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Roald Dahl's novel of supernatural women who want to rid the world of children becomes a film which shows some pretty nice effects.

It stars Angelica Huston as the Grand High With who holds a meeting at a hotel, where at the same time a former witch hunter and her grandson, Luke, are staying. The Grand High With is then battled against by the two while Luke has been turned into a mouse.

It's a pretty gruesome film due to the fact that children will be watching. The film may prove a little too much for them but it's great, with good performances and some enchanting music at the start, the film gives the look of a real family movie. ****

Myke Myers returns as the hip swinging spy, Austin Powers to stop Dr. Evil who has returned from space to go back in time to steal Austin's 'mojo'. You might as well forget the plot because it doesn't really mean anything. The movie gets its kicks with Austin's usual jokes, Dr. Evil's brilliant quotes and a lot of other ideas. The film is good and pretty funny, it's just not exciting and fresh like the original. A fun film. ***

It's not a bad thing that a comicbook has become a big Hollywood film but there's something about the movie that says, I shouldn't like this but I do.

There are ideas that aren't great and action scenes that have been seen everywhere, but the film provides an entertaining look on geeky teen Peter Parker(Tobey Maguire in good form)becoming a superhero with superpowers that he has inherited from a radioactive spider. The film also tries to stress the fact that,"With great power comes great responsibility". This quote is said to much and soon you find yourself saying, "We know". With that the film also gives action scenes that are good, some actors that shouldn't be there and a pretty unoriginal ending that we've seen time and time again. ***