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In 1988, NWA's 'Fuck tha Police' exploded out of Californian boomboxes as not only a statement to ignite a stagnant music scene but a war cry against statewide police brutality and racial profiling. It goes...

WAYF director Max Joseph has made a name for himself in recent years as co-host of MTV's Catfish series - a show that distilled 2010's doc namesake for a pop audience. For someone contributing to the rise...

During Barely Lethal, our kooky-but-klutzy-but-super-trained spytagonist settles down to scout an environment that’d test any agent: high school, via Mean Girls. Anyone who fancies a teen movie with bite...

Despite his Best Actor win at the Berlin Film Festival, Courtenay’s performance is the weak link in 45 Years. Many of his lines feel over-rehearsed, though fittingly he’s more animated when reminiscing...

This latest effort to adapt the hit video game franchise for the big screen bears more than a passing resemblance, bizarrely, to Mad Max: Fury Road; in that they're both about men of few words who assist a...

Brash, dumb, and cheerfully puerile, the Bad Education gang follow in the Inbetweeners' footsteps in uprooting from their familiar surroundings for the big screen. This move largely pays off, offering...

Way back when, Good People would likely be hitting a supermarket’s DVD bin with a big fat “4.99!” sticker slapped on the case. Now it’ll shuffle onto Netflix under “Crime Films”, 1.5 red stars...

In 1983 Chevy Chase took viewers for a trans-American joyride in a beat up station wagon, birthing the road-com genre with a turn which Will Ferrell has been taking cues from his entire career. Cut to 2015...

“We came here to do a job.” Uh oh. Storm on the way and 650 feet under; what could go wrong? Surely not everything? Sweaty faces and furrowed brows ensue. Time’s only indicator the dwindling oxygen...

Gemma Bovery is a film of inconsistencies; Gemma Arterton’s titular character is interchangeably ignorant and fluent in French, suffering rural ennui and enamoured by country living. Though it may be...

The love story of Amy (Schumer) and Aaron (Hader) follows the genre's traditional arc while putting the emphasis heavily on the com in rom-com. Playing the lead on screen and paper, Schumer is a tour de...

If this is how Ritchie and Cavill Bond, we’re lucky they never did. Aside from a microdot of genuine excitement and energy, U.N.C.L.E. is a masterclass in mundane, insubstantial espionage. U.N.C.L.E....

A comedy starring the cast of Monty Python and the late Robin Williams - not to mention a smorgasbord of British talent in supporting roles - sounds brilliant on paper, but it only works if you give them funny...

High-flying but unsettled couple Simon and Robyn (the convincingly slimy/angelic pairing of Bateman and Hall) encounter Gordo, Simon’s intense high school classmate. His gradual imposition on their lives...

One of 2015's most important films, though so deft in style that it's never "Worthy". A parent's FTM transition provides a backdrop, but James (formerly Jane) is never defeatist or self-loathing. Instead,...