Film Reviews

New Zealander John MacLean constructs a brooding Western from a host of quirky parts.

Andrey Zvyagintsev's deeply moving account of a Russian life in tatters is high on fatalism.

American sniper Chris Kyle is portrayed as a simple and direct man, to Clint Eastwood's credit.

Bradley King's supernatural thriller has a good idea but its characters soon find themselves boxed in.

Jude Law plays a submarine captain and mercenary in a move that drowns.

Tim Burton fails to animate a story about an American painter whose art is "stolen" by her husband.

A story about what might have happened to the original Superman is stylish but shallow.

Graham Greene's novel strongly denounced Papa Doc, but the movie version feels stilted.

An intricate Boston crime story is ably handled by Ben Affleck in his directing debut.

Fully understanding Donald Rumsfeld remains a mystery, but an undeniably intriguing one.