The bitter cynic within me — located just left of the pancreas, if we’re being precise — would want nothing more than to rip into the manipulative emotional rollercoaster that is Cameron Crowe’s We Bought a Zoo, the kind of on-rails Hallmark drama where every ascent is followed by a predictable fall. Yet preventing such a scathing report is my inner romantic, a resident of the heart who shows up [...]

The way we recognise and deal with events in our lives often comes in the form of correlation. If we can relate an event to something from our past, or use the most relevant expression then we often have the ability to deal with things effectively. You would expect this film to have some form of preaching in terms of the consequences of creating mistakes, with the premise that looks aren’t everything. And Hollywood seems to have a thing for films with writers or reporters unlucky in love. However, All About Steve’s presentation takes a different turn with a slightly impulsive way of viewing life.

One would have thought that after the monstrosities that were Norbit and Meet Dave, the only way was up for Eddie Murphy. Yet he continues to treat his career like it were a game of limbo, as Imagine That sees the once gifted comedian stoop to a horrendous new low. To put bluntly, it’s cinematic torture; Murphy’s every attempt at inducing laughter repeatedly falls flat like a line of dominoes, leaving it up to his 9 year old co-star Yara Shahidi to pick up the pieces. Yet even she hasn’t enough charm to salvage what is quite possibly one of 2009′s biggest disasters.