At Cineworld Rochester this week ....

We've lots of good new films out this week. Ecological epic Avatar is still on in 3D , along with Tim Burton's vision of Alice in Wonderland and heroic adventurer Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. Cert 15 jumper The Crazies and supernatural adaptation The Lovely Bones should thrill but there's also plenty for the kids with Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Princess and the Frog, Aliens in the Attic, Hachi - A Dog's Tale, Leap Year and Planet 51 playing.

For the rest of us, the listings include Karthik Calling Karthik, The Bounty Hunter, I Love You, Phillip Morris, Green Zone and the scary looking Shutter Island!

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I've got the book - I'll have to drag the family along as I'd really like to see it. LIke you say, it's a great cast and a huge pool of myth and legend to draw from.