Captive (12A)
Category: Film
Drama, comedy and horror on your screens
Spare a thought for the recently deceased director Wes Craven. Almost single-handedly he pioneered the comedy/horror mini-genre. M. Night Shyamalan lends his talents to the hybrid in The Visit, a chilling tale of two children who go to on a trip to their psychologically-unhinged grandparents on a remote American farm. I would have been out of…
When a man tries to play God and it all goes wrong
Irrational Man (15A)
Plenty of quality offerings now that summer’s over
There are a mixed bag of releases on show at the moment, as often happens as the ‘silly season’ grinds to a halt and the autumn schedule kicks in with a vengeance. American Ultra is one of those comedies about lazy people who don’t realise they contain superpowers within themselves. It’s only when the timid…
Robotic assassin runs amok
Hitman: Agent 47 (15A)
Fake clues?
Paper Towns (15A)
Over-heated pot of youthful egos
Mistress America (15A)
One is such a lonely number
Manglehorn (12A)
Hair-raising antics in the bad end of Glasgow
The Legend of Barney Thomson (15A)
Sadness for a homesick child
Inside Out (G)