Some movies just ooze fun and this is surely one of them. Ashton and Amanda shine on as different, yet compatible, goofballs in this gentle and well-written romantic comedy. Meeting accidentally in an airport 7 years ago (accompanied by a timely 90s soundtrack) Emily and Oliver hit it off but part ways. And at the end of each relationship they stumble upon and/or find each other again. It should be cheesier than it is but the chemistry and obvious fun shared by Peet and Kutcher make this film be find out more...

Jess is a Sikh teenager with a passion for football, something that her traditionalist parents, who want her to grow up as a nice Asian girl with an arranged marriage and cooking Aloo Gobi, are horrified by. After making friends with white girl Jules she is introduced to the local womens' team, for whom she must play without her parents' knowiledge, and where she develops a forbidden love interest with the coach. Poor girl, her parents find out everything she does, and imagine worse. A witty find out more...

11. Blue Balls Lagoon; Vince and Mandy are exposed while Drama 'exposes' his 'feelings' to Brooke Shields. find out more...

A group of Smith College alumnae get together to celebrate the birth of the son of a pair of their friends. Katie and Victoria are trying to reconcile their former radical politics with their new bourgeois lifestyle, Luce, a buff stunt actress, brings along her girl-toy, Josie and Maria haven't seen each other since Maria went straight and Gina's making the money but not the ladies. This is a well-written, honestly acted movie making it a refreshing change and a joy for the cadre of female actor find out more...

Franny and Jane and Christine all have money, Olivia does not. Formerly a teacher, Olivia is now smoking pot and cleaning houses. But her struggle mirrors her friends' in more ways than they'd like to admit. Writer/director Nicole Holofcener comes up trumps again with witty and intelligent dialogue in this film and a human pace which takes time to revel in awkward situations and real life tribulations. Much like in 'Lovely and Amazing', she takes what might seem mundane and somehow makes it univ find out more...

Seven strangers seven stories, lots of emotions, both physically and emotionally expressed and all with one mutual strand of commonality. Full Frontal is a return to indie roots for Soderbergh, the director behind studio monsters such as Traffic and Ocean's Eleven and if not entirely successful it still makes for an intriguing, engrossing and often amusing observation of the animals that inhabit the Hollywood zoo. A bizarrely brilliant performance from the always fabulous Catherine Keener as a n find out more...

(sigh) Imagine catching the eye of your true love as you're walking down the aisle...and it's not the person waiting for you at the altar. Love at first sight is the high concept in this charming and witty British romance. Rachel loves her new husband Hector but ever since meeting Luce, the florist at her wedding, their future seems uncertain. Could you give up your entire past for a feeling you're not sure even exists? The cast of well-drawn characters includes a completely likable Hector who y find out more...

Charlotte has joined her new husband in Tokyo, but what she had hoped would be an adventure for them both finds her marooned and alone. Staying in the same hotel is Bob, a jaded film star in the city to do a whiskey commercial, and it is only when the sleepless pair meet in the hotel bar that their depressed isolation begins to lift. Lost in Translation is remarkably simple in its conception, two people who would seem to have nothing in common, but who form a bond of affection and unspoken under find out more...

Finally! A popular 'indie' movie written and directed by a woman! This film shines with wit and warmth and brains, interesting people, beautiful dialogue and dark, dark humour. find out more...

Small-town girl Muriel is fat, frumpy, belittled by friends and family and absolutely desperate to get married. When she seizes a chance to hit the bright lights of Sydney, she's well on the way to changing her own destiny. Wickedly funny and often cruelly sad, but always hugely enjoyable. A delight! find out more...