By Anton Bitel
This stylishly directed “requel” trickily rakes over the grave of the original Scream films, but please, no more!
Jessica Chastain’s passion project is a questionable espionage thriller that flaunts its international cast of A-Listers.
Netflix rings in the new year with an austere World War Two espionage thriller from director Christian Schwochow.
Asghar Farhadi’s exceptional Iran-centred drama is a soulful reflection on the morality of crime.
Despite some compelling performances, Michael Pearce’s sci-fi thriller fails to live up to the promise of his debut, Beast.
By Lou Thomas
Neil Maskell is a man on a mission in writer/director Paul Andrew Williams’ furious and formulaic revenge thriller.
Paul Schrader continues his God’s Lonely Man project with Oscar Isaac in-tow as a tormented professional poker player.
This exceptional debut feature from Andreas Fontana takes in a search for a missing banker in ’70s Argentina.
This time-travelling neo-giallo from Edgar Wright contains a few stunning sequences, but flubs the final act.
Michael Myers runs amok once more in director David Gordon Green’s strangely lacklustre slasher sequel.
Daniel Craig’s last dance as a Double-O agent brings the present chapter of the long-standing spy saga to a sentimental close.
At 91, Clint Eastwood delivers a low-slung neo-western charmer about an old dude taking one final shot at redemption.
Merchants of chaos Nicolas Cage and Sion Sono team up for a fleet-fisted tale of redemption and uprising.
There’s plenty to admire in this social drama from first-time directors Bertrand Desrochers and Darragh Carey.
Karen Gillan leads an all-star squad of female contract assassins in Navot Papushado’s all-action misfire.
A young woman tracks down her biological mother in Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy’s gripping study of trauma and identity.
Morality, justice and the limits of the law are explored in this clichéd adaptation of Ferdinand von Schirach’s bestselling novel.
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