Film reviews

<p>Adam Driver in ‘Megalopolis’ </p>

Francis Ford Coppola’s $120m self-funded Megalopolis is no car crash

Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza and a cross-dressing Shia LaBeouf are among the many stars giving quite mannered performances in this eagerly anticipated and deeply flawed sci-fi spectacle

<p>Anya Taylor-Joy in ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ </p>

Mad Max prequel Furiosa is emotional, witty and savage

<p>Bea (Cailey Fleming) and an imaginary friend (voiced by Steve Carell) in ‘IF’ </p>

Ryan Reynolds comedy IF unsuccessfully aims for Spielbergian wonder

<p>One of the apes of ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’, as played by Eka Darville</p>

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes has great apes, but stale humans

<p>Abela in the Amy Winehouse biopic ‘Back to Black’ </p>

Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black is cringeworthy and queasy-making

Despite strong performances from Marisa Abela and Jack O’Connell as the late icon and her one-time husband Blake Fielder-Civil, Sam Taylor-Johnson’s controversial film tiptoes around judging anyone who isn’t part of the paparazzi – Blake and Amy’s father Mitch get off scot-free

Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black is cringeworthy and queasy-making

Despite strong performances from Marisa Abela and Jack O’Connell as the late icon and her one-time husband Blake Fielder-Civil, Sam Taylor-Johnson’s controversial film tiptoes around judging anyone who isn’t part of the paparazzi – Blake and Amy’s father Mitch get off scot-free

<p>Abela in the Amy Winehouse biopic ‘Back to Black’ </p>

<p>Uncanny: Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell as Emily Maitlis and Prince Andrew in ‘Scoop’ </p>

Scoop immaculately recreates Prince Andrew’s Newsnight interview

<p>Behind you!: Sonia Braga and Nell Tiger Free in ‘The First Omen’</p>

Who would have thought a prequel to The Omen would be so brilliant?

<p>Kid (Patel) is the philosopher-poet called reluctantly to violence in ‘Monkey Man’ </p>

Dev Patel does it all in his bloody directorial debut Monkey Man

<p>Frenemies: Indira Varma and Olivia Williams in ‘The Trouble with Jessica’</p>

The British farce The Trouble with Jessica mocks wealth with zeal

<p>Frenemies: Indira Varma and Olivia Williams in ‘The Trouble with Jessica’</p>

The British farce The Trouble with Jessica mocks wealth with zeal

<p>Anne Hathaway in ‘Mothers’ Instinct’ </p>

The timid Anne Hathaway melodrama Mothers’ Instinct needs more kitsch

<p>Who you gonna call?: Ernie Hudson and Bill Murray in ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ </p>

The new Ghostbusters is a silly and scary return to franchise fun

<p>Adam Sandler in Netflix’s ‘Spaceman’ </p>

Adam Sandler is on serious form in the confused Netflix film Spaceman

The comedian adds another serious role to his filmography – but he’s let down by a film that suffers from an identity crisis

Adam Sandler is on serious form in the confused Netflix film Spaceman

The comedian adds another serious role to his filmography – but he’s let down by a film that suffers from an identity crisis

<p>Adam Sandler in Netflix’s ‘Spaceman’ </p>

<p>Gasp: Jessie Buckley and Olivia Colman in ‘Wicked Little Letters’</p>

A sweary Olivia Colman is enough to sustain Wicked Little Letters

<p>Traumatised: Jessica Chastain in ‘Memory’ </p>

Jessica Chastain rises above the contrived misery of Memory

<p>Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham in ‘Treasure'</p>

Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham make for a fun double act in Treasure

<p>Spidey sense bungling: Dakota Johnson in ‘Madame Web’</p>

The disastrous Madame Web seems embarrassed by its own existence

<p>Spidey sense bungling: Dakota Johnson in ‘Madame Web’</p>

The disastrous Madame Web seems embarrassed by its own existence

<p>Kingsley Ben-Adir in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ </p>

Bob Marley: One Love is yet another watered-down celebrity biopic

<p>Lily James and Zac Efron in ‘The Iron Claw’ </p>

The Iron Claw will chill you to the bone

<p>Emma Stone in ‘Poor Things’</p>

Emma Stone stuns in the odd, surreal and grotesque Poor Things

Oscar winner plays a dead woman brought back to life by a mad scientist who embeds her unborn baby’s brain in her head

