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The story boils down to a pretty familiar chase scenario.

Without the all-star cast, it's easy to imagine X-Men: Apocalypse as a dismal failure, but the somewhat nonsensical script is rescued by the performances.

This was a great chance to cover one of the most iconic storylines in the history of comics, squandered by not handing the script to a five-year-old child in order to iron out some of the more egregious errors prior to filming.

A strong film with an impressive central performance by up and coming star Asa Butterfield.

Carrey has managed to find a middle ground for his divisive brand of comedy, using his natural humour to its fullest extent but steering clear of excessive slapstick.

Fear festers like the cut of a rusty scythe.

The film, shot on 16mm by Sean Williams, gives the film a retro out-of-time feel and Betzer gives us room to think, the spartan scripting matched by a minimalistic approach to the music.

Nothing plays out as you expect, with Ramsay maintaining an unsettling staccato that keeps both the action and the viewer on edge.

This is a low budget film but the production design is full of little touches that carry us back to the same nightmarish place.

Is it possible to make an interesting film where only one man remembers The Beatles? Probably. Is this it? Probably not.

What emerges, despite the magic realist trappings, is a classic Coppola tale; Like Kurtz and Michael Corleone, Dominic is a man alone, haunted by his memories and driven to tragedy by the essence of his character.

It's a well constructed, well paced, well made film, but it's poised and polished and professional where one might hope for something a bit more ramshackle, a mite more rebellious.

This modern fairytale has its dark side, but it’s not as grim as something the Brothers Grimm would have concocted.

Although the editing sometimes jars, Fulci juggles smooth, elegant camera moves with nimble handheld work to get the balance of dramatic build-up and visceral action just right.

Arthur de Pins, adapting his graphic novel, alongside co-director Alexis Ducord gets caught between the adult ideas of protest and class war, and the more kid-friendly adventures.

An affectionate, touching piece.