Turning global pop star Robbie Williams into a CGI monkey could have backfired spectacularly but it actually turns Better Man into a musical biopic that’s a cut about the rest, writes Leigh Paatsch.
The animals and action look incredible and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s songs are just fine, but there is something a bit too familiar about Mufasa: The Lion King.
The anime style gives the action punch, but Lord of the Rings prequel The War Of the Rohirrim is too long and talky for all but the most diehard of Tolkien fans, writes Leigh Paatsch.
Never mind the regular documentary, the Lego-inspired “blockumentary” Piece By Piece is the perfect way to capture the essence of hit-maker Pharrell Williams, writes Leigh Paatsch.
While odd-couple crime comedy Brothers might have benefited from a leaner, meaner approach, it snaps into shape thanks to Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage, writes Leigh Paatsch.
No movie could stand a chance of decoding the all-bamboozling enigma that is Donald Trump – but The Apprentice achieves some success, writes Leigh Paatsch.
Five years since promising there would be no sequel to The Joker, Todd Phillips has delivered one – and it comes as no surprise Joker: Folie a Deux is a folly and worse, writes Leigh Paatsch.
Look past that ungainly name and see something special in the warm and witty feel-good My Old Ass, writes Leigh Paatsch.
The engagingly entertaining The Wild Robot is in instant-classic territory, writes Leigh Paatsch.
Disturbing yet funny, you can’t tell whether Speak No Evil has been designed to charm you or choke you, writes Leigh Paatsch.
Despite Michael Keaton having the time of his afterlife, there’s not enough of his coffin-tipping high-jinks to carry Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to greatness, writes Leigh Paatsch.
With neither the damaging energy nor the distinctive look of its predecessor, The Crow reboot has little chance of any afterlife sequel-wise, writes Leigh Paatsch.
Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz turn up the levels of mysterious malevolence in thought-provoking psychological thriller, writes Leigh Paatsch.
The latest Alien film is not a sequel-ish reboot. It really is a terrifying addition to the franchise, writes Leigh Paatsch.
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