Sweet family comedy trifle starring Steve Carell as the titular neurotic advice columnist suffering through an impossibly quaint family vacation. Manages to be cute without being cutesy.

In this oddly appealing yet not-fully-satisfying film, Ryan Gosling stars as a stunted twentysomething who opens his heart to the one least likely – a sex doll.

Well-crafted political pot-boiler almost succeeds at being neither manipulative nor sensationalistic. Almost.

Director Tony Kaye attempts to show the issue of abortion from every possible angle. He succeeds but that doesn’t make it compelling cinema.

Impressive directing debut from media punching-bag Ben Affleck – featuring another fine performance from brother Casey – aims to be a "Chinatown" for the Boston set and nearly succeeds.

Jamie Foxx leads semi-rogue FBI agents in a terrorist hunting expedition.

This Coen Brothers adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel may be their darkest film yet. It’s also one of their best.

The real heartbreak in this Farrelly Brothers remake of 1972’s Neil Simon comedy trifle is that the second half is so much worse than the first.

Solid, complex character study from the team that’s single-handedly championing the genre. This one finds the ever-improving George Clooney as a legal "fixer".

Promising debut from writer-director Jake Paltrow about a sleep-obsessed man who meets the literal girl-of-his-dreams has some perceptive moments amid a lot of tossing and turning.