Though he doesn’t always hit the jackpot, J.J. Abrams sure knows how to cleave close to the entertainment sweet spot in a way that still elicits surprise...

Though he doesn’t always hit the jackpot, J.J. Abrams...

The Coen Bros return with an effervescent Hollywood satire whose cheeky depths never stunt its screwball rhythm

The Coen Bros return with an effervescent Hollywood satire...

BBC feature directed by Sean Connery’s son Jason chooses Malta over its...

BBC feature directed by Sean Connery’s son Jason...

Pandering to Islamophobia and crammed with action movie cliches, this latest entry in the 'make sure the American president doesn't get killed'...

Pandering to Islamophobia and crammed with action movie...

This bloated mess is little more than an exercise in franchise building......

This bloated mess is little more than an exercise in...

Corbett first came to fame on The Frost Report in the 1960s but was best known...

Corbett first came to fame on The Frost Report in the 1960s...

As well as a best supporting Oscar, Duke won an Emmy in 1980 for playing Helen...

As well as a best supporting Oscar, Duke won an Emmy in...

Expertly channelling American and Japanese pop culture tropes – namely superheroes and anime – this Italian take on the most popular film genre on...

Expertly channelling American and Japanese pop culture...

Perhaps it was inevitable that the cynical literary 'mashup' between...

Perhaps it was inevitable that the cynical literary...

AIDAN CELESTE looks back at this year’s edition of the International Film...

AIDAN CELESTE looks back at this year’s edition of...

The Hollywood blacklist is a distressing period in the history of American entertainment – thankfully, Jay Roach's often hilarious biopic of one of...

The Hollywood blacklist is a distressing period in the...

The Greek master of the weird Yorgos Lanthmios makes his English-language debut and triumphs, with this blistering black comedy about the gamified nature of...

The Greek master of the weird Yorgos Lanthmios makes his...

Professor Tony Dyson was found dead at his private residence in Gozo •...

Professor Tony Dyson was found dead at his private...

Leonardo DiCaprio finally wins Best Actor award, Mad Max: Fury Road wins big,...

Leonardo DiCaprio finally wins Best Actor award, Mad Max:...

This year’s 66th Berlinale was courageous and compassionate in content,...

This year’s 66th Berlinale was courageous and...

Its safe and generic script may have ironically been its saving grace, but thanks to cack-handed direction and shoddy production, Malta's first romantic...

Its safe and generic script may have ironically been its...

Screened in Malta as part of an Inizjamed initiative, Yasmine Fedda's documentary about a group of uprooted Syrian refugee women putting on a Euripides...

Screened in Malta as part of an Inizjamed initiative,...

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and director Alejandro G Inarritu both take home a...

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and director Alejandro G Inarritu...