Important to note that I haven't read Veronica Roth's Divergent series of books and that is likely to affect my score on this review. However, I did enjoy the first film in the series and this second, Insurgent, keeps up with the first. Of course, we've seen this all before (the similarities to The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner are extensive) but this is still entertaining enough to stand on its own two feet as a series. The reason this lags behind the other two is the plo

Chappie marks Neil Blomkamp's return to a pseudo-documentary style like his awesome debut District 9. Touching on much of the same themes as that movie (what it is be human, racial segregation and the South African class divide) and sticking with the 'realistic science fiction' approach, Chappie is set ten years from now where a robotic police force (think iRobot) patrol the streets. Crime is at an all-time low but Blomkamp does well not to paint this as a happy place. If any

The main issue with the Will Smith-starring Focus is the general lack of focus needed whilst watching. Sure, the odd leave-your-brain-at-the-door blockbuster is great but you do expect a bit more depth and intricacy in a film focusing on con-men. This is bright and breezy and there is the odd twist and turn, but I expected a lot more. Will Smith is always brilliantly watchable, Margot Robbie continues her ascension to the summit of the A-list and there are some great scenes h

Project Almanac is Back To The Future meets Chronicle. A found-footage movie about time travel sounds like a recipe for disaster but the story here is very strong. First things first: I know found footage isn't for everyone and there are certain grating parts to this (running is always a no-no in a handheld film) but, once you're in, it does work. The camera here is actually a bit less maniacal than Cloverfield, for example, but this could easily have been done by splicing fo

The Wedding Ringer isn't the most original premise in the world. It liberally steals from I Love You, Man and The Wedding Crashers but it's done well and is certainly worth a watch if you're in the mood for a chuckle. The hyperactive and soon-to-be-megastar Kevin Hart is on great form here and is just ridiculously watchable. His start-up business selling best man services to guys like Josh Gad's Doug is a funny set up and the set pieces that follow on, while predictable, are

Jupiter Ascending throws the entire history of science fiction at the wall in the vague hope that something will stick. Unfortunately, I'm afraid not much of it does. Taking cues from fantasy old and new (Eddie Redmayne, although excellent, lumbers through with a crazed Voldemort voice, Channing Tatum has Spock's ears despite being an Underworld-esque Lycan wolf-man, there's a completely random elephant-faced spaceship pilot echoing Admiral Ackbar's fish-man hybrid from Star

So, The Interview is not quite Team America as far as controversy goes. The uproar surrounding the film appears a little blown out of proportion after watching it. Yes, there are the odd questionable moments (there's a Hitler comparison in the opening minute) and you wouldn't want it to be about you but it's far more sympathetic, realistic (kind of) and less stereotypical than Team America. James Franco and Seth Rogen are the drivers of the movie and, like everything they've

Kingsman: The Secret Service could well be the most fun you'll have at the cinema this year. It could even go down as 2015's Guardians of the Galaxy. Matthew Vaughn here takes apart the spy genre and remoulds it in his own image, much as he did with the brilliant Kick-Ass and its reworking of the superhero genre. He again casts big name actors (Michael Caine, Samuel L. Jackson and Mark Strong) in smaller roles to his new lead man Taron Egerton (whose career will surely now ta

So you know exactly what you're going to get with Taken 3 (or Tak3n, seriously?!) and the fact that this delivers exactly what you are now picturing is either good or bad depending on how much you like the previous films in the series and generic actioners in general. It's fast paced, intense stuff with Liam Neeson again menacing (and afraid of running) and Megan Grace once again put through the mill (to such an extent that a plane crash can't phase her.) Plot holes galore an

So one I missed from last year and Fury is unlucky that it didn't make it into the Top 10 of 2014. A harrowing and brutally realistic tale of World War Two this is up there with any other war film you care to throw at it. There's no patriotism, heroism, American flags or grandstanding battles here just a small tank team completing skirmishes in the German countryside. Brad Pitt's Wardaddy can arguably be placed alongside the SS officers he takes such great delight in killing

If we get 10 better movies than Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance) this year then it'll be an incredible 2015 for movie fans. A triumph for artistic cinema this tells the story of a former A-List superhero-playing movie star trying to restore critical credibility by directing his own Broadway play. The fact that most of the film's stars like Michael Keaton, Edward Norton and Emma Stone have had roles in superhero blockbusters being particularly noteworthy. Expert

Exodus: Gods and Kings is this year's biblical epic following on from Darren Aronofsky's Noah in 2014. Thankfully, Ridley Scott chooses to focus on delivering a realistic depiction of how the tale could have played out rather than over-fantasise like Aronofsky. It's two and a half hour run time moves surprisingly quickly with great battle scenes, a rags to riches tale played perfectly by Christian Bale as Moses (the man can do no wrong) and an incredible depiction of the famo