1. Sellers are so dull

ITV has proven itself to be good at copying things. Strictly Come Dancing became such a huge hit that Dancing on Ice suddenly appeared, and the popularity of Doctor Who, I’m sure, had no bearing at all on Primeval hitting our screens.

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4. Not all that smart

Get Smart is the latest in a select line of US television shows from the 60s to get the Hollywood remake treatment.

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. Teenage kicks

Based on the popular books by Louise Rennison – Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging and On the Bright Side, I’m Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God – and adapted for the screen by Bend It Like Beckham’s Gurinder Chadha, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging has the credentials for a good film.

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. This is a cut above the rest

Having existed for some years as a stage musical, it was only a matter of time before it was adapted for the screen and who better to take on the task than cult filmmaker Tim Burton?

9. Also showing: Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (18)

Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter team up for this Tim Burton-directed film based on the classic Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical about a Victorian barber intent on revenge.