BLACK BAG (15) 94mins ★★★★☆ THIS MI6 spy thriller features one former James Bond, one almost Bond and another potential one. It even has a former Miss Moneypenny actress thrown in for good luck. F…
IN 21st century Britain, David Blakely could have been locked up for domestic violence and coercive control. Not only did the playboy racing car driver allegedly manipulate his partner Ruth Ellis, …
September 5 (15) 95 mins ★★★★☆ GEN Z is going to be confused by this historical drama set way back in 1972. At the centre of the story is a TV producer who makes circular motions to dial phone numb…
SATURDAY NIGHT (15) 109 mins ★★★★☆ ONCE you’ve seen the first ever Saturday Night Live sketch you’ll wonder how the show lasted a week let alone half a century. The skit featuring the late, great J…
THE BRUTALIST (18), 215mins ★★★★★ IT’S always an issue during a very long film – when to get up to go to the loo. What are you going to interrupt while forcing people in your row to stand up and, m…
A HOST of British talent is up for Oscar glory – but look likely to stay in their seats when the names are pulled out of the envelopes. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has sel…
MANCHESTER City boss Pep Guardiola has been so stressed out in recent months he has sworn at autograph hunters and bled from scratching his head. He is suffering the worst run of results in an impe…
WHEN Paul Mescal won the lead role in the new Gladiator movie sequel, he didn’t plan to get a ripped body. But by the end of training for the part of a Roman swordsman fighting to the death in the …
SHE has long fought to clear her name after being wrongfully convicted of the horrific murder of Meredith Kercher. But now Amanda Knox’s career since the brutal 2007 slaying is being question…
Paddington In Peru (PG) 106 minutes ★★★★☆ AT the world premiere of Paddington in Peru, new director Dougal Wilson joked that only a fool would try to step into the shoes of his predecessor Pa…
FOR most film fans, Danny Dyer’s football hooligan character Tommy Johnson was his ultimate role. But the former EastEnders actor almost missed out on the part in classic Noughties film The Footbal…