Political intrigue in State of Play

Apr 24 2009 by Lizzie Struthers

OSCAR winner Russell Crowe plays an investigative reporter in the American political thriller State of Play (12A).

Ben Affleck stars as an up-and-coming US congressman whose career is threatened when his mistress is murdered.

Washington reporter Cal McCaffrey (Crowe) is sent to investigate. His investigation becomes compromised by his friendship with the congressman and the demands of his ruthless editor (Helen Mirren).

Seth Rogen plays a mall security guy who is trying to catch a flasher in his bid to join the police academy and get the girl of his dreams in the comedy Observe and Report (15).

In the horror film The Uninvited (15), Anna Rydell (Emily Browning) returns home to her sister – and best friend – Alex (Arielle Kebbel) after a stint in a mental hospital. But her recovery is jeopardised thanks to her cruel stepmother, aloof father, and the presence of a ghost in their home.

Jason Statham is back as Chev Chelios in Crank 2: High Voltage (18) and is chasing a mobster who has stolen his almost indestructible heart.

Friendless Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) goes on a series of man-dates to find a best man for his wedding in the comedy I Love You Man (15).

Reese Witherspoon voices Californian girl Susan Murphy, who grows 49ft tall in the family fun adventure Monsters vs Aliens (PG).

She is taken to a secret government compound full of monsters who are called on to save the world when an alien robot lands on Earth.

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker return for the latest Fast and Furious (12A) high speed thriller.

Fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) has to hook up with his old foe Brian O’Conner (Walker) in a race across LA and through Mexico.

A taxi driver picks up two runaway teenagers who have supernatural powers, and finds himself in a magical adventure in Race to Witch Mountain (PG).

A failed high school basketball star is given a second chance when he is miraculously transformed back to 17 Again (12A). The film stars Zac Efron.