Stella Papamichael

There is something joyous about Bill Murray in a bad mood from Ghostbusters through Groundhog Day to this comedy drama where he also brings stirring depths to the titular Vincent. It's a film cut to fit by indie writer/director Theodore Melfi and in playing to the strengths of his star, he manages to spin a rather obvious story into a fresh and edgy coming-of-age yarn.

Clint Eastwood;Jason Hall; Starring: Bradley Cooper , Sienna Miller, Luke Grimes, Max Charles, Kyle Gallner;132 mins;15There is much to admire about American Sniper, including a stalwart performance by Bradley Cooper and the measured, steady approach of Clint Eastwood behind the camera, but a question mark hangs over whether real-life Navy SEAL Chris Kyle – on whose memoir the film is based – should be set so high on a pedestal.Kyle is described as "America's deadliest sniper" and although...

Bennett Miller;E Max Frye, Dan Futterman; Steve Carell , Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller, Vanessa Redgrave;134 mins;15Truth isn't just stranger than fiction, it can be downright bizarre and all the more mesmerising for that in Foxcatcher, another triumph for director Bennett Miller.Picking up a thread from his previous films, Capote and Moneyball , he puts a tightening focus on men in the process of being bought and traded, reduced to commodities in the "home of the free".