Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, bizarrely, does pretty much exactly what it says on the tin. It'll either sound like the last thing in the world you want to see or, if you're like me, it'll sound like a great bit of fun. Fun is exactly what this gem offers up. The 'Z-Movie' has been done to absolute death, as has the 'Zom-Com', but this is a great alternative for any Zombieland fans. A smattering of Superbad-esque, boys-own humour, some jumpy bits and a satisfying amou

So, the winter blockbuster season is upon us and, with Mockingjay and Star Wars to look forward to, the first to line up is Spectre, rumoured to be Daniel Craig's last outing as James Bond. To my mind, Skyfall had a great first half somewhat ruined by a baffling and nonsensical second act and this follows directly on from that film, with Bond going rogue after a shadowy organisation linking all the villains from the Craig series of films. This, of course, is Spectre and headi

Legend just cements the view, if it wasn't blatantly obvious already, that Tom Hardy should always be the leading man in films and not just relegated to a scene-stealing side character. This is an Oscar-worthy performance of force and personality portraying the Kray twins perfectly as charming and personable but dangerous and not-a-little mad. This is a great telling of the story, if a little one-note. Biopics tend to lack the thrilling twists and turns of an original piece a

The Martian has got its fair share of hype, largely down to the enormous popularity of Andy Weir's novel. A great plot idea mixed with humour and logical science meant the book flew off the shelves and Ridley Scott does well here to stick with that winning formula. Continuing his good recent form, The Martian is great weekend entertainment and the two-and-a-half-hour runtime breezes by. Matt Damon is perfectly cast as stranded Botanist Mark Watney. He's eminently watchable he

This is the version of Macbeth they should be watching in schools after studying the play. Continuing the modern-day theme of making everything gritty, dark and/or stylised this dresses up the Scottish play with smoky slow-mo and gritty battle scenes. It looks great in parts but OTT in others and it's best to know going in to expect pretentiousness (although being a Shakespeare you should know this already.) Lots of good and bad here so let's start with the good and Michael F

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is a very worthy sequel to the first film. I loved the first book but criticised the first film in the franchise for whizzing through the plot and not investing enough time in the characters and environment. The Scorch Trials plays with the events of book two but moves things forward considerably, ramping up the tension and setting the series apart from the relatively similar Hunger Games and Divergent franchises. Starting off like a zombie horr

American Ultra is destined to become a great little cult movie. Jesse Eisenberg follows on from Zombieland with a great comedy/action alternative spin on the action genre. His character was trained as a super soldier after being arrested for a drug-related crime. These feelings were repressed until he is 'activated' when he is hunted down by a new protection agency. Very funny, very violent and very personable this has that lovely low-budget but charming feel found in the afo

The Bad Education Movie is worth a watch if you're a fan of the TV series. You know exactly what to expect and, unfortunately, this doesn't beat the cliché of feeling like a longer episode. The basic premise is an obvious one. The class go on a field trip and chaos ensues but the chemistry between the characters and the banter flying between them keeps things funny throughout. The cliches do unfortunately keep coming. You know the class will fall out and then make up, you kno

It's early days but The Brighton Film Club's, perhaps controversial, opinion is that the new Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation is the best of the lot. Veering the most towards Bond as the series has yet got, this story of MIA spies forming an undercover terrorist group could have easily been something for Daniel Craig to deal with. The film is broken down into four glorious set pieces starting with Ethan Hunt clinging onto the side of a plane as it takes off (apparently done

Everyone's talking about Inside Out and the big question going in is whether it will live up to the hype. I'm pleased to say that this goes above and beyond everything written about it and (whisper it) might just be the best film that Pixar have ever produced. Perfectly balancing Pixar's classic line between over-complicated and perfectly simple, this follows a young girl through a life-changing year moving to a new city and changing schools. The USP is that this is split bet

Ant-Man is great and although this counts as the final stage of Marvel's Phase Two it actually stands as the best origin-story Marvel film yet (and I'm including Spider-Man here as well.) It's the perfect combination of humour and action and links nicely with the other films in the universe. Paul Rudd is excellent in the titular role and brings his charisma and likeability to the part of a thief who just wants to be able to spend time with his daughter (cliched but effective.

Jurassic World beat the Avengers record for opening box office takings which is actually quite a surprise. The fact that the British public are hungry for an old-skool blockbuster based on the past (but, obviously, set in the future, like the antithesis of Star Wars) suggests that the public are slightly nauseous with the over-saturation of the superhero market. This is a traditional, family blockbuster with all the Spielberg traditions intact: heart, thrills and brilliant vi