The Irish theatrical release of Savage this month marks a step forward for Irish cinema. We caught up with writer/director Brendan Muldowney to chat about the movie. Read our interview with Brendan Muldowney here...

With the release of Step Up 3D, it may just be time for the Step Up franchise to step down. Check out our review here...

Dog Pound is a violent film about violent people, in a violent place. If you don't want to get hurt, read our review here...

In Savage, Paul Graynor learns that violence is never the answer. Actually, no he doesn't. Read our review to see why...

Tom Cruise's superspy meets Cameron Diaz's mechanic in Knight and Day. It really shouldn't work, but it does. Find out why by reading our review...

Christopher Nolan's Inception: a dream within a dream, within a dream, within a dream, within a dream, within a dream, within a dream, within a dream, within a dream, within a dream, within a dream, within a dream, within a dream.....read about it here...

The latest installment of the Twilight Saga has landed. Cue hysterical shrieking and increased sales of white faced powder and dark clothes. But is Eclipse any use? Click here to find out...

Sex And The City 2 is the long awaited most built-up movie of the summer...so does it bring the Sex And The City craze to a climax or is it unfortunately flaccid? Check out the review here...

Cop Out is director Kevin Smith first piece of work where he only directed the movie but didn't write it. Starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan it's full of rough and tumble and laughs. Check out our review here...

The Losers is the newest comic-book adaptation to come to our screens. It's action filled and has a few laughs, check out the review here...

Ciaran O'Connor's debut feature Trafficked tells the story of a young immigrant smuggled into Ireland who struggles to avoid a life of modern day slavery Read our review

It's the movie you almost certainly didn't expect. The one about the Hot tub time machine. So is it a bubbling delight or a floating turd? Click here to find out...

Date Night is a romantic comedy starring Steve Carrell and Tina Fey. Funny ha ha or funny - strange, that's actually not funny. Read the review to find out...

Remember Me steps into the shoes of an early twenties lad going through some major personal hardship,.Robert Pattinson is this man, if you're screaming his name in your head already just click here to read the review.

Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum star in the Dear John, a story of true love, war, separation and the struggles a couple can go through when they come facing the passage of time.

Matt Damon's latest film in which he takes on the role of alpha male is Baghdad-based film Green Zone. It features an extremely strong cast including Brendan Gleeson, Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan and Yigal Naor.

Roman Polanski brings his latest film The Ghost Writer to the big screen starring Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan. 

Secret Agent Bob Ho has taken down the baddest of the bad guys but mayhem is sure to ensure when he takes on his girlfriend's kids for baby sitting duties! In Jackie Chan's newest action thriller for kids, The Spy Next Door is a film that will entertain the whole family, right??? Read the review here...

Written by the same team that brought us Bad Santa and starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor, I Love You, Phillip Morris is an extraordinary black comedy based on the strange life of a gay conman. Hilariously dark, this one is definitely worth a look...

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo Dicaprio team up for the fourth time in this month's Shutter Island, a thriller about a U.S. Marshall trying to unveil the conspiracy taking place at a hospital for the insane.

Set in contemporary Dublin, starring Cillian Murphy and Jim Broadbent, Perrier's Bounty is a fast paced comedy-thriller featuring three unlikely fugitives on the run from gangster supremo, Perrier (Brendan Gleeson) who is desperate to retain his pride and cash after the accidental murder of one of his loyal gang.

John Travolta and Jonathon Rhys Meyers star in From Paris with Love, an action film where the men play CIA agents trying to prevent a terrorist attack from taking place on the American Embassy in Paris. 

Based on Alice Sebold's debut novel, The Lovely Bones directed by Peter Jackson, may have received more hype than it deserves...

The Crazies tells the story of a small midwest town that is affected by a biological toxin that entered the town's water supply. After drinking the water the residents seem to be acting a little perculiar...

Read more to see if The Crazies is a unique zombie film or just another humdrum remake. 

Click here to read an interview with one of the stars, Joe Anderson. 

Witness another whackily wonderful adventure from French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, as a down-and-out sets out to get revenge on the makers of the weapons that almost killed him and left him living on the streets. Micmacs is a comic vengeance flick the like of which you have never seen before...

Mel Gibson's newest offering Edge of Darkness is good, very good in fact. So good you should read about it here before visiting your local cinema...

