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Slightly more broad and over-the-top than before, but still well observed and one of the sharpest, funniest comedies on the box.

When Pixar are good, they are very very good, and this is.

There's a difficult place between homage and pastiche, between nostalgia and the new.

As each of the Indiana Jones films has demonstrated, iconic talismans from the past can still conceal an awesome power.

Ford is charismatic as ever as the whip-wielding hero, looking eternally hard-done-by but always up for more.

You can’t help thinking that West would have made a better (and perhaps more genuinely unsettling) film if he’d focused more on the inner demons of his young protagonists

Not many films are as important to the future of humanity as Interstellar.

One of the best films of the period, as well as one of the best ever made on race relations.

Sawadogo gives a potent, revealing performance which is sadly wasted in a story without impulse or direction.

A film that grips right from the beginning with its noirish visuals and unmistakable sense of menace.

The fusion of the crime thriller’s grim reality with the otherworldly fantasy of the ghostly confederate army is, for the most part, very effective.

One of the best documentaries I’ve seen in a long time.

A shallow, stagnant film that whiffs of plagiarism.

The film works on almost every level, particularly its central relationship.

You feel the urgency to improve things. You feel their dilemmas. “In Africa, 100% democracy is not working. Especially after war.”

The film has a pristine, timeless quality.

Lawrence knows his film’s real strength lies in simply putting the man and his relatives fully back into the heart of this equation.

Meryl Streep looks more and more fabulous in each new role and is clearly having the time of her life here.

If the film does not test your patience, you should probably check your pulse.

The film preserves a sense of immediacy and is achingly relevant for our times much in the same way Cathy Come Home was for the Sixties.

Álvarez's talent for highlighting the delicate expression of nature offers the narrative a meditative feel.

There is plenty of toilet humour for the kids but adults will struggle to raise a smile.

If a member of cast could save a film, Michelle Williams would be the person to hire, since her central performance in this muddle of a movie is the only thing that stops it being unwatchable.

The film is clever. It is violent and merciless, also.

The pace may seem deliberate but the Coens obviously want us to uncover the character's layers gently rather than him being delivered ready-made.

The whodunit elements of these stories are as smart as a Saville Row suit.

John Thaw's portrayal of Morse stands amongst the truly great.

The script by Anthony Minghella is witty and fluid.

Gooding and Hopkins give it the works... pity the script lets them down.

An abstract, uncanny experience.

In the woods, we are firmly placed in the shoes of the children and slowly start to understand the adults through their songs.

The film suffers from a profusion of good taste

The microcosm of the children's world is exceptionally well drawn.

Boll mistakes unexplained action for plot and hammy dialogue for exposition.

This New Zealand shocker keeps you guessing.

There are about 10 poofta jokes per episode, which is a shame, as this show is excellently written and so very funny.

It is good to see Kristin Scott Thomas, often underused, in a role which makes real demands on her talents.

Does an impressive job of connecting with the man behind the myth.

Sometimes funny, sometimes very tense, and ultimately poignant too.

Monaghan and Fessenden are cast perfectly and have a great onscreen rapport, reminding me of a re-vamped Abbott and Costello.

It gave me a sum total of four large belly laughs, a couple of outright chuckles and a whole lot of burying my head in my hands in shock/distaste/pain.

Soiled underwear and vomit are given high marks.

It is as though Glaudini expects character tics to substitute for plot development.

Jaws 3-D ultimately suffers from the same problem as many cute animal films aimed at kids. It spends far too much of its time on boring humans.