The girl with the dragon tattoo has made a gritty return to the big screen.

Brimstone & Glory shows some stunning visuals that capture the beauty of fireworks.

Westwood is a more measured examination of a designer still working.

The secret world of a teenager's digital life is explored in this desktop thriller.

On Chesil Beach delivers solid performances and an intriguing story about love and sex.

With all its pomp, ceremony, feathers and wigs, Interlude in Prague is a sumptuous film.

Mary Shelley is the timely story of an early feminist, writes Toby Woollaston.

Edie is a story of one woman's journey that defied all odds.

Tag follows a group of friends in a highly spirited game of tag that goes for years.

Toby Woollaston looks at the latest installment of the Ocean's franchise, Ocean's 8.

The Bookshop is certainly no page-turner, but is engaging enough, writes Toby Woollaston.

Mr Stein Goes Online was not as good as expected, for Toby Woolaston.

Walking out deftly balances pervasive tension with tender moments of father-son dynamic.

Peter Rabbit's attempt to appeal to the widest possible audience falls flat.

Mary Magdalene is a thought provoking movie that highlights the flaws of the church.

Annihilation is a brooding, haunting, and at times quite scary sci-fi brain-burner.

Game Night is a cheerful black comedy with no subtext but lots of fun.

Lady Bird is a small film with a big heart that focuses on mother / daughter relations.

Phantom Thread shows Paul Thomas Anderson doesn't seem capable of putting a foot wrong.

What if you could be shrunken to a miniature version of yourself?

The body-swap gag has graced the silver screen many times over the years.

The Greatest Showman is full of catchy tunes and a feel-good vibe.

Seldom do sports dramas work but Borg vs McEnroe makes a solid effort.

In Wonder, Stephen Chbosky has negotiated the foggy area between trite and truth.

The Killing of a Sacred Deer will no doubt divide its audience.

It's always a sobering experience when a film knowingly holds a mirror to modern society.

An important historical document about New Zealand and one of its resilient treasures.

Maudie is a gently observational piece that takes a slice of Canadian rural life

It can't be an easy task following up one of the most iconic films of all time.

Women's stories look at issues of equality

God's Own Country is an unsentimental and unflinching depiction of gay love.

Logan Lucky has all the knee slappin' swagger of a West Virginian bar brawl.

Charlize Theron's new role may as well be a female Bond

Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk remains a giant at the international box office

Like all Edgar Wright movies, Baby Driver is a kinetically charged explosion of style.

Essential viewing for Lynch fans, but also for those interested in an artist at work.

Its many parts are curiously engaging despite the misleading marketing.

Long Way North has finally made its long way south onto our screens.

Chocolat isn't just about the whimsically joyful world of clowns from yesteryear.

Gentle comedy is a modern day fairytale.

Buckle-up, as this looks like only the first of many more monstrous turds flung our way.

Adult Life Skills is infused with as much playfulness as it is with existential insight.

Better than most from DC's universe but Wonder Woman still fails to rise above its genre.

Certainly worth seeing if you'd like a good cry.

The sum of all its excellent parts doesn't quite make the film a coherent whole.

The Case for Christ proves a little more engrossing than most films of its denomination.

Get Out is well worth seeing and is a genuinely fresh take on the genre.

It is fully aware of its objectives - take you on a jaunty adventure and make you laugh.

Beyond the Known World remains a fictional account of a tale that is believably told.

Sentimental entertainment that is easily digestible and certainly worth your time.

A refreshing and taut mystery by Oscar winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi.

Life is a sci-fi thriller that owes a lot of its style to many that went before it.

Jeff Nichol's latest film about an unlawful interracial marriage in 1958 America.

There seem to be plenty of films that anthropomorphise their animal subjects to a level where they might as well be a human. Obviously

It never ceases to amaze me the seemingly boundless supply of obscure stories from our past that bubble to the surface. Unfortunately

"As one goes deeper into blindness, one begins to live by other interests, other values. One begins to take up residence in another

I am always wary when a film of notable scope and pedigree such as Silence is largely ignored during awards season. Either I'm reading

Adapting a celebrated Broadway play to the screen without it being considered "stagey" can't be easy. The award winning play Fences

It's Oscar season and the nominated films are being released thick and fast. One of the contenders, Manchester by the Sea, is the

Doctor turned Director Thomas Lilti can at least claim to know his material. Topically similar to his last directorial outing (Hippocrates:

"Who is you, man?" - a question posed to the protagonist of Barry Jenkins' latest feature film, Moonlight. Issues of "identity" are

Lion is directed by a relative newcomer to the feature film set, Garth Davis, who has taken the reins of bringing the seemly impossible

BASED ON THE SUCCESSFUL video game series of the same name, Assassin's Creed is another attempt by a studio to transfer onto the bigger