Leap Year, set in New York and Ireland stars Amy Adams, John Lithgow and Matthew Goode. We follow American gal Anna Brady as she undertakes the journey of a lifetime across Ireland so she can propose to her career obsessed boyfriend just in time for February 29th. 

The Disney animated film Ponyo by the Japanese director Hayao Mikazaki with notable voices such as Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Liam Neeson, and Betty White, is the story of a goldfish named Ponyo who embarks on a quest to become human. 

Wolfman is the remake of the 1941 horror classic. Directed by Joe Johnston, the film stars Benicio Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving, and Geraldine Chaplin. The film centers around a myterious creature with strength and a lust for blood that is killing the local villagers. 

Featuring a sumptuous array of acting talent, Michael Hoffman’s The Last Station brings to the screen the last months in the life of renowned Russian philosopher Leo Tolstoy. Based on the 1990 book of the same name by Jay Parini, the movie primarily focuses on the strained relationship between Tolstoy and his tempestuous wife, Sofya.

Astro Boy is the story of good versus evil followed through the eyes of little boy named Toby who through an accidental turn of events becomes Astro Boy. Featured in this colourful tale is voice over work from Nicholos Cage, Donald Sutherland, Matt Lucas, Kirsten Bell and Freddie Highmore (the kid from Tim Burton's Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

Relentless polemicist and political commentator Michael Moore returns with his seventh feature-length documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story in which he attempts to illuminate the causes and effects of the current financial recession in America. 

C.D. Payne's novel of teenage debauchery, criminality and alter egos is brought to the screen by Miguel Arteta and stars perrenial teen movie star Michael Cera alongside relative newcomer Portia Doubleday. With an impressive supporting cast and compelling comedic storyline, is Youth in Revolt precociously brilliant or brattishly pretentious? 

Malcolm Venville brings 44 Inch Chest, his directoral debut starring John Hurt, Ray Winstone and Ian McShane. This story follows some middle-aged cockney hard-lads throwing around various violent threats and using tremendous amounts of swear words but not doing much else…

Jim Sheridan brings us Brothers, the widely divergent stories of Sam and Tommy Cahil, a marine and a convict; their family and the challenges that face them. This is the story of family, personal hardships, torture and trust. Starring Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhall and Natalie Portman, this film is not to be missed.

Hugh Grant you say. In a romantic comedy. Really? And yer one from Sex and the City? Sounds uh interesting. You never know, you might be as pleasantly surprised as our reviewer was at 'Did you hear about the Morgans?'

From the writer who brought us No Country For Old Men comes a dystopian vision of a post-apocalyptic wasteland, in which a father and son must negotiate a treacherous route through dangerous territory in a desperate flight for survival. Boasting the combined acting talents of Viggo Mortenson, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce and Robert Duvall, The Road is an arduous, atmospheric journey that is not for the faint hearted.

James Cameron's $300 million 3D Sci-fi epic Avatar is finally here. So is it worth donning those funky specs and helping Jimmy to recoup 10 euro worth of that mega-budget?

With a change of direction - well, director - The Twilight Saga has returned, and this time it's personal. Nah, not really - they've got a bit more eye-candy for the adolescent girls who make up the bulk of this series' fanbase and otherwise the story continues apace in New Moon. Have a read and see if it lives up to the dizzyingly-high expectations...

Wes Anderson brings Roald Dahl's beloved tale Fantastic Mr.Fox to the big screen. So has he created a masterpiece or made a balls of it?

Boasting a fairly stellar leading cast and based on Jon Ronson's brilliant book of the same title, The Men Who Stare At Goats seems destined to be a hit. Then again, maybe that's just my mind playing tricks on me...

The late Heath Ledger makes his final big screen appearance in Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Stunning in its cinematography and boasting a marvellous cast, would the film make good on its undoubted potential? Read our review to find out.

Lynn Barber's autobiographical coming-of-age tale An Education has brought to the screen via Nick Hornby's adapted screenplay. Directed by Lone Scherfig and featuring an impressive ensemble cast, the film has been greeted fairly warmly by audiences and critics alike.

Nick Love has yet another crack at portraying male bonding, tribalism, violence and acceptance in The Firm, a loose remake of Alan Clarke's 1989 TV drama. So, was this movie on football hooliganism clichéd and sickening or fresh and brave?

