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• Black Butler review – stilted revenge thriller with kitschy charms

  

  21 Oct 2014: This Japanese live-action version of the manga and anime classic has a fun futuristic spin, even if the dialogue and performances are stilted, writes Anna Smith

• The Judge review – part family drama, part courtroom gripper

  

  16 Oct 2014: There are plenty of emotional fireworks in this big, soupy but entertaining picture, writes Peter Bradshaw

• Global box office: Dracula Untold too bloodless to raise opening stakes

  15 Oct 2014: An unproven lead and high costs could scupper Universal’s monster franchise, while Gone Girl shows topical staying power in Phil Hoad’s weekly report

• Phoenix review – a complex mystery of disguise and deceit

  

  15 Oct 2014: The threads of a concentration camp survivor’s return to postwar Germany are woven into a masterful web by Christian Petzold, writes Ryan Gilbey

• Gone Girl remains UK No 1 as The Maze Runner gallops to second place

  14 Oct 2014: Charles Gant: Ben Affleck drama falls just 15% despite restrictive 18 certificate, indicating wider appeal beyond fans of the novel, and teen adventure The Maze Runner makes respectable numbers

• The Judge: a likable, two-inch-deep legal potboiler

  13 Oct 2014: Robert Downey Jr’s spectacular turnaround has been a joy to behold. But his new film doesn’t do him justice

• ’71 review – Jack O’Connell excels in muscular, moody Troubles thriller

  

  12 Oct 2014: The rising British star puts in another brilliant performance as a squaddie lost in the mayhem of 1970s Belfast, writes Mark Kermode

• The Maze Runner review – ‘The Prisoner meets The Last Starfighter with giant spiders’

  

  12 Oct 2014: Poor dialogue is redeemed by fine action sequences in this latest addition to the young adult dystopian thriller genre, writes Mark Kermode

• The Calling review – ‘Fargo meets Se7en’

  

  12 Oct 2014: The banter between Susan Sarandon and Ellen Burstyn is the making of this derivative Canadian murder mystery, writes Mark Kermode

• Hanna: Joe Wright’s pride and extreme prejudice – film on TV recap

  11 Oct 2014: Stuart Heritage: Saoirse Ronan leads an impressively starry cast in this teen assassin action movie, but it proves a weird fit with the director’s period-drama hits. It shows on Channel 4 at 9.20pm on Saturday

• Fury first look review – Brad Pitt's punchy, muscular videogame of a war movie

  

  10 Oct 2014: Peter Bradshaw: Brad Pitt leads a tank crew into Germany in the dying days of the second world war in this watchable thriller that is less realistic that it supposes

• The Guardian Film Show: '71, The Calling, The Rewrite and The Maze Runner – video reviews

  Video (18min 57sec), 10 Oct 2014:

  The film team review this week's cinema releases, including the Troubles-set chase thriller '71 and young adult teen saviour story The Maze Runner

• The Calling review – Sarandon and Sutherland team-up in ridiculous serial killer thriller

  

  9 Oct 2014: Susan Sarandon is preposterously cast, but this snowy whodunnit does have some creepy moments and nice support, writes Peter Bradshaw

• ’71 review – nail-biting action thriller set during the Troubles

  

  9 Oct 2014: This taut drama about a British soldier caught behind enemy lines in Belfast is a cracking debut from Yann Demange, writes Peter Bradshaw

• Why was James Bond so keen on eggs?

  8 Oct 2014: Readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts

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