Director: Brad Peyton
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Josh Hutcherson, Michael Caine, Vanessa Hudgens, Luiz Guzman
Certificate: PG
Trailer

Centuries of French literature, film and fantasy fiction and it has come down to this: Are The Rock's nipples bouncy enough to make Journey 2 fun? The answer is easy: Yes.

You see, Dwayne Johnson, for all his limitations, possesses that one crucial thing: charisma. And the ability to play the ukelele. So that's two things. (Four things if you include both his pecs.)

Shoved in a sequel to a film that people seem to dislike - despite it being rather good - Johnson effectively plays the lead as step-father to Alex (Hutcherson), the least memorable (yet only surviving) character from Journey to the Centre of the Earth 3D. Hutcherson is fine as the geeky teen, but Alex is such a non-entity that we need someone to root for. In case The Rock's nipples can't cut it, we also get Michael Caine as Alex's granddad. Riding a giant bumblebee. 

So really the question is this: Is Michael Caine riding a giant bee enough to make Journey 2 entertaining? That one's easy: hell yes.

Director: George Miller
Cast: Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Pink, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Hank Azaria, Ava Acres
Certificate: PG

It's hard to believe that a movie about singing penguins could be so unloveable. After weeks of cooing over BBC's Frozen Planet, there's no better time to release this sequel to 2006's Happy Feet (it won an Oscar, remember). But after 20 minutes of singing, tapping and nonsensical storytelling, you soon give up on the adorable little animals and pine for David Attenborough, praying for a leopard seal to come along and kill them all.

The Titanic 3D trailer turned up online last night - and it looks all reassuringly familiar.

James Cameron’s “Titanic” is an epic, action-packed romance set against the ill-fated maiden voyage of the R.M.S. Titanic, the pride and joy of the White Star Line and, at the time, the largest moving object ever built. 

says the official synopsis. And we all know where it goes from there. Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) meets Rose (Kate Winslet). Jack draws naughty pictures of Rose. Rose runs away from Billy Zane. The ship sinks. Everyone dies. And Billy Zane flounders about with a gun.

I'll be honest: I have a massive soft spot for Titanic. James Cameron is making a heck of a lot from this re-release, but the chance to watch it (probably for the 20th time) on a IMAX screen? I'm as excited as that Italian friend Leo has at the beginning of the film who disappears about halfway through and probably suffers an excruciatingly painful watery death.

Titanic 3D is in UK cinemas on Friday 6th April 2012 - 9 days before the 100th anniversary of the ship's sinking. It's going to be big. And even if you're not a fan of the film, let's face it, if you're not looking forward to seeing Billy Zane in a wet tux holding an M1911 pistol IN 3D, there's probably something wrong with you.

Read on for the trailer.

Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Cast: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris
Release Date: Friday 9th December

John Cho and Kal Penn reprise their title roles in “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas,” which picks up six years after their last adventure. Following years of growing apart, Harold Lee (Cho) and Kumar Patel (Penn) have replaced each other with new friends and are preparing for their respective Yuletide celebrations.

But when a mysterious package mistakenly arrives at Kumar’s door on Christmas Eve, his attempt to redirect it to Harold’s house ends with the “high grade” contents—and Harold’s father-in-law’s prize Christmas tree—going up in smoke.

With his in-laws out of the house for the day, Harold decides to cover his tracks, rather than come clean. Reluctantly embarking on another ill-advised journey with Kumar, through New York City, their search for the perfect replacement tree takes them through party heaven—and almost blows Christmas Eve sky high.

I spent a lot of time geeking out over the fourth video blog from The Hobbit. Peter Jackson. 48fps. And Red cameras named after The Beatles. It's almost enough to get you excited about 3D.

The concept art actually looks great through my crappy red/blue glasses. Can you imagine Figwit in 3D? 

Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost
Certificate: PG

It’s not 2D. It’s not in French. It’s not racist. For some purists, that means this isn’t Tintin. But while Spielberg’s cinematic outing is a travesty for grumpy diehard fans, it has a lot going for it.

Given Tintin's tradition of globetrotting adventures, the Indiana Jones director is a natural fit for a film based on the comic books. Indeed, he was once declared by the author to be the only guy who could do it - and judging by this colourful treasure hunt, he may have been right.

It wasn't the London Film Festival Surprise Film, but it was still an unexpected pleasure to be sent the new 90 second trailer for Martin Scorsese's Hugo.

The live action take on Brian Selznick's novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, is Scorsese's first 3D film - something that a lot of people are going on about. But you know what's more exciting than that? It's set in the early 1900s during the birth of film. And one of the main characters is pioneering cinematic legend Georges Méliès (the man who created the groundbreaking and endearingly cute A Trip to the Moon). And he's played by Ben Kingsley.

Chloe Moretz, Sacha Baron Cohen and Christopher Lee also make an appearance, but on the plot alone of Selznick's book, I'm already hugely excited - and so is Scorsese, judging by the way he talks to the camera about recreating a period Paris train station.

Hugo is out in cinemas on Friday 2nd December. Read on for the new trailer. 

After the phenomenal success of The Lion King in 3D (now showing in UK cinemas), Disney announced last week that it would re-release several of its classics in three dimensions, including Beauty and the Beast, Finding Nemo and The Little Mermaid.

It was hardly a shocking move from the studio, but there's one key thing that everyone is forgetting: Ariel. The sexiest fish-woman in the world.

HELLOOOO, 3D

There's nowt like getting up at 10 in the morning to go to a roundtable interview with the directors of the greatest Disney movie ever made. That's 10am US Pacific Time, by the way. So yes, I made a special effort and got out of bed at 6pm to make a long journey all the way to the interview. That's a virtual interview, by the way.

After getting up before 6pm, walking across the room to the computer and shouting a few things in South African in the Rafiki style, I was ready to go. All that because The Lion King is out in cinemas again today? I wouldn't have made all that effort for something stupid like Cars, you know.

So anyway, here's what Roger Allers and Bob Minkoff had to say (or type, whatever) about Hamlet, Elton John and post-converting the Disney classic into three dimension as we threw virtual questions at them through the circle of WiFi (ahem).

The Lion King is re-released in UK cinemas in 3D this week. It's done phenomenally well at the US box office, taking around $79.6 million in three weeks - no surprise, really, given that it's the greatest Disney film ever made. Hamlet with lions? Yes please. Just look at the poster and say you're not excited:

Sadly, the 3D doesn't add anything new to Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff's animated masterpiece - seeing it on the IMAX a few years ago in 2D was just as moving and visually spectacular as the new, more expensive, version. But either way, this is The flipping Lion King we're talking about. And any chance to see its hand-drawn brilliance on the big screen should never be ignored.