Expectations are everything, so pitch yours low and this raunchy – often disgustingly offensive – romantic-comedy might get you through an evening.

In ‘Good Luck Chuck: The Fruity Edition’ (Lionsgate, €24.99), Charlie (Dane Cook) is a luckless man, not short of sex, who has been placed under a curse never to find the right woman.

Somehow, with this comedy, you’re always looking for something more … a half-decent idea that hasn’t been properly developed.

Nice Mr Brooks (Costner) is your average family man, winner even of a ‘decent neighbour’ award … only he has an unusual hobby: he kills people with his pal William Hurt, in much the same way as a couple of guys go bowling or cheer on the local Rovers.

Jessica Alba has lost her perfectly sexy look after chipping a tooth during a kissing scene in her new movie.

Actor George Clooney has presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub, who made Ocean’s Eleven and its sequels.

A film – optimistically dubbed a comedy – so bereft of wit that whoever considered it good enough to have money spent on it should be starting the New Year sweeping up after the horses.

Singer/actress Jessica Simpson is afraid she will never date again after her painful divorce from former heart-throb Nick Lachey, because potential suitors are put off by her celebrity status.