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Emily Blunt's drug war thriller a real rush

Sicario is less a typical FBI thriller than something akin to Michael Mann's Heat or a Zero Dark Thirty substituting the War on Terror for the War on Drugs.

Documentary designed to charm

As slight in scope as it is modest in subject matter, the second-to-last film by Albert Maysles, who died in March, is a charming if occasionally too-reverential portrait of New York identity and self-described "geriatric starlet" Iris Apfel.

Movie review: Tangerine

If you see only one film this year shot on an iPhone 5s and focusing on transgender hookers in LA, make it this one.

Jemaine Clement's film offbeat comedy 'charming'

This understated and delightful New York-based comedy starring Flight of the Conchords' Jemaine Clement as a guy grappling with single fatherhood is less weighty than writer/director James C. Strouse's earlier films.

Review: Out of the maze and into the fire

In Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials the fight for survival now takes place among demolished cities and desert landscapes.

Review: The man who tried to kill Hitler

Even those familiar with the famous July Plot of 1944, in which a group of German officers led by Claus von Stauffenberg tried to kill Hitler, may not be aware that it was the last of more than a dozen planned or attempted assassinations.

Review: Tramping movie a bit naff

Inoffensive, unremarkable and mostly just a bit naff, this adaptation of Bill Bryson's memoir of walking the Appalachian Trail is about as good as it could possibly have hoped to be, which is to say not very good at all.

Review: Straight Outta Compton gets real and raw

Remember Dr Dre's brilliantly glamorous video for Still D.R.E? Where he and Snoop Dogg cruise around Compton in Chevys, bouncing on hydraulics and partying with bikini babes?

Quirky teen drama filled with genuine heart

Winner of the Grand Jury and Audience Awards at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, this indie coming-of-age dramedy is all about Greg (Mann), a teenage boy whose mother makes him spend time with cancer-stricken classmate Rachel (Cooke).

Guy Ritchie's new film 'not exciting'

So here we have a British director reviving an American Cold War show that was the small-screen answer to Bond.

Silver screen hero celebrated

"You say nobody knows who he is? Who doesn't know who he is?" runs a line early in this splendidly entertaining film about three-time Oscar winner, costume designer Orry-Kelly.

Star's story a cautionary tale

Amy Winehouse really was a musical force of nature. Her voice and her songwriting were incredibly special.

Fantastic Four reviewed: From Heroes to Zero

On the trail of enlightenment

A love letter to a life-changing experience, this portrait of a sextet of walkers on the famous Camino Frances that finishes at Santiago de Compostela tells you pretty much everything you need to know about the undertaking.

Fiennes commands marathon drama

If the plays of George Bernard Shaw are more admired than staged these days, this one may explain why.

Is this the best Mission: Impossible yet?

Tom Cruise's latest Mission: Impossible film is darker and funnier than its immediate predecessor and feels more like a Euro-espionage thriller than a spy story stuck on an action chassis.

Woody Allen's new film 'disappointing'

"I take notes all the time when ideas hit me," Woody Allen told TimeOut in a 2012 interview, "and I throw them in a drawer. So I have a drawerful of ideas and I could probably make a lot more films."

Charming French film deserves the prizes

The debut feature for its young writer-director, this unassuming but engaging French dramedy deserves the prizes it picked up at Cannes and at the country's Oscar-equivalent Cesars.