Keighley Picture House: About a Boy

Hugh Grant swaps smooth cad for sarky lad in this version of Nick Hornby's thirty something best seller.

Grant, minus the annoying public schoolboy floppy fringe, plays Will Freeman who lives off the royalties of an annoying Christmas ditty penned years ago by his dad.

Content to waste his time watching TV and mooching around music shops, he is a perpetual liar who can't, and doesn't, want to hold down a relationship.

Then a brief fling with a single mum encourages him to "invent" his own kid and go in search of other victims.

But his plans come off the rails in this British comedy when he meets hippy mum Fiona (Toni Collette) and her 12-year-old son Marcus (Nicholas Holt), who is just as confused about life as Will.

Could this pair teach each other a few valuable lessons?

About a Boy (12) shows from today at Keighley Picture House.

Panic Room

Imagine you are a multi-millionaire who wants to make sure that no one else gets their mitts on your cash or, more importantly, you. The solution for some Americans is to build a hi-tech hideout - a "Panic Room" - to protect themselves.

In this new thriller Jodie Foster stars as a recently divorced mother who has to defend her home and her daughter against a gang of burglars who have invaded her New York home.

They hide in their panic room in a bid to escape the clutches of the raiders, played by Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam and Jared Leto.

Set in one house over one night, expect plenty of tension in this the thriller by Se7en and Fight Club director David Fincher.

Panic Room (15) previews on Thursday and runs from Friday.

Bend It Like Beckham (12) shows daily until Thursday.

Prehistoric animated adventure Ice Age (u), children's fantasy Return to Neverland (u) and teen road movie Crossroads (pg), starring Britney Spears, all show tomorrow and Sunday