Her – review
Joaquin Phoenix stars as a reclusive writer who falls for his artificially-intelligent operating system in Spike Jonze’s quirky Oscar contender
Rowland Marsh
12 Years a Slave – review
12 Years a Slave is showing at the Hackney Picturehouse throughout January and February
American Hustle – review
A pair of successful con artists find themselves entangled with an ambitious FBI agent in David O. Russell’s black comedy
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – review
Jennifer Lawrence returns as Katniss Everdeen in the second instalment of the popular Hunger Games trilogy
Blue Jasmine – review
Cate Blanchett’s character in this intriguing film recalls Blanche DuBois from A Streetcar Named Desire
Kick-Ass 2 – review
Is it too violent, and, more importantly, is it any good? Our man in the cinema gives his verdict
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa – review
Armando Iannucci and Steve Coogan finally bring character to the big screen in hostage flick
The World’s End – review
Five old friends complete a pub crawl they started as schoolboys in this funny finale to the ‘Cornetto’ trilogy
Man of Steel – review
Punchy effort by superhero film dream team pushes alien origins of Superman
The Great Gatsby 3D – review
Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan star in Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of the great American novel
Star Trek Into Darkness – review
Benedict Cumberbatch and Simon Pegg in intergalactic blockbuster
The Look of Love – review
Steve Coogan is Soho sex king Paul Raymond, the porn baron who became one of Britain’s richest men
The Place Beyond the Pines – review
The new movie from Derek Cianfrance is a modern-day morality tale
Spring Breakers – review
The antics of four bikini-clad heroines on spring vacation form the narrative of this mixed-up movie