There’s a disturbing message for kiddies at the heart of this disappointing motion-capture film – think 'The Polar Express' to picture what is on screen – and it’s this: if you don’t appreciate all the things mom does for you strange aliens from outer space might well come and take her off.

IF YOU are going to watch the pilot episode of the US version of Shameless (Thursday, RTÉ Two, 9.55pm), you’ll need to put all thoughts of the Manchester version out of your head.

The re-release of this wonderful film in 3D simply emphasises just how clever and entertaining it was from the outset, filled as it is with little characters who enchant us.

Bimbo makes good – she being the always watchable Fisher, here majoring in a lead role – in this lightweight rom-com that entertains without forcing the gray cells into any action whatsoever.

The little dears will tell you anything. So when sci-fi writer John Cusack, recently widowed, and female friend Peet adopt a little lad (Coleman) they fall prey to his tall tales of being recently arrived from Mars.

If you think the sky's falling on your head best to be sure. CL causes alarm by raising a false alarm and is suitably embarrassed; until it happens later, for real.

Kate Hudson continues to be ill-served by the films she finds herself in. She is a much better actress than lightweight candy floss such as this allows her to be.

The School of Rock stars the slightly nuts Jack Black as Dewey Finn, a loser with one saving grace - his love of music.

Chuck Jones, who created all of the wonderfully-manic Warner Brothers cartoon characters, once told me that his favourite was the ill-fated Daffy Duck.

A fun movie which manages to be old-fashioned - off-beat teacher at a snooty college gets the snooty kids into rock 'n' roll and annoys their snooty parents and snooty teachers - as well as charmingly funny and richly entertaining.

It’s A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie is a clever parody of the treasured Christmas classic, It’s A Wonderful Life.

Brother and sister John and Joan Cusack have both dropped out of the cast of the remake of The Stepford Wives for family reasons.

Country singer Faith Hill is joining Nicole Kidman in the rapidly-expanding cast of the remake of The Stepford Wives, which is due to begin filming in June.