DVD review: The Time Traveler’s Wife
More soft-centre than sci-fi, the bestselling novel has become a likable film, says Rob Mackie
DVD review: Creation
It may be on the sombre side, but this biography of Charles Darwin is absorbing and well-made, writes Rob Mackie
Precious review – raucous drama of African-American lowlife
It has been treated with too much reverence, but much praised drama about an abused teenager has a heartfelt lead performance by Gabourey Sidibe
Los Angeles: Portrait of a City
William Skidelsky enjoys a history of the City of the Angels in photographs
The World’s Wife
Mrs Freud, Mrs Faust and Mrs Orpheus spill the beans in this remarkable performance of Carol Ann Duffy's witty, subversive poems, writes Kate Kellaway
Joseph P Kennedy’s Hollywood Years: The First and Only Outsider to Fleece Hollywood by Cari Beauchamp
Joe Kennedy's murky dealings are revealed in this scrupulous biography, says Sarah Churchwell
Fun Inc: Why Games are the 21st Century’s Most Serious Business by Tom Chatfield
Fun Inc is a compelling defence of the much maligned but fantastically successful computer game, writes Naomi Alderman
Must You Go?: My Life With Harold Pinter by Antonia Fraser
It may lack sensational revelations but Antonia Fraser's memoir of married life with Pinter is eccentric and hilarious, says Rachel Cooke
Grimm Tales
Library, ManchesterGrimm Tales crafts something new from old by setting Carol Ann Duffy's vibrant retellings of the Brothers Grimm's Household Tales to a wonderfully creepy musical score, writes Lyn Gardner
The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
James Lasdun enjoys a masterpiece of storytelling
The Road review – respectful adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic tale
As a father and son journey across a desolate America, this loses some of its power by swerving the novel's more shocking aspects
The Road
A stark adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel brings out all its harrowing yet ultimately life-enhancing qualities, writes Philip French
The X Factor; BBC Sports Personality of the Year; How Do You Solve a Problem Like Lolita?; Jamie’s Family Christmas
Simon Cowell gave us plenty of stuffing on ITV as the BBC offered sport without personality, while an engaging BBC4 film tackled Nabokov's troubling obsession, writes Phil Hogan
Concerning EM Forster; Bury Place Papers
At 90, Frank Kermode remains our finest literary critic. Two more incisive volumes cement his reputation, says Rónán McDonald
I Drink Therefore I Am by Roger Scruton
Anthony Quinn enjoys Roger Scruton's passionate appreciation of fine wines, even if some of his recipe suggestions leave much to be desired