Not a complete disaster thanks to its actresses, but fifth Underworld film, Underworld: Blood Wars is tired, unexciting and completely lacking in creativity.

Tom Cruise returns in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Trolls offers colourful escapism, and Hands of Stone and Boo! A Madea Halloween round out the new movies.

Simon West may not be the most prolific director, but when he’s stepped behind the camera he’s delivered some solidly entertaining movies with titles like Con Air, The General’s Daughter, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and, more recently, The Mechanic and The Expendables 2 under his belt; and I’m quite intrigued by his next project – the action-fantasy War Wolf. The official story …

[column size=one_half position=first ] Let’s not try and dress a turd here: The Rookie was for the most a bad idea. Last Updated: October 12, 2015

[column size=one_half position=first ] The ninja sub-genre is for the most pretty sad. Kung fu films have since the Seventies – with a big debt to 36 Chambers of Shaolin – evolved into a spectacular display of action. Last Updated: October 5, 2015

[column size=one_half position=first ] We might as well address the elephant in the room. The Hunger Games – either you thought of that immediately or you are now wondering what this modern classic of extreme Japanese cinema has to do with Katniss and her rebels. Last Updated: August 17, 2015

Hey, Netflix, HBO wants its True Detective back! Just kidding – I certainly don’t want to give the impression that one ripped off the others when it created Narcos. But they do look and feel damn similar in this trailer – and that can only be a good thing. Last Updated: July 16, 2015

Everly is crazy. Not the character. The film. This film is crazy. And it deserves some attention for that. Last Updated: May 29, 2015