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Movies: a look forward to 2009

One of the highlights of 2008 was the high standards set by comic book adaptations, with ‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘Iron Man’ among the quality fare on offer. Read

Ian Bunting picks the top 10 movies of 2008

Iain Bunting picks his top movies of 2008 Read

Movie review: Twilight

‘TWILIGHT’ stars Robert Pattinson as vampire Edward Cullen, who falls in love with human Bella Swan (played by Kristen Stewart). Read

Movie review: Four Christmases

The words ‘festive comedy’ haven’t always delivered much quality over the years. For every ‘Scrooged’ (great), there has been a ‘Jingle All The Way’ or ‘Fred Claus’ (awful) and sadly ‘Four Christmases’ belongs in the same bracket as the latter. Read

Movie review: Lakeview Terrace

‘LAKEVIEW Terrace’ stars Samuel L.Jackson as an LAPD officer (Abel Turner) making his neighbours’ lives a nightmare. Read

Movie review: Changeling

‘CHANGELING’, directed by Clint Eastwood, stars Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins and is inspired by actual events that took place in Los Angeles in the 1920s. Read

Inspiral intimacy

THE Intimate Gigs team is set to welcome one of the finest voices to emerge from Manchester's 'Baggy' scene, Inspiral Carpets frontman Tom Hingley, for an acoustic show at the Georgian Hotel on Saturday, November 29. Read

Movie Review: Max Payne

Payne joins Mona Sax (‘That 70s Show’s’ Mila Kunis), an assassin out to avenge her sister’s death, to solve a series of murders in New York City. Read

New-look Clydesdale Hotel is the place to go for Christmas

WITH Christmas fast approaching and venues for party nights in great demand, people are looking for a special evening with superior quality food then the perfect place to go is The Clydesdale Hotel, Hamilton. Read

Movie Review: W

Director Stone is no stranger to controversial material, with ‘JFK’ and ‘Natural Born Killers’ among his previous work, and members of the Bush family have claimed ‘W.’ is not an accurate portrayal. Read

Arctic adventure at Arts Centre

DISTINGUISHED Arctic traveller and photographer John Dunn will be giving a talk in Airdrie next month. Read

Urgent action is needed on fuel and energy bills

SIR - The recent comment by Gordon Brown that he believes fuel and energy bills will come down anyway and “should be reflected in gas and electricity bills in the next round”, indicates how out of touch both he and the Labour Party really are. Read

Disco backs charity bid

A SPECIAL event to raise funds for Children in Need will take place at a Coatbridge nightclub next week. Read

Review: Quantum of Solace

QUANTUM of Solace’ picks up from one hour after the events of ‘Casino Royale’ and finds Bond (Daniel Craig) seeking revenge for the death of girlfriend, Vesper Lynd. Read

Scotland’s noisiest museum is now a star attraction for people of all tastes and ages

Dubbed Scotland's noisiest museum, Summerlee is home to a massive, newly renovated, exhibition hall boasting a large size of large collection of historic machinery that operates on a daily basis. Read

Fully booked

BOOK-LOVING youngsters in North Lanarkshire have picked their top read of 2008. Read

Salon workers were in the pink for charity

THE LOVELY ladies at The Workshop hair and beauty salon, in Airdrie, have raised over £1000 for breast cancer charities, in memory of the owners’ late mother. Read

Movie Review: Igor

‘IGOR’ is an animation that tells the story of the titular hunchbacked lab assistant (voiced by John Cusack), who wants to become a scientist himself. He gets his chance when, following the death of his master, he creates a ‘monster’, called Eva. Read

Dolly Diamonds sparkling as they win way through to regional finals

MONKLANDS celebrated dancing success as Pamela Logan School of Dance performers the Dolly Diamonds, from Airdrie, made it to the regional finals of Idol 2008. Read