Writer Nick Hornby joins Jonathan to discuss his script for An Education, a new British film predicted to be a contender for major awards. Plus a location report from Michael Caine's upcoming urban drama, Harry Brown, and reviews of new releases including the thriller Dead Man Running and the animated feature, 9.
Jim Carrey, Bob Hoskins and Colin Firth head the cast as Dickens' Victorian classic meets 21st century technology in A Christmas Carol 3D. Plus George Clooney and Ewan McGregor in the satirical comedy The Men Who Stare at Goats, the life and loves of John Keats in Bright Star and high school horror with Transformers star Megan Fox in Jennifer's Body.
Jonathan reviews Michael Caine's new urban drama Harry Brown, the disaster movie 2012, and Amelia, the biopic of world famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart, starring double Oscar winner Hilary Swank. Another Academy Award recipient, director Ang Lee, joins Jonathan in the studio to discuss his latest film Taking Woodstock.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon continues the hugely popular, teen-targeted romance set amid the world of vampires and werewolves. Plus two typically distinctive films from leading American film-makers, as Steven Soderbergh directs Matt Damon in The Informant and the Coen brothers present A Serious Man. While writer and director Stephen Poliakoff explores the hidden history of appeasement in Glorious 39, starring Bill Nighy and Julie Christie.
Jonathan reviews Paranormal Activity, the low-budget US box office sensation, and two very different new British comedies - Nativity, with Martin Freeman as a primary school teacher attempting to stage the perfect Christmas play, and the surreal Bunny and the Bull.