Puss in Boot Movie posterThis spin off from the Shrek franchise is built around Antonio Banderas doing that voice as the titular swashbuckling moggy. But Salma Hayek is underwhelming as Kitty Softpaws, further reduced to lack-lustre side-kick in the second half. Since all the best gags and fairy tale characters have been used up, we get a half-hearted villain in Humpty Dumpty, well animated, and well voiced by Zach Galifianakis, but no match for Prince Farquad.

Previously, we've raved about Up and Wall-E at the top of the animation league, but Shrek favourite Puss in Boots fell well short of high hopes and expectations. It is another technical tour-de-force form Spielberg's Dreamworks studio, the Shrek style emboldened by the presence of Guillermo del Toro as executive producer; there can be no complaints in the quality of the animation or assembly of artwork, voice and musical talent.

However, this uneven hotch-potch of fairy tales for the kids and movie pastiches for the adults looks too much like a video game for long spells and runs out of decent gags half way through. Read more of this post