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She found fame as the tough cookie in The Fast AndlheFMrious and since then Eva Mendes (right) the 2yeaNld Cuban-American actress has been quite the busy lady Not counting the two films opening over Christmas In which she stars (thriller OutOfTtmevUVh Denzel Washington and Family brothers comedy Stuck On You -see page 12) Mendes Is In the process of writing an educational book entitled Crazy Leggs Beshee When she says: 1 feel intake on the responsibility of showing the world a whole different kind of Latin woman' she means ft 0 ii jJ- 'i -5 Vr S'F'pr v-4 'i -w 5 mr i 7 J's-'' -d 1 going back to the JM Barrie a sensual surreal and (PG) Jason terrifying Hook book and play writerdirector sometimes dark Isaacs Jeremy from Jason PPJ Hogan has refashioned the exploration of burgeoning Sumpter Rachel Isaacs this is a immortal tale of Peter Pan in a adolescent sexuality and HuniJWood revelation and refreshingly adult and literate the difficulty in letting go nfr-pi Hoaan should send children manner (with Jeremy Sumpter Rachel of childhood A fabulous- noan and adults alike scurrying Hurd-Wood Harry Newell arid looking film richly 105mln into the bookshops to Freddie Popplewell above) laying to saturated in colour and reclaim novel as rest the ghost of the Walt Disney played with admirable restraint by the seriously it version for good Like Jonathan the ensemble cast including a truly undoubtedly is Opens Ri 26 Dec groundbreaking television movie of Alice In Wonderland this is lvlOF6 11CW F6lC3SGS Oil P3CJ6 12 footage including some wonderful amusing (and erotic) i segments of early pornography distressing images of Nazi children plus obscure material that illuminates the human condition in surprising ways A wonderful unique movie that must be seen Odeon Wardour Street BROTHER BEAR (U) Joaquin Phoenix Jeremy Suarez Rick Moranis Din Aaron Blaise Robert Walker US 85min Allegedly Walt Disney's swansong for two-dimensional animation this is a dull-witted more-holistic-than-thou cartoon about three prehistoric Native American brothers and their relationship with the animalspiritual world Warner Village Finchley Road UCI Whiteleys UGC Chelsea Warner Village Islington Warm Village West End CALENDAR GIRLS (12A) Helen Mirren Julie welters Celia Imrie Dir Nigel Cole UK 108min Up to the point at which the skin shots are published Calendar Girls is a total success: a well- upholstered British farce which manages to be both emotionally engaging and full of good-natured smut It then starts to move in a more ambitious direction (MS) Curzon Mayfair Odeon Mezzanine Odeon Swiss Cottage DEAD END (15) Ray Wise Alexandra Holden Un Shaye Din Jean Baptiste Andrea Fabrice Canepa FrUS 83min A family of five in a car turn off the highway to take a shortcut and get lost In the woods where bad things lurk and worse things happen (Nearly) everybody dies Nil points for originality As an exercise in genre film-making on a budget however it is nearperfect UGC Hay market LE DINER DE CONS (15) Jacques Villeret Thierry Lhermitte Francis Huster Din Francis veber Fr lOOmin French boulevard comedy about a jape -invite the biggest dope you can find to dinner -that backfires on its perpetrators Perfect Gallic misanthrophy Curzon Mayfair These cinema details are correct from FH 19 Dec for one week only.