By Matt Thrift
Ralph Fiennes directs this staid biography of ballet maestro and political dissident, Rudolf Nureyev.
Felicity Jones takes on the mantle of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in this earnest but toothless biopic.
By Elena Lazic
Rosamund Pike plays the late war correspondent Marie Colvin in this standard-issue biopic.
Kenneth Branagh directs and stars in this familiar and rather silly William Shakespeare biopic.
Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali embark on a tour of the Jim Crow south in Peter Farrelly’s crowd-pleasing buddy comedy.
Melissa McCarthy and Richard E Grant are on top form in Marielle Heller’s melancholy tale of forgery and friendship.
Adam McKay’s played-for-laughs portrait of former VP Dick Cheney strays into Bond villain parody.
This consummate documentary sheds new light on the life and career of the late Swedish master.
Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie play duelling monarchs in this lifeless period piece.
Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet play a father and son pushed to the edge in this tender drug addiction drama.
By Adam Nayman
If nothing else, this tawdry political drama proves that Jason Reitman is no Steven Spielberg.
By Beth Webb
Keira Knightley plays the eponymous French author in a biopic which doesn’t match the imagination of its subject.
Robert Zemeckis and Steve Carell bring heart and humour to the story of Mark Hogancamp, but offer little insight.
Olivia Colman is sublime as Queen Anne in Yorgos Lanthimos’ absurdist period tragicomedy.
By Rory Marsh
Jason Isaacs narrates this road-trip documentary about a group of bikers on a Holocaust pilgrimage.
Chris Pine is ill-cast as Robert the Bruce in this disastrous historical epic from writer/director David Mackenzie.