Joaquin Phoenix’s new film Joker has been criticised by survivors and families of the victims of the 2012 mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado. In a letter to Warner Bros, the studio responsible for the film, the group asked for donations to groups that help mass-shooting victims. “We are calling on you,” they wrote, “to be a part…

Dir: Ric Roman Waugh. Cast: Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Jada Pinkett Smith, Nick Nolte, Piper Perabo, Danny Huston, Tim Blake Nelson, Lance Reddick. 15 cert, 121 min Angel Has Fallen is almost worth seeing. It could gain this distinction for the end-credits sting alone, which features – wait for it – a half-naked Nick Nolte bestially moaning…

The original cast of Jurassic Park will reunite for Jurassic Park 3 in 2021 under the direction of Colin Trevorrow, who co-wrote and directed Jurassic World, and produced the franchise’s most recent film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Confirmed at a screening of Trevorrow’s new short film Battle at Big Rock on Tuesday night, which serves as a prelude…

Dir: Adrian Grünberg. Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Óscar Jaenada, Louis Mandylor, Adriana Barraza,Yvette Monreal. 18 cert, 89 mins The fifth and, if we’re lucky, final instalment in the Rambo series is called Last Blood, but it could just as easily be called Most Blood. Apparent retirement hasn’t stopped Sylvester Stallone’s ever-ready ’Nam vet, John Rambo, from…

Dir: Lorene Scarafia. Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart, Cardi B, Lizzo, Stormi Maya, Madeline Brewer, Mercedes Ruehl. 15 cert, 110 mins You’ve never seen Jennifer Lopez sell a character quite like she does in Hustlers. In a ruling-the-roost turn that’s already much buzzed about, she plays Ramona, the queen of a…

The Farewell review: modest, affecting family drama says goodbye to subtlety

Dirs: Tyler Gillett, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin. Cast: Samara Weaving, Mark O’Brien, Adam Brody, Andie MacDowell, Henry Czerny, Nicky Guadagni. 18 cert, 95 mins Marrying into an insane family is the most reliable motor ever devised for Gothic drama. With just a malevolent twist of the knife, it spawns a cracking, Gothic-flavoured horror comedy in Ready or Not. Families…

Dir: Armando Iannucci. Cast: Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Jairaj Varsani, Hugh Laurie, Ben Whishaw, Peter Capaldi, Daisy May Cooper, Paul Whitehouse, Rosalind Eleazar, Aneurin Barnard, Morfydd Clark, Benedict Wong. Cert: PG. Time: 119 mins. “Like many fond parents,” Charles Dickens wrote a few years before he died, “I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And…