Change of Address posterAfter last week’s pathet­ic attempt at weath­er fore­cast­ing, I will refrain from sug­gest­ing any­thing oth­er than there are three new films at the movies this week.

First up, slip­ping in to the wee cinemas at the back of the Para­mount is French romantic com­edy Change of Address. Musi­cian Emmanuel Mouret has arrived in Par­is without accom­mod­a­tion and is approached by Fre­derique Bel about shar­ing her flat. Ignor­ing the life-rule that goes “Don’t f*ck your flat­mates, don’t mix your drinks” they become, er, acquain­ted. Com­plic­a­tions ensue. Change of Address is described by Urb­an Cine­file in Aus­tralia as “play­ful and amus­ing”. Para­mount only.

I saw Nev­er Back Down yes­ter­day and I’m not giv­ing too much away if I tell you that it is then most repuls­ive and objec­tion­able film I have wit­nessed in a long time. As Ken Duncum once said (in anoth­er con­text) not only should this film nev­er have been made but all those respons­ible should have to atone for hav­ing made it. Read­ings (and maybe Regent-on-Man­ners but their web site is down).

Finally Def­in­itely, Maybe is a romantic com­edy star­ring Ryan Reyn­olds and Abi­gail Breslin (relax, they’re not the romantic­ally entwined couple – give her a few more years yet). Breslin plays Reyn­old’s 11-year-old daugh­ter who wants to know why Daddy is get­ting divorced. Through the medi­um of exten­ded flash­back, Reyn­olds then tries to explain his life and how he and her moth­er fell in love. The twist: we don’t find out which of his three sig­ni­fic­ant former lov­ers is his one true love until the end. Read­ings.

I’ve slipped a bit behind in review­ing cur­rent releases thanks to the Show­case but these three plus Rambo, Bon­neville and The Eye will be reviewed at Funer­als & Snakes next Wed­nes­day.