T
Tadpole
Aaron Stanford and Sigourney Weaver star in this deliciously witty rites-of-passage
pic, about a precocious teenager who falls for his stepmother.
Take Care of My
Cat
A female coming-of-age tale from Korea that blends hi-tech communication
with old-fashioned friendship.
Take
My Eyes (Te Doy Mis Ojos)
A woman tries to escape her abusive husband in this intense domestic drama
from Spain.
Taking
Lives
If you can buy the thought of Angelina Jolie as an FBI profiler, you may
enjoy this remarkably unoriginal serial killer thriller.
Taking
Sides
It's Keitel versus Skarsgård in this wordy historical investigation,
set in the aftermath of WWII.
Talk
To Her (Hable Con Ella)
Spanish maestro Pedro Almodovar is at the peak of his storytelling powers
in this beautiful and tenderly moving drama.
Tape
Three friends, one motel room, and a secret tape recorder make trouble in
Richard Linklater's latest gritty drama.
Tarnation
A remarkable autobiographical memoir spliced together from its creator's
home movies and family photos.
Tattoo
Germany's answer to Se7en proves atmospheric and nasty enough to get under
your skin.
Taxi
Loud, toxic and in your face: the remake of Taxi is one big accident.
Team
America: World Police
From the creators of South Park comes this hit-and-miss puppet show about
America's fight against terror.
Tears
of the Sun
Bruce Willis strives to take Monica Bellucci out of Africa in this muddled
reworking of "The Magnificent Seven".
Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles
It's a re-release for the amphibious superheroes, battling the evil Shredder
in this adaptation of the cult comic book. Cowabunga, or cow pat?
Ten
An engrossing drama where director Abbas Kiarostami films ten encounters
between a woman driver and her passengers.
Ten
Minutes Older: The Cello
The sequel to Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet, Cello showcases eight directors'
short films about the passing of time.
Ten
Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Seven international directors meditate on the passing of time in this intriguing
collection of shorts.
Terminal,
The
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks team up for a comedy short on laughs
and long on nonsense.
Terminator
3: Rise of the Machines
Arnie's back in leather and shades for a third shot of sci-fi machine-mashing
nonsense. Goodie.
Texas
Chainsaw Massacre
Don't call this update of the 1974 horror classic a "remake"...
It's a "reimagining" apparently. So there.
They
Nightmares become reality in this polished shocker about a woman who starts
having "night terrors".
Thirteen
This account of modern teenage life, from first-time director Catherine
Hardwicke, will have parents reaching for the Prozac.
This
is Not a Love Song
A dark, impressive British thriller, veering between "Straw Dogs"
and "Southern Comfort".
Thomas
Pynchon
An offbeat documentary, looking at the life and work of reclusive author
Thomas Pynchon.
Three
Marias, The (As Três Marias)
A family feud takes a nasty turn when three bereaved women hire ruthless
assassins in this overblown Brazilian drama.
Thunderbirds
No puppets, but plenty of wooden performances in this drab adaptation
of the 60s cult hit. Call International Rescue!
Time
of Favor
A provocative, tense Israeli drama which prompts thinking as well as thrills.
Timeline
Paul Walker and Billy Connolly get medieval in this time-travelling adventure
from the pen of Michael Crichton.
Time
Of The Wolf (Le Temps Du Loup)
Isabelle Huppert struggles for survival in Michael Haneke's austere take
on the collapse of civilised society.
To
Kill a King
Tim Roth and Dougray Scott lead the cast in this historical drama about
Oliver Cromwell's rise and fall.
Together
With You
Director Chen Kaige offers more than just music lessons in this Chinese
drama about a classical violinist.
Toolbox Murders,
The
Psycho-killer with power tools performs a spot of human DIY.
Tooth
A starry British cast can't rescue a tedious children's fantasy about a
feisty young tooth fairy who aches for adventure.
Torque
Martin Henderson and Ice Cube play biker boys in this trashy take on The
Fast And The Furious.
Tortilla Soup
Ang Lee's "Eat Drink Man Woman" is relocated to America in a charming
and hunger-inducing comedy drama.
Touching
The Void
Two mountaineers recount their real-life near-death experience in this understated
docu-drama.
Tokyo
Story (Tokyo Monogatari)
Family ties unravel in Yasujiro Ozu's masterful study of parents visiting
their children in 50s Tokyo.
Transporter, The
Jason Statham trades two smoking barrels for kung fu in this overripe chop
socky movie.
Trapped
Kevin Bacon kidnaps Charlize Theron's daughter in this slick but morally
dubious thriller from "Message in a Bottle" director Luis Mandoki.
Trauma
Colin Firth has never been better than in this riveting Brit psychodrama
from director Marc Evans.
Travelling
Players, The (O Thiassos)
Theo Angelopoulos takes us on a meandering, epic journey through Greece
during and after the Second World War.
Treasure
Planet
A spaced-out looney-tooner based on the Robert Louis Stevenson classic,
"Treasure Island".
Trembling
Before G-d
A documentary about gay men and women struggling to reconcile their sexuality
with their orthodox Jewish faith.
Trespasser, The
A hitman invades the white-collar world of two businessmen in this chilling
Brazilian drama.
Triggermen
Two British dimwits get mistaken for hitmen in yet another Tarantino rip-off
that goes where too many comedy thrillers have gone before.
Trilogy
- 1
The first part of Lucas Belvaux's genre-bending trilogy opens with an adrenalin-pumping
thriller.
Trilogy
- 2
The final instalment in Lucas Belvaux's trilogy finds the director swapping
comedy and suspense for melodrama.
Trilogy
- 3
The second part of Lucas Belvaux's trilogy turns into a complete farce.
But that's the point.
Trilogy:
The Weeping Meadow (To Livadi Pou Dakryzei)
Greek writer/director Theo Angelopoulos' intimate epic revisits his country's
tragic 20th-century past.
Triple
Agent
Eric Rohmer takes us back to 1930s Paris for this talky tale of love, history
and espionage.
Tropical
Malady (Sud Pralad)
Super sensual drama from Thai writer/director Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
Trouble Every Day
French director Claire Denis' follow-up to the mesmerising "Beau Travail"
offers a European art-house variation on the vampire movie.
Troy
The ancient city of Troy comes under siege with Brad Pitt and Eric Bana
going head-to-head in this gutsy adaptation of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½r's The Iliad.
Truth
About Charlie, The
Director Jonathan Demme loses his way with a haphazard remake of "Charade".
Tupac:
Resurrection
A revealing documentary on rapper Tupac Shakur that uses his own words
to record both his meteoric rise and premature death.
Turtles
Can Fly
A devastating portrait of life in a Kurdish refugee camp on the border between
Iraq and Turkey.
Tuxedo,
The
Jackie Chan discovers a special tuxedo that turns him into a secret agent
in this ill-fitting comedy.
Twisted
A dire thriller starring Ashley Judd as a copper whose one night stands
keep getting killed. Hey, we've all been there.
Twilight
Samurai, The (Tasogare Seibei)
There's more drama than action in this sumptuously retro samurai movie from
Japan.
Two Brothers
(Deux Frères)
Two tiger cubs separated and put into captivity as infants face each other
years later in this animal adventure.
Two Can Play That Game
One woman's quest to reform her meandering boyfriend turns into a predictable
battle of the sexes.
Two Men Went to War
A Dad's Army style comedy in which two British dentists decide to invade
German-occupied France.
Two
Weeks Notice
Romantic comedy in which Sandra Bullock falls for the charms of Hugh Grant.
Eventually.
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