One-expression Jason Statham plays Parker, a deadly efficient criminal who “always follow through, always…†He has, Point Blank-style, been stitched up by his team of armed robbers, so, clearly, he’s hell-bent on revenge.    Â
“We cross and re-cross our tracks like figure skaters,†claims Jim Broadbent’s bumbling publisher in this impenetrable adaptation of David Mitchell’s time-hopping bestseller. Various characters – played by Tom Hanks, Ben Whishaw, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant – are connected through the ages by a musical score and acts of violence.    Â
It lacks the wonder, vim and tunes of The Wizard of Oz, but Sam Raimi’s fantasy prequel does benefit from some arresting images and an amusing monkey (Zach Braff). Â Â Â Â
A resident poisons her neighbour’s dog, another flings herself off a balcony, a visitor’s car is broken into. It’s clear that this middle-class neighbourhood in Refice, Brazil is unravelling. Â Â Â Â
The most endearing film you will ever see in which the hero munches the brains of the heroine’s boyfriend, this zom-rom-com stars Nicholas ( About a Boy ) Hoult as a zombie in a post-apocalyptic America who falls in love with a living, breathing girl (Teresa Palmer). Â Â Â Â
It’s overlong, regularly crass and excruciating and yet this Judd Apatow comedy is saved by the deft comic performances of Paul Rudd and Albert Brooks (who is having a late blossoming as an actor) and – for all its determination to offend – it generally means well.    Â
Roger Moore delivers a convincing performance in this 1970s film as a straight-arrow businessman who is inexplicably tormented by a malevolent force while driving. Â Â Â Â
Antonio Fargas, who was Huggy Bear in Starsky and Hutch, is a highlight as Foxy Brown’s lowlife younger brother in this riotous slice of blaxploitation from 1974.    Â
The plot is flimsy but the songs are exquisite from the one of the finest pop albums ever: “The Night Beforeâ€, “Hide Your Love Awayâ€, and “I Need Youâ€, which is played out in front of Stonehenge.    Â
Terrence Malick’s improvised reverie on love and commitment in the 21st century is one long dreamy, sun-burnished montage featuring Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, and a murmured French voice-over in place of dialogue. Â Â Â Â