Emma Stone stuns in the odd, surreal and grotesque Poor Things

Oscar winner plays a dead woman brought back to life by a mad scientist who embeds her unborn baby’s brain in her head

<p>Emma Stone in ‘Poor Things’</p>

<p>Callum Turner leads the boys in the boat of, um, ‘The Boys in the Boat’ </p>

George Clooney’s The Boys in the Boat is handsome but risk-free

<p>One knight’s stand: Anthony Hopkins as the humanitarian Sir Nicholas Winton in ‘One Life’</p>

Anthony Hopkins dramatises the That’s Life! hero in a poignant biopic

<p>Cailee Spaeny in ‘Priscilla’ </p>

Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla will be uncomfortable viewing for Elvis fans

<p>Hayao Miyazaki’s eagerly anticipated ‘The Boy and the Heron’ </p>

An anime legend makes a grand return with The Boy and the Heron

<p>Hayao Miyazaki’s eagerly anticipated ‘The Boy and the Heron’ </p>

An anime legend makes a grand return with The Boy and the Heron

<p>Braking point: Adam Driver portrays Enzo Ferrari at a time of spiritual crisis </p>

A dubiously accented Adam Driver stumbles through the rusty Ferrari

<p>What a sinker: the titular hero of the disappointing ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ </p>

Aquaman 2 is a brainless finale to the DC universe

<p>Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman in ‘May December’ </p>

May December delves into subjects other dramas wouldn’t dare touch

Todd Haynes has directed a film with so many deliciously clashing styles that it’s as much a trashy soap as it is a torrid, probing melodrama

May December delves into subjects other dramas wouldn’t dare touch

Todd Haynes has directed a film with so many deliciously clashing styles that it’s as much a trashy soap as it is a torrid, probing melodrama

<p>Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman in ‘May December’ </p>

<p>Joaquin Phoenix is reliably brilliant as the all-conquering Bonaparte in ‘Napoleon’ </p>

Joaquin Phoenix is perversely watchable in the thrilling epic Napoleon

<p>Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler in ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’</p>

The Hunger Games prequel is a limp, dystopian spin on Romeo & Juliet

<p>Sandra Hüller in ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ </p>

Sandra Hüller is a one-woman puzzle in the stunning Anatomy of a Fall

<p>Brie Larson in ‘The Marvels’ </p>

The Marvels is marvellous, and doesn’t deserve its bad press

<p>Brie Larson in ‘The Marvels’ </p>

The Marvels is marvellous, and doesn’t deserve its bad press

<p>Michael Fassbender in David Fincher’s ‘The Killer’ </p>

David Fincher’s The Killer doesn’t offer anything fresh or new

<p>Mia McKenna-Bruce in ‘How to Have Sex’</p>

Teens go wild in the stark, devastating How to Have Sex

<p>Sense of loss: Laura Linney and Maggie Smith in ‘The Miracle Club’</p>

Maggie Smith can’t salvage the superficial, sentimental Miracle Club

Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s faith-based drama is exactly the sort of film you suspect was made to cater to American, rather than Irish, tastes

Maggie Smith can’t salvage the superficial, sentimental Miracle Club

Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s faith-based drama is exactly the sort of film you suspect was made to cater to American, rather than Irish, tastes

<p>Sense of loss: Laura Linney and Maggie Smith in ‘The Miracle Club’</p>

<p>Olivia Marcum in ‘The Exorcist: Believer'</p>

The Exorcist: Believer is boring and parched from a lack of scares

Alden Ehrenreich and Phoebe Dynevor in ‘Fair Play’

Ugly, sexy drama Fair Play goes inside Wall Street boys club

Mawkish patriotism lets down Michael Caine in The Great Escaper

<p>Ebla Mari as Yara in ‘The Old Oak’ </p>

The Old Oak isn’t classic Ken Loach, but it’d be a solid send-off

<p>Ebla Mari as Yara in ‘The Old Oak’ </p>

The Old Oak isn’t classic Ken Loach, but it’d be a solid send-off

<p>Take a bow: ‘Saw X’ brings back some much-needed tongue-in-cheek mischief to the horror franchise</p>

Saw X brings back some much-needed mischief to the franchise

<p>Benedict Cumberbatch in ‘The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar’ </p>

Wes Anderson’s latest Roald Dahl adaptation is pure loveliness