The Childhood Of A Leader

A fascinating and hypnotic debut.

Wiener-Dog

The Intent

Jason Bourne

Stalker

Suicide Squad

Some Like It Hot

An out and out American great.

Notes on Blindness

It’s a deeply personal film, moving and necessary

When Outline met Spielberg

Who says we didn’t deserve to be there? No one, that’s who.

Stand By Me

There is literally nothing not to like about it.

The BFG

Ultimately, it’s the little things about this giant movie that, sadly, bring it down to size

Ghostbusters

A perfect amount of ghostbusting and humour

Embrace of the Serpent

Very impressive and equally immersive

Elvis & Nixon

More Heartbreak Hotel than White House Rock

Tale of Tales

A fantastical folklore-filled feature

Where To Invade Next

A rare two hours of unadulterated optimism

X Men: Apocalypse

I’m done.

NUA Animation & Film Graduate Show

Technical excellence and brilliant storytelling

Sing Street

Like a musical Ferris Bueller

The Nice Guys

A good introduction to one of Hollywood’s more creative, original, mainstream movie-makers

Grave of the Fireflies

A wonderful quality of magic and innocence

Our Kind Of Traitor

It certainly looks good

Everybody Wants Some!!

A very well-observed study of aggression, competitiveness, friendship, and “maleness.”

Green Room

A tense 90 minutes

Run Lola Run

This film brilliantly stirs the senses

Son of Saul

It's a difficult watch and extremely raw

Captain America : Civil War

A spectacular masterclass in ensemble character film making

Miles Ahead

Cheadle rocks the house.

Captain America : Civil War

As Marvel enters its third phase, all bets are off.

The Brand New Testament

Our Father, who art in Belgium.

Eye In The Sky

A clever, ethical and tense film

Victoria

A unique example of filmmaking.

Midnight Special

Lacks a big red glowing heart.

Disorder

A thriller with small thrills and a slow start

Eddie the Eagle

An easygoing and inspiring watch

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice

Fair to middling.

High-Rise

I wouldn't want to live there

Eye in the Sky

A well paced, intellectually intriguing thriller.

Anomalisa

Entrancingly sombre and creative

The VVitch

One hell of a disturbing film.