BRIAN VINER: Jude Law is thrilling in the story of Putin’s monstrous rise to power

Jude Law wasn't always an obvious choice to play bellicose, blood-soaked tyrants...

The rapping Proclaimers? No, but this hip-hop hoax is the real deal, BRIAN VINER reviews California Schemin’

California Schemin' - a tremendously assured directing debut by James McAvoy - is based on a…

BRIAN VINER on The Drama: Like a Richard Curtis romcom, with a wickedly dark heart

An Englishman called Charlie, charming and dishy if a bit wet, pretends to be familiar with the…

BRIAN VINER on The Magic Faraway Tree: Blyton’s magical tale is a ripping treat for Easter

A tip-top cast, led by Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield, is the icing on the cake.

BRIAN VINER on Project Hail Mary: Ryan Gosling’s madcap mission to save mankind is light years too long

I wish co-directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller had cut a few billion light years, or…

BRIAN VINER reviews How To Make A Killing: This remake of the greatest of all Ealing comedies is a deadly dud

The greatest of all Ealing comedies, the 1949 masterpiece Kind Hearts And Coronets, really should be…

BRIAN VINER: Claire Foy is majestic in H Is For Hawk – it’s a soaring study of grief

BRIAN VINER: In H Is For Hawk, a true story, Helen Macdonald (Claire Foy) devotes herself…