The Judge

With our colds almost gone now, the tickly coughs subsiding, and the weather tempting us to stay in, we joined just three others at the cinema this afternoon to see "The Judge".

1. A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder. He sets out to discover the truth and along the way reconnects with the family he walked away from years before.

Starring Robert Downey Jnr and Robert Duvall, it was an excellent film, and unusually long at 142 minutes. The director made the most of every minute, though, and Downey and Duvall's performances were exceptional.