FlickPicks: Steve Jobs, art and archeology Geoffrey Rush plays the toffy art dealer Virgil in The Best Offer. What to see at the movies this weekend, with Leigh Paatsch. Geoffrey Rush (left) and Jim Sturgess in a scene from film The Best Offer. You heard the one about the obsessive-compulsive old auctioneer and the beautiful young agoraphobic? Didn't think so. While the core premise of THE BEST OFFER does read as the setup for a joke, this Italian-made, English-language drama takes itself very seriously indeed. Perhaps too much so, but never at the expense of an intrigued audience. Geoffrey Rush is in fine form here as the toffy art dealer Virgil, a cultured control freak who drops his guard when he falls for the mysteriously mercurial shut-in Claire (Sylvia Hoeks). The film is not without its share of flaws - the intentionally stilted dialogue will get on some folks' nerves - but does just enough to deliver upon expectations. Co-stars Jim Sturgess, Donald Sutherland. {General release} Pompeii: Live from the British Museum is now screening at Event Cinemas Hornsby. A magnificent special event, not to be missed: an extended tour of the British Museum's acclaimed recent exhibition Life And Death In Pompeii And Herculaneum. A vibrant team of renowned experts guide us through the hours before and after that fateful day in 79AD when Mount Vesuvius erupted without warning, burying (and preserving) two nearby cities in the process. The exhibition features over 400 rare artefacts, many of which have never been seen outside their native Italy before. POMPEII: CAPTURED IN HD FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM is only playing a handful of sessions this weekend, so you be better be quick. Highly recommended. {Limited release} Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs, left, and Josh Gad as Steve Wozniak in a scene from the film "Jobs." Picture: AP Photo/Open Road Films, Glen Wilson Source: AP A hi-tech biopic where Two and a Half Men's Ashton Kutcher plays the late Apple creative genius Steve Jobs? Sounds like a case of computer error, right? Wrong. If JOBS as a movie does successfully communicate its subject's duelling personas as peerless innovator and master irritator, then the plaudits must go to a surprisingly credible Kutcher in the lead role. The principal focus of the movie is on the years between the foundation of Apple, Inc. in a suburban garage and Jobs' return to the company after years in exile for being an absolute prat. To the filmmakers' credit, they do not hold back on illuminating viewers on the dark side of the man. However, many of his sudden mood swings are hard to fathom. Worth checking out if you have an interest. Just don't go expecting anything in the same league as the superb The Social Network, OK? {General release}