… A brotherhood of bootleggers (Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf and Jason Clarke) take on a corrupt lawman (Guy Pearce) in this gangster epic set in Prohibition-era America.

Anna Karenina

Novel approach… Keira Knightley plays the titular socialite who engages in a life-changing affair in this adaptation of the classic Leo Tolstoy classic romantic tragedy.

Total Recall

Identity crisis… Colin Farrell thinks he’s Arnold Schwarzenegger in this remake of the 1990 sci-fi thriller about a man with muddled memories.

Brave

Fighting spirit… Disney Pixar’s latest release charts the fortunes of a determined princess out to undo a dark curse.

Box fresh… Based on a true story (apparently), this supernatural thriller follows a young girl who acquires a mysterious box containing a malicious spirit.

Ted

Furry friend… Years after being magically brought to life, a foul-mouthed, heavy-drinking teddy bear (voiced by Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane) is shunned by his long-term human companion (Mark Wahlberg).

The Dark Knight Rises

Fight or flight… Christopher Nolan draws his blockbuster Batman trilogy to a close, pitting the vilified Caped Crusader against muscular foe Bane in a battle for Gotham City.

The Watch

Team effort… Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade star in this alien-invasion comedy as four men who form a neighbourhood watch group only to find they need to protect more than just their own neighbourhood…

The Bourne Legacy

I spy… This fourth installment in the action thriller series follows the life-or-death struggle of another secret agent, Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner).

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