Still Alice (12A)
A loss of focus as ‘fun’ replaces thrill for the cheap shots
Focus (15A)
Fear stalks the teenagers of leafy suburbia
It Follows (16)
Open the envelope, the suspense is killing me!
The Oscars
Like My Fair Lady, but for slow learners
Kingsman: The Secret Service (16)
Hypnotic fascination will lead to head-scratching
Patrick’s Day (15a)
A selection of significant current releases
The team behind Frozen and Wreck It Ralph, two of the most successful Disney films of recent years, have now made Big Hero 6(PG), a comedy adventure that chronicles a quirky relationship that develops between a huge inflatable robot, Baymax, and a child prodigy, Hiro Hamada, when they team up with a group of friends to become…
Mean, moody and quite magnificent
In its coolness, its stylishness, its ponderous sense of menace, this is as good as anything we ‘oohed’ and ‘aahed’ about in The Godather trilogy all those years ago. Set in 1981, it’s basically the story of two men chasing the American dream. The camel-coated Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac) has risen up high in the…
A star is born without a shot being fired
Testament of Youth (12A)
Turning the brothers grimm on their heads
Fairytales begin with ‘Once upon a time’ and end with ‘And they all lived happily ever after.’ Right? Wrong. I mentioned this film last week in my preview of the January releases. I’ve now seen it and can confirm it’s going to be one of the most talked-about movies of 2015, not that it will be everyone’s cup…

Aubrey Malone