As a reboot of the caped crusader it shares a lot in comparison with Batman Begins. The development and characterization is of a remarkably high class, which the comic book movie never affords. Kevin Costner, Amy Adams, Henry Caville, Michael Shannon and even Russel Crowe are all brilliant. Even if Crowe's role does devolve into basil exposition. That which holds the film back solely lands on the doorstep of the action. Although strongly stylized in a comic book mode, it…

I Wish is a simple film about two boys living with separated parents at opposite ends of Japan. Focusing on children has been the bane of many films, but Hirokazu has the best little actors who imbue this simple film, where not a lot happens, with a heart of gold. These precocious children give it there all and it works, the scene where one of the kids has a talk with his mum over the phone is heartbreaking and the…

Mexico might love top cat more than anywhere else, but that doesn’t excuse releasing this cheap culturally irrelevant film. It’s like a 10 minute episode stretched to 90 minutes. At that length, it far exceeds its welcome. It also has some of the worst animation I've ever seen in a movie. It would be good for a web series, brilliant in fact, for a cinema released feature? Top Cat the Movie is terrible, a pointless little film, with questionable appeal…

Time hasn't made me more lenient with this film.

The first half an hour is almost perfect in the build-up to Malik’s first murder. 30 minutes tense of atmospheric and wonderfully effecting film making, cinema at its very best. The remaining two hours fail to keep the interest. Instead a prophet trades up its greatness (sans Tahar Rahim’s wonderful performance) for an insipid rags-to-riches crime thriller in prison. Too long, too by the numbers, and nowhere near worthy of the…