A bedraggled, homeless schizophrenic with considerable musical ability crosses paths with a disenchanted, cynical journalist and the two strike up an unlikely rapport. The Soloist may tick all the right boxes when it comes to Oscar territory, but our reviewer wasn't completely convinced...

Sci-fi horror aficionados should cast their eyes over our review of Pandorum, written by Travis Milloy and Christian Alvert and also directed by the latter. The tagline pointedly orders its audience, "Don't fear the end of the world. Fear what happens next". Does it make good on this warning?

"A funny, true-to-life and unique dissection of the unruly and unpredictable year-and-a-half of one young man’s no-holds-barred love affair." See if our reviewer concurred with that appraisal of (500) Days of Summer...

Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes returns with Away We Go, a warm-hearted comedy-drama following the ups and downs of a young couple who travel across America while expecting their first child.

Bandslam follows the comic travails of erstwhile loser-kid Will as he assembles a fledgling rock band made up of his teenage peers and attempts to hone them into a genuine force in music. So did it rock the house?

Acclaimed director Ken Loach returns with Looking for Eric, a warm-hearted comedy about a Mancunian postman who gets life lessons from Eric Cantona. See what Eoin Delap made of it all...

The Damned United is a loose biopic of Brian Clough, a man regarded as possibly the best football manager ever to grace the English league. If this means anything to you, then check out our review.

Directed by Larry Charles and starring Bill Maher, Religulous tackles the subject of religion in this Michael Moore style documentary.

Yet another film that tries to tackle the subject of terrorism, does Traitor manage to pull it off? Starring Don Cheadle and Guy Pearse, our reviewer went to check it out.

Michael Heraclitus went to see Julia Roberts, Clive Owens and Paul Giamatti in Duplicity. “Just alright" was the verdict...

Lisa Hughes takes a look at the fluffy Marley & Me, starring Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson and an insanely cute labrador.

Brad Pitt: The only man who needs make up to make him ugly. Lisa Hughes reviews The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Sick of trying to decipher the irrational ways of men? Then get some advice from the experts - Lisa Hughes reviews He's Just Not That Into You.

As part of a series of films we're reviewing from the film festival, we take a look at Safy Nebbou's The Mark of an Angel/L'Empreinte de L'Ange

Our reviewer has left Oxygen to make a fresh start in Laos, after a viewing of the philosophically titled, Today is Better than Two Tomorrows

Charlize Theron smoulders in the Texan desert in the latest film from Guillermo Arriaga - The Burning Plain

Cold Lunch...Scandanavian films on Oxygen. Sure it's the Film Festival, why not?

Anvil! The Story of Anvil...Robert Hogan finds out what rock biopics should look like...Click the pic for more

Vicky Cristina Barcelona: Classic comedy or excuse for Woody Allen to surround himself with beautiful women young enough to have his grandchildren? Lisa Hughes investigates...

Do not bring your date to this film. Richard Yates'/Sam Mendes' anti-rom-com is a searingly brutal portrayal of marital disintegration. Yes, Revolutionary Road is depressing- it is also very good. Lisa Hughes explains...

Oxygen.ie reviews Frost/Nixon. See what Eoin Delap thought of the latest slice of America's highest profile trial outside a courtroom.

Finally after years of languishing around in various stages of production, that film with Tom Cruise as a Nazi finally arrives. Yes, Valkyrie has landed. Shane O'Reilly helps to explain...

For all those homophobic "macho macho men" out there, yes those of you who are so unsure of your sexuality that you refused to test it with a viewing of  "Brokeback Mountain", we have another film for you - Milk.

Robert Hogan reviews Sex Drive, the latest American Pie tinged effort to mix teenage erections with profit, coming out on January 9th, and is less than blown away...

Defiance is an inspiring and remarkable story about four brothers who refused to succumb to Nazi oppression, and inspired hope amongst many during one of our world's darkest times.

Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of a young boy living in an Indian slum, with no formal education, and who has made it to the final round of a million dollar game show. Could this be Danny Boyle's best film since Trainspotting?

Based on the best selling book, Despereaux tells the tale of a young fearless mouse and his quest to be a hero. Oxygen.ie went along to check the film out...

What Just Happened? is a satirical comedy about a struggling Hollywood producer, facing a difficult few weeks. Starring Robert DeNiro and Stanley Tucci, the film is based on the memoirs of Hollywood producer Art Linson.