Films showing in the Bournemouth region until 16 May.

About a Boy (12): Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Nicholas Hoult ****

Sterling adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel. UCI, Odeon, ABC

Bend It Like Beckham (12)

Parminder Magra, Keira Knightley****

Two girls dream of playing pro-football to the dismay of their parents. UCI, Odeon

Crossroads (PG) ***

Britney Spears, Dan Aykroyd, Kim Catrall

Britney debuts in road trip tale. Odeon (Sat, Sun)

The Count of Monte Cristo (PG)

Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce****

Plenty of swash and buckle in this version. UCI

Dark Blue World (12)

***

See review. Odeon

Dog Soldiers (15)

****

See review. UCI, Odeon

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (U)

Dee Wallace, Drew Barrymore ****

Digitally-remastered print of alien fairy story. UCI (Sat, Sun)

Ice Age (U)

(voices): Ray Romano, John Leguizamo***

Mammoth, sloth and sabre-toothed tiger save baby. UCI, Odeon

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (U)

(voices): Debi Derryberry, Patrick Stewart ***

Oscar-nominated kids' animated comedy about kid who makes parents disappear. UCI (Sat, Sun)

Monsters Inc (U)

(voices): John Goodman, Billy Crystal****

Animated creatures collect kids' screams. Odeon (Sat, Sun )

Panic Room (15)

Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Jared Leto ****

A mother and daughter are trapped when three burglars break in. UCI, Odeon

Return to Neverland (U)

(voices): Blayne Weaver, Harriet Owen **

Winsome Peter Pan sequel. UCI (Sat, Sun only)

Roadkill (15)

Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski ***

Teen shocker B-movie in which three kids upset a trucker. UCI, Odeon

Room for Romeo Brass (15)

Andrew Shim, Ben Marshall, Bob Hoskins ***

Funny yet frightening tale of two friends and a stranger. K1 bar, Terrace Road, Bmth (Mon)

The Scorpion King (12)

The Rock, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kelly Hu ****

Prequel to The Mummy Returns. UCI, ABC

The Shipping News (15)

Kevin Spacey, Judi Dench ***

Lonely man seeks peace but finds romance. Tivoli (Mon-Thurs)

Showtime (12)

Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy, Rene Russo ***

Knowing send-up of reality TV cop shows. UCI, Odeon

Slackers (15)

Devon Sawa, Jason Schwartzman ***

See review. UCI

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (PG)

Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen

Reported to be something of a rebirth for Star Wars with bigger, better battles, a stronger story and more endearing characters. UCI, Odeon (Thurs)

Tunko Na Bhool Paayenge (PG)

Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Pankaj Dheer ***

Bollywood action hit. Odeon (Wed)

What's Cooking (12)

Joan Chen, Mercedes Ruehl, Kyra Sedgwick ***

Four families celebrate Thanksgiving in LA. Regent (Fri, Sat)

Cut-price children's shows (Sat, Sun)

Help I'm a Fish (U)

(voices): Alan Rickman, Terry Jones ***

UCI