Flashbacks Of A Fool (15)

Daniel Craig’s pulse-raising baby blues (not his swimming trunks, sorry) brood away by the sea again as the off-duty Mr Bond plays a big-time Hollywood actor with a dark ‘n’ mysterious past. A huge cast including Eve, Claire Forlani and Lily Allen’s ubiquitous little bruvva Alfie prop the ugly toad up.

Time Out 3/6: "An ambitious but disappointing, regret-filled psychodrama."

Total Film 3/5: "Flashbacks is a case of cinematic coitus interruptus, starting with some teasing, pleasing foreplay, shifting into a slightly forced rhythm and flagging by the home stretch."

The Guardian 2/5: "It's like an awkward (and how could it not be awkward?) marriage of The Cement Garden and Beaches; an intriguing bit of driftwood, an exotic wreck."

Fool’s Gold (12A)

Ian Brown, John Squire, Mani and Reni star in a screwball comedy featuring hats, 5-year benders and … oh, except they don’t. Here’s a romantic comedy about buried treasure starring Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughy and Donald Sutherland doing a funny British accent instead.

Daily Mirror 2/5: “A treasure-seeking update on Romancing The Stone – only without any romance and with our leading man’s acting abilities standing in for that piece of rock.”

The Independent 1/5: "Only a sadist could have thought that it would be a good idea to reunite Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson."

The Times 1/5: “I padlocked myself to a large anchor and jumped into the Thames."

Happy-Go-Lucky (15)

Back-street abortions with Imelda Staunton are so 2006. This year, Mike Leigh goes chirpy with his film about the big-grinning London teacher, Poppy.

Daily Mirror 4/5: "As sweet, enticing and delectable as a giant, heart-shaped lollipop."

Evening Standard 4/5: "Not merely a nice confection but an entire confectionary shop of sweets."

Total Film 4/5: "Hawkins’ performance as Sally is a marvel of detail and delicacy; just as nuanced and lived-in as Ryan Gosling’s troubled teach in Half Nelson (minus the crack-pipe)."

Botched (12A)

Stephen Dorff – oh, I loved the early ‘90s – plays a professional scoundrel sent to Russia after surviving a heist that goes horribly wrong. Then he’s taken hostage. Warning: trailer is swimming in blood and gore (or possibly ketchup).

Total Film 2/5: "A sadly apt title for this crimer-cum-splatter-com."

The Independent 2/5: "The mostly British cast are obliged to talk in heavy "Russian" accents – Jamie Foreman almost eats his own tongue in hamming it up. "

The Guardian 1/5: “Its natural state is disarray - so much so that there's a tragicomic quality to the way in which Stephen Dorff is shown picking his way through a wreckage of dropped threads and cheesy Ree-yussian accents, presumably in search of the career he left behind."