Film review: Horns

Horns is a slightly confused amalgamation of magical realism which succeeds in evocative but lacked any real textbook horror aside from the closing climax

Film review: Ida

At only 82 minutes, Ida manages to tightly pack together a gripping story with a commentary on a number of diffuse themes – war, the holocaust, sexual revolution and religion – to make one truly remarkable package.

Cinema review: Gone Girl

The film itself is a rhetorical question; how much can you ever really know about your other half? The answer offered: next to nothing. If you’re lucky.

Cinema review: Maps to the Stars

It’s not that it’s a bad film, in fact it’s quite brilliant. But even though this grisly tour of Hollywood’s ugly side can be hard to watch, you daren’t take your eyes off it for a second

MM’s top five… Hobbits

Bilbo and Frodo Baggins take centre stage in the Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings – one of the most successful movie franchises in cinematic history