A generic cop thriller that rumbles along thanks to a quality cast but ultimately offers nothing fresh.

“You did well!” Bening tells Driver. Writer/director Burns deserves the same praise, and more besides.

Proving there’s life in the zom-com yet, Forsythe’s down under rib-tickler might just be 2019’s funniest film.

Driver and Johansson face off to stunning effect in Baumbach’s finest feature to date. So good it hurts.

A solid sequel that hits the right notes and entertains without ever being quite as satisfying or essential as the original.

A so-so Christmas romance undercut by some baffling choices, musically and narratively. A wasted opportunity.

Jillian Bell goes the distance in an inspirational comedy that’s funny, fresh and feelgood.

Cut from the same cloth as I, Daniel Blake, Loach’s latest is a powerful state-of-the-nation dispatch.

Don’t overlook this spiritual sequel to "The Shining." But don’t expect it get close to Kubrick’s original, either.

Dark Fate gets more right than it gets wrong (just about, anyway), and there’s an undeniable thrill in seeing Hamilton and Schwarzenegger reunited onscreen for the first time in almost three decades. But this fourth attempt at crafting a worthy sequel to James Cameron’s peerless sci-fi double bill only just gets passing marks.

Gore and guffaws go hand in weapon-wielding hand in a belated follow-up that struggles to replicate the original’s winning formula.

An uninspired and unnecessary sequel that won’t leave you spellbound. There’s neither enough Maleficent or genuine magic to make it worth a revisit.

The ghosts of Scorsese’s past can be found in these gaunt GoodFellas. An engrossing and, yes, haunting epic.

El Camino, then, offers a final – if not wholly necessary – farewell to some of the greatest characters ever put to television screens. And Jesse, poor Jesse, finally gets the closing chapter he deserves.

Zellweger knocks it out of the park, lighting up this punchy and moving late-life biopic with big-hearted, big-voiced panache.

Come for the technical innovations, stay for… hmm. Two Will Smiths for the price of one just ain’t worth it.

Not subtle (and might put you off getting hitched), but hits its mark with baseball-bat force.

Awkwafina and Zhao shine in a deft comedy-drama with a higher US per-screen take than Avengers: Endgame.

There’s still a thrill seeing Stallone dig out a classic character for one last rumble, but this is formulaic action fare.

Riotously told and enthusiastically performed, Hustlers is hugely entertaining. Edgy, provocative and full of ker-ching

Two immensely enjoyable central performances and some of the best race sequences yet filmed fuel an otherwise standard sports movie.

Daniel Craig is on fine form leading a killer cast in Rian Johnson’s boisterously enjoyable murder mystery. All the evidence points to a winner.

For those seeking comfort, kindness and a sense of cherishing in a turbulent world that seems to reward cruelty over caring, A Beautiful Day will be cinematic balm. Surrender to it and bring tissues.

Though it dabbles with the horror of the Third Reich it never examines their worst atrocities ... And that perhaps, is too careless in today’s world of a rising far right and stealth dictatorships. But if you’re looking for giddy escapism, Bowie tunes and an unapologetic good time with a side order of remembrance for of WW2, then you’ll have as much fun as the cast clearly had making this.

A fleet-footed and boisterously enjoyable Dickens adaptation that breathes new life into a well-worn story. A winning Dev Patel leads a highly amusing cast.

A mix of the intimate and cosmic that shoots for the stars. You’ll float… and sometimes bump back to earth.

More character study than comic book movie, and anchored by an Oscar-worthy Joaquin Phoenix, Joker is a bravura blockbuster that proves you don’t need superpowered scraps to dazzle.

A World Cinema Dramatic prize winner at Sundance, Hogg’s best film yet is an instant British classic.