The Infiltrator continues TV and film's ongoing obsession with the 'War on Drugs.' A portrayal of Robert Mazur's amazing, true-life, undercover mission to infiltrate the American workings of Pablo Escobar it arrives, coincidentally, with Narcos' wildly popular version of the story reaching series two and stars the darling of the fictional drug world Bryan Cranston. Mazur's tale is quite extraordinary. The depths he plumbed to puncture the inner workings of these notorious cri

Café Society is a love letter from Woody Allen to old Hollywood. We've been treated this year with the Coen Brother's Hail! Caesar which also focused on a similar era of cinema and this is as much of a delight. Funny, heart-breaking and nostalgic all in one, this is vintage Woody. Woody's always had muses and inspiration and it looks like the two leads here could be his next staples. Jesse Eisenberg plays a classic Allen character and bears such a striking similarity to the D

Sausage Party could be Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's best creation. It could even be the film of the year. Hype has seemingly been a curse at the cinema this year with the mightiest names falling foul to the social media hype-machine and either not quite delivering (Suicide Squad, Warcraft) or just flat-out failing (Batman v. Superman.) With its delayed release, years of creation and all-star cast, Sausage Party could have been the latest also-ran but I'm delighted to say th

Thirteen years after The Office bowed out with its masterful Christmas special double-header it still stands as possibly the finest sitcom to ever grace our screens (with only Peep Show standing on the top of the podium with it.) Part of its genius was leaving us wanting more and Ricky Gervais has finally relented, bringing back his most celebrated creation in David Brent: Life on the Road. It's well known that, incredible as his track record is on the small screen (Extras, D

The Purge: Election Year is another triumph for what could be a really long-running series. Let's ignore the obvious contrivances and plot holes with the overall idea (and pray for the long-rumoured prequel film about the Purge's genesis) as it's a freaking brilliant premise for a movie. All crime is legal for one terrifying night a year. It's difficult to argue with that. Like the brilliant 'Anarchy' before it, we start here with some disparate story arcs and characters who

Suicide Squad: touted as the film of the summer before being slammed as the worst superhero film ever by mainstream reviewers. The truth? It's neither of these things. A note to the fans first of all: go and see it. It's an enjoyable treat and, finally, a chance to see these characters on the cinema screen for the first time and done properly, in the most part, as well. It's better than the reviews suggest but, and here's the kick in the teeth, it's another missed opportunity

A Pixar sequel (Toy Story exempt) is often cause for concern. As much as they've never strayed too far from quality, their follow-on films tend to lean more towards marketability than anything else. Perhaps it's because they're so damn good at introducing characters, or maybe because their standalone films are always so beautifully rounded off. I'm pleased to say that Finding Dory is an exception to the rule and is a wonderful sequel to Finding Nemo (a whole 13 years after!)

Matt Damon returns in the, imaginatively titled, Jason Bourne. Jeremy Renner-starring The Bourne Legacy firmly behind them (no silly blue and green pills here, although a Renner-helmed Bourne follow-up is reportedly in the works) Damon reunites with Paul Greengrass to reform the Bourne dream-team. Once again, this latest instalment absolutely slays all post-Casino Royale Daniel Craig Bonds and exposes them for the archaic, stuck-in-the-muds that they are. Bourne's gritty real

The Legend of Tarzan, much like The Jungle Book before it, is another modernisation of a literary classic made more famous by Disney and featuring, at its core, a character raised in the jungle. The comparison extends further as both feature amazing CGI visuals and have made significant moolah at the box office. Unfortunately for Tarzan the comparison doesn't flatter it too much as its competitor trumps it in every conceivable way. The issue with this movie is just that there

So, shock horror! Of course Ghostbusters works with a female cast. The fact that this was the cause of so much furore is, frankly, ridiculous and easily the best thing about this new re-imagining is the casual comments Kristen Wiig et al make to the haters ("Ain't no bitches gonna hunt no ghosts.") Having said this, and much like Now You See Me 2 which I reviewed recently, this smacks of a film that just didn't need to be made and didn't have too much hope of reaching the ori

Unnecessary but welcome sequel time and Now You See Me 2 is finally out in cinemas after what feels like a long wait. This sequel follows the exploits of the Four (well, Five, but whisper it if you've not seen the first) Horsemen as they re-emerge from hiding to do more magical things in service of the unexplainable 'Eye' and trying to stay one step ahead of Daniel Radcliffe's mysterious (he also faked his own death) megalomaniac. Radcliffe is great and brilliantly, very inte

Another great six months for music so I thought I'd follow in the footsteps of a few publications and post a 'best of the year so far' so...