Jon Spira movies, cinema features and reviews

From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital

Though it has its moments, James Mangold's bid to recapture the franchise magic mostly feels like an act of imitation over inspiration

The strange new genre of "corporate biopic" gets off to a decent start thanks to a charmingly optimistic turn from Taron Egerton

An enticingly snowy and spooky premise is wasted on an overlong, unsatisfying, and poorly acted murder-mystery from Scott Cooper

With the year at the halfway point, our writers choose their favourite films, from Bollywood bangers to belated blockbusters

Riley Keough's directorial debut thrives in its depiction of youth but falls down whenever it shoots for social commentary

To coincide with the release of Moonfall, Rafaela Sales Ross looks back on the CG-obsessed director's explosive canon...

As another cinematic year draws to a close, our writers choose their favourite films, from miraculous musicals to subversive westerns

Tom Holland's third solo outing as the web-slinger lacks real narrative purpose but its nostalgic charm just wins through

Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of the classic novel crafts the most complete fantastical world since Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings

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