John Cleese Packs It In review – former Python goes on the road in sickness and in health
Such is his grumpiness, it isn’t clear why the 85-year-old wanted to make the film – though ‘I need the money’ is a running gag
Nuremberg review – Russell Crowe is top notch as an on-trial Göring but Rami Malek lets side down
Crowe is wittily cast as the pompous Nazi in this tale from behind the scenes at the Nuremberg trials, but Malek is deeply silly as army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley
The Carpenter’s Son review – Nicolas Cage is predictably miscast in dull biblical horror
A grim, grave-faced look at Jesus realising he is in fact the son of God is a bafflingly acted and messily made bore
The Wild Geese review – Richard Burton and Roger Moore lead cast of amigos in preposterous African caper
Reactionary boy’s own adventure sends craggy gentlemen mercenaries Burton, Moore and Richard Harris into somewhat implausible action
Future Boy by Michael J Fox review – secrets from the set of a definitive 80s movie
The actor’s account of his big Hollywood break – and how it almost never happened
Come See Me in the Good Light review – frank, funny and inspiring documentary tackles cancer
The Sundance award-winner, now landing on Apple TV+, is a remarkably unvarnished look at a couple dealing with a devastating diagnosis
Keeper review – romance goes to hell in effectively eerie horror
Longlegs director Osgood Perkins takes us on a dark journey to the woods in a creepy and visually inventive nightmare with a killer lead performance
Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution review – spectacular if baffling anime is out to thrill and bewilder
Remix of old and new material from TV series includes tremendous battle sequences but there’s an awful lot of lore for new viewers to catch up with
Park Avenue review – Fiona Shaw is fearless in upmarket New York mother-daughter relationship drama
Having left her husband, Shaw’s daughter moves in with her at the Manhattan apartment she grew up in and soon tensions arise – wry, sweet, melancholic but somewhat insubstantial
Left-Handed Girl review – striking Taiwanese family drama is a real marvel
Shih-Ching Tsou and frequent collaborator Anora’s Oscar-winning auteur Sean Baker have created an affecting and original film of both humor and pathos
City on Fire review – Tarantino-inspiring Hong Kong thriller burns with grit and moral tension
Ringo Lam’s 1987 cop yarn starring a magnetic Chow Yun-fat delivers the violent realism and emotional heft that shaped Reservoir Dogs’ bloody caper
Adulthood review – Alex Winter’s nastily comic crime noir as family intrigue over division of assets
Skeletons rattle and good people turn bad in ruthless tale that is very well played but not quite lethal enough
The Hunger Games: On Stage review – thundering fight to the death in a dazzling dystopia
Eye-popping visuals and a strong lead performance energise Matthew Dunster’s production – but the emotion gets lost amid the action
Christmas Karma review – Dickens adaptation has as much Yuletide spirit as a dead rat in the eggnog
Gurinder Chadha’s leaden update of the hardy seasonal chestnut with Kunal Nayyar is joyless and nausea-inducing
Edge of Life review – can understanding death help us understand how to live?
This astounding documentary traces the uses of psychedelics in palliative care, weaving together medical trials with ancient traditions