5/10. OK but unconvinced that this was an event of such fascination/significant as to be worthy of a cinematic documentary. By the end was more interested in the personal relationships (and why they broke down) than the tight-rope walk itself. Unfortunately, these other areas remain relatively unexplored (perhaps rather reasonably people didn’t want to go [...]

7/10 (8/10 for genre). A sound successor to the first installment and well above average for its genre. Ledger’s performance as the Joker is indeed spellbinding. However, to my mind, the film was not as amazing as some of the reviews had made out. In particular, it made the classic error of many modern action [...]

6.5/10. Very competently done adventure fantasy that entertains effectively for its 2 and a quarter hours.

6/10. Not badly done WWII action thriller. There was the occasional sudden lurch (or even gaping hole) in the plot and the high level of (graphically rendered) torture/death of leading characters mean this wasn’t your classic mythologized feel-good war movie.

7.5/10. A powerful film, though be warned: this is no feel-good piece and by the end of the two and a half hours you are unlikely to be leaving with a spring in your step.

4/10. Abysmal and travesty of previous outings. The plotting was so casual as to be insulting, compared to previous outings the set-pieces were very weak, and the reintroduction of Marion (by the most creaky of plot devices) only served to emphasize how far from the original this had fallen (and how dependent on derivative recycling [...]

6.5/10. Engaging first-feature from Lebanese director and actress Nadine Lebaki.

7/10. A good story and an excellent performance in the leading role combine to make this recent Italian drama a very watchable piece.

5.5/10. Not uninteresting and really quite funny in places. However, while certainly better than some of Leigh’s other recent outings, it was rather intermittent and never became more than a mildly diverting ramble around Poppy’s life.

6.5/10. Interesting and unusual, though slightly conventionalized in its last 15 minutes. At last we have Ralph Fiennes playing an appropriately nasty character — I can never understand why he ends up in so many ‘romantic’ roles for his froideur and general demeanour make him entirely unsuited.