1. 'I thought this was the end of my career'

In Kung Fu Panda, Dustin Hoffman plays his first animated character, but it wasn’t quite what he expected.

2. Kung fu flick is fighting fit

With so many CGI animations these days, it is perhaps understandable that the majority stick to a tried and tested formula.

3. 'I steer clear of ambitions'

4. Invisible woman? Not Lucy

THE first time I realise journalist and author Lucy Cavendish is a mother first and foremost is when I try to get hold of her for an interview.

5. Get past the gore and it’s a cut above the rest

Sweeney Todd is bloody good. Well, it is bloody at least. Good? That is up for debate.

6. His dark materials

If you're looking for an antidote to the über-girly antics of Sex and the City and the mainstream nonsensicality of Indiana Jones, Bruce Dickinson’s Chemical Wedding proposes a viable alternative.

7. Narnia calls to film audiences again

I joined a crowd of youngsters at a cinema in London’s West End for a preview of Prince Caspian, the second movie in Disney’s big-screen version of the next chapter in The Chronicles Of Narnia.

8. Consider yourself a flea, a rat or a roach

They turned up at South Hill Park on Good Friday with nothing more than a passing acquaintance with the songs of the hit musical Oliver!

9. Girls show how it’s done...

POPULAR comedienne Lucy Porter will bring her new show to theatres near Reading this weekend and next month.

10. CHEAP GAGS, BUT GIRLS ARE ON FORM