A surprisingly entertaining showdown sequel which opts for no funny stuff and doing the simple things well.
Shoddy, rushed sequel that rides ramshod over past glories without offering anything new and exciting to this stale franchise.
By Emma Fraser
A harrowing yet incredibly human look at survival in the most desperate circumstances from director JA Bayona.
Dakota Johnson delivers a remarkably disinterested performance as a clairvoyant superhero in this shoddy Spider-Man spin-off.
A ripe set-up in which a family of ducks migrate in the wrong direction is squandered in this haphazard and empty family animation.
By Rógan Graham
Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares' feature debut is a kinetic, prescient thriller about gentrification and isolation in a near-future version of London.
Jeymes Samuel's second feature follows the misadventures of one of the thieves who ended up on the cross next to Jesus Christ himself.
By Mark Asch
Less a swansong and more a heronsong from the Japanese maestro Hayao Miyazaki, a mystical and ambitious message of hope for the future.
Aggressively unmemorable return to a garish CGI Atlantis in which Jason Momoa’s sub-aqua regent wards off another potential apocalypse.
Our atomic friend returns for a runout on the battered landscape of post-1945 Tokyo in Takashi Yamazaki’s stripped back action epic.
Gather round and listen close... Paul King’s dazzling prequel to Roald Dahl’s beloved story is a joyous expression of pure imagination.
Michael Fassbender plays a contract killer suffering some professional setbacks in David Fincher's lean, mean new thriller.
By Leila Latif
Gareth Edwards serves up a visually ambitious story of war between humans and A.I. beings in this heartfelt sci-fi spectacle.
Wes Anderson adapts a Roald Dahl short story with his signature attention to detail and visual panache.
Abandoned by his owner, a happy-go-lucky terrier must learn to survive on the mean streets in this dire comedy, packed with poo jokes and crotch-bothering.
DC plunders the musty vaults for material and comes up with a poppy Latino riff on the boilerplate superhero yarn.
Greta Gerwig's behemoth blockbuster is a stranger, more fascinating film than its hyper-corporate marketing would suggest.
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