Ian Holm, star of Lord of the Rings, Alien and Chariots of Fire, dies aged 88
The versatile actor went from the RSC and Harold Pinter to international movie stardom with roles as the hobbit Bilbo Baggins and an android in Alien
I’ve never seen … Schindler’s List
Spielberg’s beautifully shot three-hour multi-Oscar-winner is at times overwrought, but fully worthy of its masterpiece status
Radioactive review – Marie Curie biopic fast-forwards to Hiroshima
Rosamund Pike plays the physicist with dignity and froideur in this respectful drama that shows her brilliant discoveries – and their effects
Steven Berkoff’s Tell Tale Heart review – voraciously hammy gothic
There are fine grisly moments and a creepy score, but Berkoff’s lurid performance stymies the horror of Poe’s murder tale
Virus Tropical review – energetic, dazzling animated rite of passage
With nods to telenovelas and Persepolis, this animation, a film of Power Paola’s vivid graphic novel memoir of growing up in South America, is truly beautiful
Back Roads review – sombre yet camp family incest drama
Alex Pettyfer directs this sturdy adaptation of Tawni O’Dell’s dated and faintly prurient tale of desire and abuse
Hollywood studio behind 12 Years a Slave wins rights for ‘real life Lord of the Flies’
New Regency will bring to the screen the true story of six Tongan teenagers who survived for 15 months on a remote Pacific island in the 1960s
I’ve never seen … Doctor Zhivago
Would David Lean’s epic Russian-revolution romance stir my heart or leave me stone-cold? Well, all the balalaikas set my teeth on edge from the start
Can You Keep a Secret? review – dull, strangers-on-a-plane romcom
A young woman opens her heart to the passenger sitting next to her in this unfunny adaptation of a Sophie Kinsella novel
Irrfan Khan: a seductive actor capable of exquisite gentleness
The Lunchbox star, who has died aged 53, was a vital bridge between Bollywood and Hollywood, and possessed a strong romantic appeal
Do we really need a Hunger Games prequel movie?
Don’t look now, but Suzanne Collins’ novel about the early years of Donald Sutherland’s character Coriolanus Snow is heading for the big screen
Extraction review – hokey, high-octane action thriller
Chris Hemsworth plays a super-tough mercenary on an all-guns-blazing mission to rescue a crime lord’s kidnapped son
My favourite film aged 12: Young Sherlock Holmes
An exceptional protagonist, his daft mate and a gutsy girl go on an adventure in a supernatural public school ... A proto-Potter it may be, but this trippy origin story was a queasy tween delight
Can’t face reading a hefty book right now? Here are my favourite adaptations
I Am Legend, City of God, Jurassic Park … it’s a good time to discover which books work well on film
From Panic Room to Cabin Fever: films about isolation, to watch in self-isolation
Our selection of must-see movies, whether you go it alone or hunker down with family or friends