It's not only the best X-Men film yet, it's a fantastic piece of cinema in its own right.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's not only the best X-Men film yet, it's a fantastic piece of cinema in its own right.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What makes this film so enjoyable is the chemistry that holds its ensemble together.

~ Michael Pattison -

What makes this film so enjoyable is the chemistry that holds its ensemble together.

~ Michael Pattison -

This was a great chance to cover one of the most iconic storylines in the history of comics, squandered by not handing the script to a five-year-old child in order to iron out some of the more egregious errors prior to filming.

~ Max Crawford -

This was a great chance to cover one of the most iconic storylines in the history of comics, squandered by not handing the script to a five-year-old child in order to iron out some of the more egregious errors prior to filming.

~ Max Crawford -

Without the all-star cast, it's easy to imagine X-Men: Apocalypse as a dismal failure, but the somewhat nonsensical script is rescued by the performances.

~ Max Crawford -

Without the all-star cast, it's easy to imagine X-Men: Apocalypse as a dismal failure, but the somewhat nonsensical script is rescued by the performances.

~ Max Crawford -

The West Country slang in use is at times impenetrable, but it’s clear that writer Alex Simmonds has spent a long time learning its intricacies, and the actors are doing their best to capture the spirit and tone of this community.

~ Luke Shaw -

The West Country slang in use is at times impenetrable, but it’s clear that writer Alex Simmonds has spent a long time learning its intricacies, and the actors are doing their best to capture the spirit and tone of this community.

~ Luke Shaw -

Fassbender does his best to not make the man easily likable at first.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Fassbender does his best to not make the man easily likable at first.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Fassbender and Mulligan burn white hot in the central pairing, their emotional maelstrom magnetic even when no dialogue is used.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Fassbender and Mulligan burn white hot in the central pairing, their emotional maelstrom magnetic even when no dialogue is used.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Some films need to be watched alone. This is one of them.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Some films need to be watched alone. This is one of them.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Maclean shows a land where loss of innocence is ever-present.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Maclean shows a land where loss of innocence is ever-present.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This big-screen epic is immersive less for its binocular vistas than for their impossibly grand scale

~ Anton Bitel -

This big-screen epic is immersive less for its binocular vistas than for their impossibly grand scale

~ Anton Bitel -

Shot in lush, vivid black and white, the film carries a sense of age and expectation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Shot in lush, vivid black and white, the film carries a sense of age and expectation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's pleasant enough.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's pleasant enough.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Kurzel helps to put his two actors at the top of their game.

~ Richard Mowe -

Kurzel helps to put his two actors at the top of their game.

~ Richard Mowe -

It's got the musicality that proper swearing should.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's got the musicality that proper swearing should.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There's a disassociation between the original's ennui and what might be the consequences of sleep deprivation. There's also a rebalancing of its violence, and it might be that which most discomfits.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There's a disassociation between the original's ennui and what might be the consequences of sleep deprivation. There's also a rebalancing of its violence, and it might be that which most discomfits.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is one of the most visually ravishing period dramas ever.

~ David Graham -

This is one of the most visually ravishing period dramas ever.

~ David Graham -

Graphic violence is mixed with tongue-twisting wittiness in Tarantino’s peerless signature style.

~ Chris -

Graphic violence is mixed with tongue-twisting wittiness in Tarantino’s peerless signature style.

~ Chris -

Despite the filth, the violence and the desolation, McQueen’s portrait is a thing of brutal beauty in terms of its composition.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Despite the filth, the violence and the desolation, McQueen’s portrait is a thing of brutal beauty in terms of its composition.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Soderbergh lays the pretension on thick in flashbacks to the Barcelona job that is clearly at the root of her problems, with slo-mo here and black and white there doing nothing to distract from the fact that it has all the substance of a chocolate bar adv

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Soderbergh lays the pretension on thick in flashbacks to the Barcelona job that is clearly at the root of her problems, with slo-mo here and black and white there doing nothing to distract from the fact that it has all the substance of a chocolate bar adv

~ Amber Wilkinson -

His attempt at satire digs too deep into the muddy waters of exaggeration

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

His attempt at satire digs too deep into the muddy waters of exaggeration

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Its momentum is overpowering.

~ Chris -

Its momentum is overpowering.

~ Chris -

Not so very far from where we all live today.

~ Anton Bitel -

Not so very far from where we all live today.

~ Anton Bitel -

Keira Knightley... will be tough to beat at next year's Academy Awards for her portrayal of Spielrein

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Keira Knightley... will be tough to beat at next year's Academy Awards for her portrayal of Spielrein

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Centurion cannot escape the huge shadow cast by previous swords-and-sandals epics.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Centurion cannot escape the huge shadow cast by previous swords-and-sandals epics.

~ Owen Van Spall -

A sophisticated palate will discern any number of flavours running through Black Bag, but these are glosses on a traditional recipe.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A sophisticated palate will discern any number of flavours running through Black Bag, but these are glosses on a traditional recipe.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This film is not worth seeing. The costumes, special effects and a brilliant cast can't save it.

~ Donald Munro -

This film is not worth seeing. The costumes, special effects and a brilliant cast can't save it.

~ Donald Munro -

Its use of blood and slime and razor teeth is more inventive than a 12-year-old needs watch.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Its use of blood and slime and razor teeth is more inventive than a 12-year-old needs watch.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Lucy Russell in particular puts in a fascinating and nuanced performance.

~ Susanna Krawczyk -

Lucy Russell in particular puts in a fascinating and nuanced performance.

~ Susanna Krawczyk -

It feels like a two-hour descent into Mordor that makes Gladiator look gay.

~ Chris -

It feels like a two-hour descent into Mordor that makes Gladiator look gay.

~ Chris -

Crowder’s film is clearly a labour of love and offers a more multi-angled approach than anything I can recall that’s gone before.

~ Jeff Robson -

Crowder’s film is clearly a labour of love and offers a more multi-angled approach than anything I can recall that’s gone before.

~ Jeff Robson -

One of this year's must-see films, this is not simply a worthy tribute of a subject too often ignored by Hollywood; it's also a remarkable piece of cinema in its own right.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of this year's must-see films, this is not simply a worthy tribute of a subject too often ignored by Hollywood; it's also a remarkable piece of cinema in its own right.

~ Jennie Kermode -