The story of two men whose fateful encounter in 1996 set them on a course of events that led them to Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, Guantanamo, and the US Supreme Court.
The slow-burning two-hander first half gives way to a revelation-heavy final hour, where every new sub-Shyamalan surprise only confirms how much Oblivion is ripped off from superior sci-fi that knows its game better.
One of the few humans left after alien atacks on Earth begins to question his misson.
Obra is as layered as the past it seeks to uncover.
In São Paulo, a young architect discovers a clandestine burial on the worksite of his first important project, located in a lot belonging to his family.
I found myself half-laughing at moments of acidic and keenly observed characterisation before being blasted with horrific crassness and vicious violence.
Mall cop comes off his meds, and the world had better watch out!
The film - whose bleached palette drips with melancholy - is, ironically given all those pent up emotions Uchida wants to outwardly express, best in its quieter moments.
Two women in Tokyo face a wave of anxiety after the south-east Asian tsunami.
Likely to please younger audiences who will find the simple, fairy story style arc comfortingly familiar and the central protagonist quirkily relatable.
A magical little boy changes the lives of a childless couple and the community they live in.
It's down to Yelchin to convince us to care, and it's to his credit that he generally manages to pull this off.
Odd Thomas sees murdered dead people and feels it’s his duty to make the people responsible pay for their sins. He works with the local police chief but one day he encounters something that may be too big for either of them to handle.
The tension between Philippe and his dad ultimately drives the film in ways that lead Salle to cut corners with other characters and leave it caught in the doldrums when Niney is absent.
Biopic of the underwater pioneer Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
The integrity of Depeyron's direction, which avoids the grotesque in favour of the human spirit, is matched by an imaginative and unexpected use of the camera.
A man's recovery in hospital after being disfigured on the fields of France during World War One.
Although Steve Carell is an undoubtedly talented actor with fantastic comedic ability, his shouty boss frequently overplays things and lacks the subtlety that made Gervais’ Brent so watchable.
This is the official biodoc, which means the alcoholism is understated, the missed training sessions glossed over and the women mentioned briefly in dispatches.
Documentary about the well-loved Man Utd football star.
With no hard endorsement from any sort of doctor or a counter-argument to kick against, the assertions regarding psychiatric drugs feel dangerously flimsy.
Exploration of pharamceutical companies' ethics and reach.
The sketches are parodies of What The Butler Saw, titillating sexual fantasies taken a little further and given unexpurgated dialogue to shock the audience into nervous laughter.
The soft porn stage sensation of the Seventies filmed in the theatre, naked and unashamed.
Polanski has crafted something that already feels like a classic film, beautiful to look at, combining accurate period detail with a certain gothic expressionism and brimming with earthy characters and high drama.
Lavish adaptation of Charles Dickens' tale of an orphan who crosses paths with a pickpocket.
Despite his illustrious career, Peck has never bettered his performance as the tortured father, torn between duties to his family and to the wider world.
A diplomat and his wife begin to suspect that there is something inherently evil about the child they are raising.
