Living is easy with eyes closed...

but watching a movie isn't! And you'll want to keep your eyes wide open for the entire (almost) three hours of Across The Universe.

I admit that I am a shameless Beatles fan. If they did a Trivial Pursuit Beatles Edition I could win it, competitively. So the movie was pure, sweet indulgence of my longest lived hobby (being a groupie).

The film is a musical (Beatles music if you hadn't gathered that), in the same way that Mamma Mia was for ABBA. It stars a bunch of people you haven't seen before but will soon be seeing a lot of (I know, I checked) with cameos from Joe Cocker, Salma Hayek, Bono and Eddie Izzard (not wearing a dress at all, but still, thankfully, in leather pants).

Even if you're not a huge fan you can still enjoy the movie, everyone knows a Beatles tune or two to sing along with throughout the show and the story is quite lovely. The visuals are, however, amazing, and sometimes like totally psychadelic man.

For music and clips check out the highly interactive Web site: http://www.acrosstheuniverse.com/