In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson reunite for this bitingly funny allegory set on a fictional Irish island
At its best, Ron Howard’s In the Heart of the Sea is an engaging look at life on the seas and a thrilling tale of survival
Song of the Sea is an enchanting, magical little fairy tale that does what films do best, enveloping us in its mythology and transporting us to another time and place
Stonehearst Asylum is an enjoyably old-fashioned piece of horror filmmaking, though it won’t hold many surprises for astute viewers
Edge of Tomorrow is a high-concept, high-powered ride through – and through, and through – a D-Day-like assault on an alien menace
Can’t-miss premise, intelligent script, taut direction, outstanding cast…where did Robert Redford’s The Company You Keep go wrong?
The Pirates! Band of Misfits is easily the best of 2012’s early crop of animated films, ribald fun on the open seas and in London
The Raven might have been fascinating had it painted a more believable portrait of Poe’s last days
Safe House is one of those movies where the big set pieces were conceived first, and then the story written around them
Harry Potter by way of Ingmar Bergman: Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is rich and vibrant, dark yet sensitive
Geeen Zone is a dense and effective political thriller about the search for WMDs in newly-liberated 2003 Iraq
In Bruges is one of those rare debut masterpieces that instantly identifies its creator as a major cinematic force
There’s a level of art in Beowolf sorely missing from most computer-generated animation
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix contains fits and spurts of the magic of the previous films but generally underwhelms.