Few figures on the contemporary scene are as controversial as Edward Snowden, the former intelligence officer who in 2013 revealed to the press the existence of a secret National Security Agency program for the collection of mass data that he considered abusive.

Beginning with 1979’s The Europeans, the producer-director team of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory, whose partnership was already of 15 years standing, churned out a succession of high quality period films. The duo’s pictures were famous for their lush cinematography, all-star casts and compelling story lines, usually based on a deep, dark secret.

Putting Tom Hanks in the cockpit as everybody’s favourite aviator, US Airways Captain Chesley Sullenberger, and bringing Clint Eastwood on board to direct him certainly sounds like a formula for high-flying success. And so it proves with Sully (Warner Bros.), Eastwood’s satisfying adaptation of Sullenberger’s memoir (co-written with Jeffrey Zaslow) Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters.

Starring: Clive Owen, Jaeden Lieberher, Mario Bello, and Patton Oswalt. Directed by Bob Nelson. Rated PG (Mild themes, coarse language and violence). 101min. This Canadian drama tells the story of a young boy, Anthony, who is nervous about spending time with his father, while his mother and her new husband go on a Catholic retreat together. Anthony is to have his First Communion and C...

When Daniel Petre wrote the ground-breaking Father Time back in 1998, it was both a reflection of his own experiences as a dad, and an outcry against cultural trends which have caused men to spend less and less time with their children – sometimes jeopardising the relationship completely.

While it uses animation to recount the fantastical adventures of a young boy, Kubo and the Two Strings (Focus) is not really suitable for the most youthful moviegoers.

Few films come to the screen with the kind of storied pedigree that lies behind Ben-Hur.

It has been 57 years since the last film version of Ben-Hur hit movie theatres. That alone is, for most Hollywood types, reason enough for a remake.

In the world of travel guides, accounts of people travelling around the globe, and becoming acquainted with strangers are not uncommon.

Like the World War II-era New York socialite it profiles, Florence Foster Jenkins (Paramount), a charmingly eccentric blend of comedy and drama, has its heart in the right place.