Omar Sy

Director John Wells’ redemptive tale about a burned-out chef isn’t particularly noteworthy, but the pacing and performances keep things humming along nicely

Tom and Anna Wright (James Franco and Kate Hudson) are a financially-struggling American couple giving UK life a try. The money from a robbery-gone-wrong ends up in their basement and they make the ill-fated decision to hold onto it, unaware that the cash will bring two separate criminal gangs and a worn police detective charging into their lives.

X-Men: Days of Future Past Written by Simon Kinberg Directed by Bryan Singer USA, 2014 It may be a slightly ominous sign that the best scene in X-Men: Days of Future Past features a totally new character to the infinite universe of mutants, who then all but vanishes from the rest of the film. Still, …

X-Men: Days of Future Past Written by Simon Kinberg Directed by Bryan Singer USA, 2014 The key virtue of the X-Men films has been their mutant-like ability to seamlessly blend with other genres. The Wolverine worked as samurai cinema. First Class played well as a Cold War-era Bond thriller. Since the comic’s inception, X-Men has been the “…in bed” fortune …

Intouchables (English title: The Untouchables) Directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano Written by Oliver Nakache and Éric Toledano France, 2011 Fish out of water comedies seem to win a great many film goers each and every time a new one is released. The same may be argued about comedies which share the tales of …