Bad Apples review – Saoirse Ronan’s dark, school-set satire doesn’t go far enough

The four-time Oscar nominee is as strong as ever playing a teacher in a shocking situation, but the film can’t quite rise to her level

Roofman review – Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst lift fact-based crime caper

The two stars do their share of heavy lifting in Derek Cianfrance’s intermittently effective comedy drama about a deceitful prison escapee

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert review – Baz Luhrmann’s electric yet avoidant documentary

The bombastic director’s second film about the music legend shows the singer at his most mesmerizing but the picture remains incomplete

Good Fortune review – Aziz Ansari’s big comeback comedy struggles to find big laughs

The multi-hyphenate’s directorial debut has noble intentions in its timely class commentary but his brand of humour makes for an awkward fit

California Schemin’ review – James McAvoy’s directorial debut is an unlikely rap tale

The actor makes for a hit-and-miss first time film-maker with the undeniably involving true story of Scottish rappers who pretended to be American

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery review – whodunnit threequel is murderously good fun

After Glass Onion underwhelmed, Rian Johnson’s self-aware, star-packed Benoit Blanc series makes a barnstorming return to form

Winter of the Crow review – Lesley Manville commands cold war thriller

The Oscar nominee makes for a compelling heroine in a solid and intermittently suspenseful tale of a professor stuck in a nightmare

Fuze review – twisty London-set heist thriller should have stolen some personality

Scottish director David Mackenzie recruits Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Theo James for a caper heavy on double-crossing but light on style

The Lost Bus review – Paul Greengrass wildfire movie is as stressful as you’d expect

The director retells the worst wildfire in California’s history with expected technical prowess but he’s hampered by a soapy script

Obsession review – nasty horror sees a wish for true love go horribly wrong

Writer-director Curry Barker follows up $800 YouTube hit Milk & Serial with a frighteningly effective, and head-smashingly gory, cautionary tale

Christy review – Sydney Sweeney fights a losing battle in cliched boxing biopic

The rising star makes for a convincing boxer inside the ring in David Michôd’s by-the-numbers drama but flounders when outside

Steve review – Cillian Murphy is outstanding in ferocious reform school drama

Adapted by Max Porter from his novella Shy and co-starring Little Simz, Emily Watson and Tracey Ullman this brutal but ultimately hopeful story is fiercely affecting

The Choral review – Ralph Fiennes makes pleasant music in low-volume drama

The actor is a reliably committed presence in this gentle Alan Bennett-scripted first world war tale which might have worked better on stage

Saipan review – football scandal makes for thrilling big-screen drama

Steve Coogan and a knockout Éanna Hardwicke take on Mick McCarthy and Roy Keane in this involving workplace drama about a 2002 tabloid storm

Stand or Fall: The Remarkable Rise of Brighton and Hove Albion review – a football epic for the ages

With no home ground and one match away from non-league competition, the Seagulls’ climb up to the Premier League is one of the game’s great success stories