Cellular: Starring Kim Basinger (pictured), Chris Evans, William H. Macy, Jason Statham. Director: David R. Ellis

A clever thriller that wrings every possible plot device out of mobile phones, as kidnap victim Kim Basinger's attempts to call for help randomly connect her to laid-back hunk Ryan (Chris Evans).

Disbelieving at first, he's quickly drawn into ever more desperate attempts to convince the authorities that he's not mad and to try and trace the call before it reaches a deadly climax.

Pacey direction keeps it all moving smoothly, and there's an excellent supporting role by William H Macy as the thoughtful but dogged cop who gets in over his head.

Wimbledon: Starring Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany, Sam Neill, Jon Favreau. Director: Richard Loncraine.

We've got accustomed to the fantasy world of Hollywood romantic comedies by now - unlikely couples defying the odds and pursuing love with the aid of fluke events and happy coincidences amid chance settings. But having a British tennis player doing well at Wimbledon - that's just stretching the bounds of movie reality too far, surely?

Paul Bettany is the man who takes centre stage and centre court as past-his-prime tennis professional Peter Colt, nearing the end of his career, slipping down the rankings and preparing for his last-ever Wimbledon.

One of those typical rom-com moments allows him to meet rising star and "bad girl of tennis" Lizzie Bradbury (Kirsten Dunst). She's nude in the shower, he's smitten, and before you know it they're keen to pursue their own mixed singles love match.

This sort of pre-game warm-up serves to fire up the previously under-achieving Colt, as he plays his way towards the Men's Singles final.

But the late-night workouts are not helping his American girlfriend's form, much to the dismay of Lizzie's controlling manager and father Dennis (Sam Neill), who wants to see the relationship hit a double-fault.

Bettany produces an ace performance, as the audience waits to see if love can triumph? Which would seem more likely than it providing British tennis success.

The Punisher: Starring: Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos. Director: Jonathan Hensleigh

The most brutal vigilante in comics makes his return to the big screen. When Frank Castle's (Thomas Jane) entire family are wiped out by evil Howard Saint (John Travolta), the former FBI man dons a skull motif T-shirt and sets out as the Punisher to exact bloody vengenge.

Which he does. In deadly, merciless fashion. In a grim and gloomy movie world that begins to consider the nature of vigilantism and how a man can be driven by love and hate, but which becomes over-earnest and a little ridiculous.

Mark Miseldine