Motley Crüe biopic The Dirt captures the ecstatic truth of ‘80s hair metal
Rude, crude, wilfully offensive and shamelessly self-aggrandising.
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Fighting With My Family is briskly pleasing despite being a WWE exercise in brand maintenance
This Rocky-off-the-top rope biopic is too safe.
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Triple Frontier is an entertaining popcorn movie that thinks it’s more than a popcorn movie
Its brawn is more impressive than its brains.
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Minding the Gap is a wonderful, heart-warming documentary about American skateboarders
This wonderful documentary deserves every one of its many accolades.
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Bill Nighy is in reliably stellar form in the delightful and bittersweet Sometimes Always Never
Bill Nighy is a genius.
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The MCU finally gets a headlining female superhero in the uneven but worthy Captain Marvel
This highly anticipated epic is uneven but worthy.
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New York-set horror film Greta has demented dedication and juicy scares a-plenty
A mash-up of Mommie Dearest and Single White Female.
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In the old geezer heist drama King of Thieves, the true crime is a lack of ambition
A novel but lacklustre spin on the ageing thespian genre.
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Melodrama reigns in Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem mystery thriller Everybody Knows
Excellent leads and Farhadi’s baseline quality make it a solid watch.
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John Travolta’s career hits rock bottom with the true crime embarrassment Speed Kills
Burn every copy of this film to the ground. TO THE GROUND
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Undermined: Tales from the Kimberley tells vital stories about an incredible natural landscape
The Kimberley region is one of the most untouched natural landscapes in the world.
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Netflix drama The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a stirring directorial debut from Chiwetel Ejiofor
This drama understands the value of showing as much as telling.
