Even though there are at least four major releases this week, the multiplexes are still top heavy with screenings of Spider-Man 3, Shrek 3 and Pirates 3.

Knocked Up will score best of the new releases but won’t knock Pirates from its box-office perch.

It could take some searching but if The Page Turner is playing in your area, check it out.

It’s a deliciously sinister French revenge tale about a young girl who is given an opportunity to strike back at the woman she believes ruined her chances of a great music career.

The poor older woman is completely unaware that 10 years earlier she shattered the dreams of this young woman she has invited into her home to care for the family’s son.

It’s an icy thriller that really works.

On DVD this week is Hannibal Rising a thriller without too many thrills.

It sets the stage for Hannibal Lector’s reign as the feared cannibal.

Gaspard Ulliel plays the young Hannibal who takes revenge on the soldiers who killed his younger sister during the Second World War.

Gong Li is his aunt who helps unleash the monster Hannibal was to become.

It’s gruesome but much too plodding.

Still as a rental, it’s worth checking out.

Calgarians looking for some gore Shakespearian style can check out Mob Hit’s Titus Andronicus, one of the Bard’s most blood-drenched dramas.

For some great bloody laughs there’s Front Row Centre’s musical spoof The Little Shop of Horrors.

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