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1. The Oscars happened Right, that was easy. Next? 2. Jay Z has his head In the Heights Lin-Manuel Miranda may not have added the O to his EG_T on the weekend, but the creative polymath did get something...

Let’s face it: the world was a much warmer, cosier place back in 2000 when 20th Century Fox’s rebooted X-Men franchise first hit our screens. Gladiator was about to become one of the most beloved films of...

By now you've probably seen the trailer for A Cure for Wellness, a movie that could easily turn out to be the most bizarre of 2017. It’s a far cry from the usual spiel for director Gore Verbinski,...

1. The BAFTAs happened February 12 saw the 70th British Academy Film Awards take place at the Royal Albert Hall. As is the custom, seats were sat in, drinks were drunk and awards were awarded. Annoyingly...

Fifty Shades Darker is a movie critics will love to hate, and yet the film will inevitably entice viewers in their intrigued millions. Both perspectives are understandable. "Escapism" is the epitomising...

When you really think about it, Forrest Gump is a weird movie. Pitch it in the abstract - "let’s send this random hayseed careening through recent history like a southern Doctor Who" - and it sounds...

Chile is not all lovely wine, productive copper mines, and functional yet attractive attacking football - in recent years its diverse, powerful and cultured arthouse cinema industry has enjoyed a strong and...

Alex Gibney sits comfortably beside the likes of Asif Kapadia and Joshua Oppenheimer as one of the best documentarians working today. After the likes of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, the Oscar winning...

1. Nominations announced for BAFTA Rising Star Award We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: democracy simply doesn’t work. That said, the “as voted for by you” BAFTA Rising Star Award has a...

2016 was a great year of film. Honest to God, our Top 20 was the strongest it's ever been. And we're not too bad at predicting the frontrunners either. Captain America: Civil War, Everybody Wants Some!!, The...

Despite all of the numerous terrible things that have happened, 2016 has at least given us some truly original films. We’ve seen such leftfield ideas as a punk rock siege led by neo-Nazi Captain Picard,...

It’s here! The One Room With A View Top 20 films of 2016 has arrived. It’s been an extraordinary year of cinema - despite the troubling situations elsewhere. This was one of the closest years we’ve seen...

2016 has been a bit of a shitshow. Half the western world has been stunned by that shock political duo, Trump and Brexit, and if you weren’t disappointed by them, then you were definitely rocked by the...

“By any means necessary” – the mantra that often opens Spike Lee’s films – would appear to reflect the director's core beliefs: the absolute necessity of equality for African Americans, by any means...

What’s the first film that springs to mind when you say the name Logan Lerman? Percy Jackson? Maybe even The Perks of Being a Wallflower? But for some, this name wouldn’t strike any recognition at all....