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War Machine
22 May 2017
Brad Pitt's misjudged performance nearly sinks an otherwise strong satire from David Michôd
War should be no laughing matter and yet satirists continue to deliver the goods, in part, because America simply can't live with peace; the title of Australian writer-director David Michôd's comedy neatly sums up the superpower's boneheaded and highly…
Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge
22 May 2017
The fifth film in Disney's seafaring franchise marks a partial return to form
It says a lot that a wanted poster in Salazar's Revenge slashes the bounty on Captain Jack Sparrow to a single pound. Have too many raids on the dress-up box (plus off-screen scandals) dented Johnny Depp's appeal that much? Perhaps, though at least…
The Square
22 May 2017
Cannes 2017: Ruben Östlund follows Force Majeure with an interesting if overambitious satire
Ruben Östlund follows the almost surgical precision of his breakthrough hit Force Majeure with The Square, an altogether more sprawling, unwieldy, star-sprinkled proposition (Dominic West and Elisabeth Moss appear). His new film is the cinematic…
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
22 May 2017
The moderately amusing fourth film in the franchise mixes things up with a road trip and new cast
Faced with the issue of how to continue the series when the two main actors are now too old for their roles, the makers of the Wimpy Kid movies – based on Jeff Kinney's hugely popular books – have opted for a completely new cast for the fourth film in…
The Hippopotamus
22 May 2017
Roger Allam savours a juicy starring role in an otherwise half-hearted farce
The one saving grace of The Hippopotamus is that it provides a rare starring role for Roger Allam. Failed poet and embittered critic Ted Wallace is a juicy peach of a part and Allam plays him with all the giddy delight of MasterChef's Gregg Wallace…