Whilst it’s never intrusive, the film makes room for the personal and, perhaps more importantly, for Herzog to meander, interlinking diverse ideas in his inimitable way.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Whilst it’s never intrusive, the film makes room for the personal and, perhaps more importantly, for Herzog to meander, interlinking diverse ideas in his inimitable way.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Compelling viewing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Compelling viewing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is the closest you'll come to experiencing the allure of fame and the power of illusion.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is the closest you'll come to experiencing the allure of fame and the power of illusion.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A merchandising rather than mythologising opportunity..

~ Andrew Robertson -

A merchandising rather than mythologising opportunity..

~ Andrew Robertson -

Terminator Salvation looks more towards its potential sequels than towards itself.

~ Anton Bitel -

Terminator Salvation looks more towards its potential sequels than towards itself.

~ Anton Bitel -

This is no run-of-the-mill shoot-'em-up. It has a definite signature and a real blackness to it.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is no run-of-the-mill shoot-'em-up. It has a definite signature and a real blackness to it.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Beneath the cover of portraying the generalised horrors of war, the film is more subtly critical of America's conduct in both the Vietnam War and the current conflict in Iraq.

~ Max Crawford -

Beneath the cover of portraying the generalised horrors of war, the film is more subtly critical of America's conduct in both the Vietnam War and the current conflict in Iraq.

~ Max Crawford -

Before the movie disintegrates completely - it makes Mad Max look like a classic - you can't help wondering how these Yanks fuel their war machines.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Before the movie disintegrates completely - it makes Mad Max look like a classic - you can't help wondering how these Yanks fuel their war machines.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Johnny Depp has rarely been better.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Johnny Depp has rarely been better.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Scenes are set up and played out as if rehearsing for a mud sculpture

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Scenes are set up and played out as if rehearsing for a mud sculpture

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Some films envelope you, others baffle you. The Prestige is a mixture of the two.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Some films envelope you, others baffle you. The Prestige is a mixture of the two.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

If you have a particular passion for the Gothic, you may find this film appealing despite its flaws.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If you have a particular passion for the Gothic, you may find this film appealing despite its flaws.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Epic, sprawling and inspirational.

~ Richard Mellor -

Epic, sprawling and inspirational.

~ Richard Mellor -

Somehow, A Murder Of Quality draws you in to its clichéd story through the charm of its well developed and coyly satirical characters.

~ Josh Morrall -

Somehow, A Murder Of Quality draws you in to its clichéd story through the charm of its well developed and coyly satirical characters.

~ Josh Morrall -

The characters are crudely drawn in more ways than one..

~ Jennie Kermode -

The characters are crudely drawn in more ways than one..

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is one of those films where you wait for someone to fall off a horse.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is one of those films where you wait for someone to fall off a horse.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There is nothing erotic about any of it and an 18 certificate seems overzealous.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There is nothing erotic about any of it and an 18 certificate seems overzealous.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film avoids the easy route to Clicheville and stays on the dark side of the road.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film avoids the easy route to Clicheville and stays on the dark side of the road.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Bale's performance is superb, his devotion to the role scary.

~ Josh Morrall -

Bale's performance is superb, his devotion to the role scary.

~ Josh Morrall -

Writer/director Lisa Cholodenko dispenses with cliche in favour of genuine characterisation and her script is a paragon of understatement.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Writer/director Lisa Cholodenko dispenses with cliche in favour of genuine characterisation and her script is a paragon of understatement.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Malick and his cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, if nothing else, deliver stunningly beautiful vistas and backdrops for his narratives and characters, yet like the characters, there seems to be something empty at its core.

~ Richard Mowe -

Malick and his cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, if nothing else, deliver stunningly beautiful vistas and backdrops for his narratives and characters, yet like the characters, there seems to be something empty at its core.

~ Richard Mowe -

A beautifully shot, brilliantly acted incoherent mess, ranking up there with David Lynch’s Inland Empire as one of the most inscrutable films of the year.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A beautifully shot, brilliantly acted incoherent mess, ranking up there with David Lynch’s Inland Empire as one of the most inscrutable films of the year.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Anime at its very finest - lightning paced, visually stunning, feverishly creative and overrun by a logic all its own.

~ Anton Bitel -

Anime at its very finest - lightning paced, visually stunning, feverishly creative and overrun by a logic all its own.

~ Anton Bitel -

Sound fades into nothing and the pace slows

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Sound fades into nothing and the pace slows

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Few films get away with this kind of intensity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Few films get away with this kind of intensity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Christian Bale - reduced lately to whispering solemnity in the likes of Dark Knight and Terminator Salvation - gets to really cut loose with Dicky in a performance that is sure to give Geoffrey Rush a run for his money on Oscar night.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Christian Bale - reduced lately to whispering solemnity in the likes of Dark Knight and Terminator Salvation - gets to really cut loose with Dicky in a performance that is sure to give Geoffrey Rush a run for his money on Oscar night.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Throw away The Bible and let's look at this thing afresh

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Throw away The Bible and let's look at this thing afresh

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Equilibrium is that rarest of cinematic entities, a film which succeeds both as intelligent science fiction and as action drama.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Equilibrium is that rarest of cinematic entities, a film which succeeds both as intelligent science fiction and as action drama.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One can't help but think that there's a great film in there struggling to get out.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One can't help but think that there's a great film in there struggling to get out.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An outstanding achievement: a rich, dark and complex movie

~ Scott Macdonald -

An outstanding achievement: a rich, dark and complex movie

~ Scott Macdonald -

Nicolas Cage plays against type, retaining his movie star persona, which is not the same as being convincing in the role of a man who lives for opera.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Nicolas Cage plays against type, retaining his movie star persona, which is not the same as being convincing in the role of a man who lives for opera.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Christian Bale delivers his best performance for years as fund manager Michael Burry.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Christian Bale delivers his best performance for years as fund manager Michael Burry.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Nolan has gone beyond DC Comics into a psychological no-man's land where lessons can be learned.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Nolan has gone beyond DC Comics into a psychological no-man's land where lessons can be learned.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

David O Russell's latest - a shaggy dog mystery with a deliberate air of penny dreadfuls - could do with more straightforward narrative and fewer screwball convolutions.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

David O Russell's latest - a shaggy dog mystery with a deliberate air of penny dreadfuls - could do with more straightforward narrative and fewer screwball convolutions.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What matters here is what is real and what is the figment of a sick imagination.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What matters here is what is real and what is the figment of a sick imagination.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Bradley Cooper as Richie gives the finest madcap performance of his career.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Bradley Cooper as Richie gives the finest madcap performance of his career.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Mangold’s version proceeds far too quickly to a ludicrous, logic-defying shoot out.

~ Jeff Robson -

Mangold’s version proceeds far too quickly to a ludicrous, logic-defying shoot out.

~ Jeff Robson -