THE PIANIST (15)

Powerful Holocaust drama marks a return to form for Polish master Roman Polanski.

Odeon, Worcester 2.00, 5.00, 8.00.

FAR FROM HEAVEN (12A)

See feature, right.

Odeon, Worcester 12.30, 3.50, 6.15, 8.45. UCI Merry Hill 1.00, 3.30, 6.15, 8.45

MAID IN MANHATTEN (PG)

Jennifer Lopez is Marisa Ventura, a street savvy, single mother who works as a maid in a Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life - enter handsome, debonair heir Ralph Fiennes.

Odeon Worcester 1.00, 3.50, 6.15, 8.45. UCI Merry Hill (7.15 Sat/Sun only). Warner Village (12.00 Sat/Sun only), 2.40, 5.30, 8.20. Sat late 11.00

JACKASS THE MOVIE (18)

TV spin-off in which an assortment of characters continue to need immediate psychiatric evaluation.

Odeon Worcester (12.15, 6.30, 9.00 Fri and Mon-Thurs) (6.30, 9.00 Sat/Sun only) UCI Merry Hill 3.00, 5.15, 7.30, 9.45. Warner Village (11.30 Sat/Sun only) 1.50, 4.20, 6.50, 9.20. Sat Late 11.30.

THE RING (15)

Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) discovers a bizarre videotape that kills its viewers seven days after they see it. She becomes aware of strange forces and teams up with her photographer ex-lover Noah (Martin Henderson) and supernaturally gifted young son Aidan (David Dorfman) to save herself.

Odeon, Worcester 12.30, 3.50, 6.15, 8.45. UCI Merry Hill 1.15, 4.15, 6.45, 9.15. Warner Village (12.40 Sat/Sun only), 3.20, 6.10, 9.00. Sat late 11.40.

TREASURE PLANET (U)

Disney relocates classic yarn Treasure Island to outer space in this futuristic full-length animated feature, directed by the double-act responsible for Aladdin and Hercules.

Odeon, Worcester (12.45, 3.30 Sat/Sun only) UCI Merry Hill (12.00, 2.15 Sat/Sun), 5.00. Warner Village (11.20, 1.35, 4.00)

THE HOURS (12A)

Weaving together the stories of three women facing similar dilemmas in different eras. The Hours is unquestionably one of the films of the year. Nicole Kidman, sporting a prosthetic nose which renders her almost unrecognisable, submerges herself in author Virgina Woolf's melancholy; Julianne Moore is heartbreaking as the dutiful home-maker, and Meryl Streep is superb as ever as a woman living vicariously through others.

Odeon, Worcester (3.30, 6.00, 8.30 Fri & Mon-Wed) (6.00, 8.30 Sat/Sun only). UCI Merry Hill (1.45 Fri & Mon-Thurs), (5.45, 8.30 Not Thurs)

THE WILD THORNBERRYS (U)

The hit children's cartoon makes it to the big screen. The animation is colourful and vibrant, and the comedy and action propel the plot along at a brisk pace.

Odeon, Worcester (2.15, 4.15 Fri & Mon-Thurs), (12.15, 2.15, 4.15 Sat/Sun only). UCI Merry Hill (11.45, 1.45 Sat-Sun), 3.45. Warner Village (12.30, 2.50Sat/Sun).