Review

Election (opens in new tab), About Schmidt (opens in new tab), Sideways (opens in new tab), Nebraska (opens in new tab) – you might say that the films of Alexander Payne contain microscopic studies of masculinity, featuring men who try to find their own small place in the world… but …

Pixar’s once-peerless reputation has of late taken a knock thanks to a string of so-so sequels and the transparently commercial Cars (opens in new tab) trilogy. But anyone who’s been keeping the faith will feel richly rewarded by this exquisitely rendered musical fantasy set in the Land of the Dead. …

Ridley Scott’s latest has its work cut out convincing audiences to look beyond its Kevin Spacey-shaped backstory. But when did Scott ever shirk a challenge? In a career of many post-slump comebacks, Scott rebounds from Alien Covenant (opens in new tab) and actor crises with a terse, tense, true-life period …

Fame is fleeting. After beating a cappella automatons Das Sound Machine to the World Championship in 2015’s Pitch Perfect 2 (opens in new tab), our beloved Barden Bellas have now graduated college and are working jobs that are nothing to sing about. The exception is leader Beca (Anna Kendrick), whose …

GT Sport is the straight-laced gentleman of the racing scene, and it’s very, very classy. It cares about sportsmanship, even forcing you to watch a ‘Driving Etiquette’ video before it lets you online. If it could put penalty points on your real life driving license for infringements in its online …

It would be easy to declare political comedy dead in the era of America’s parody-proof commander-in-chief, but master satirist Armando Iannucci proves there are still laughs to be extracted from the corridors of power in this jet-black Kremlin-com. Wilfully absurd, but scarily plausible, it chills and tickles while exploring the …

One of the most famous children’s characters of all time, the honey-stealing bear Winnie-the-Pooh is beloved the world over. Far less is known about his creator, A.A. Milne, whose life was shaped by trauma in the trenches and drama on the home front: Milne had difficult relationships with his wife, …

They say that the last entry in any series anyone makes is the one that fails to make money. This means that, despite receiving a lot of lukewarm reviews – as well as some pretty scathing ones – the first Knack (opens in new tab) managed to find an audience.  …

Absolver is the type of game to make me wonder if I need to take anger management therapy. I nearly broke my hand playing this game; and I’m not being cute or funny here, I literally pounded my clenched fist into my chair’s armrests so hard that at one point …

Real-world Formula One is often criticised for being too complicated. Like it or loathe it, the fuel-saving, tyre-managing, pit stop strategising tomfoolery is simply part of the modern sport, and isn’t going away any time soon. F1 2017 doesn’t even attempt to downplay all that. Instead, more than ever, it …