Twenty years in the making, Enid Blyton’s much-loved 1940s book series is vividly brought to life on the big screen.

Polly (Claire Foy) and Tim (Andrew Garfield) move to the English countryside with their three children, and the initial awkwardness of their new life quickly gives way to wonder when the youngsters discover the Magic Faraway Tree. Its eccentric residents (Moonface, Silky, Dame Washalot and Saucepan Man) guide them through fantastical lands, each more dazzling and unpredictable than the last.

Screenwriter Simon Farnaby, known for his work on Paddington 2 and Wonka, brings his trademark warmth and wit to the adaptation, crafting a world where curiosity, courage, and familial bonds shine. The stellar ensemble also includes Rebecca Ferguson, Jennifer Saunders, Lenny Henry and Michael Palin, infusing the story with humour and a rich sense of fun at every turn.

It’s a charming adventure, perfectly capturing the imagination and gentle magic that have kept Blyton’s books beloved for over eighty years. For anyone whose grown up dreaming of wondrous lands and whimsical creatures, this is a joyful journey full of laughter and the enduring delight of discovering new worlds together.

Knives Out meets Babe in this light-hearted, wooly whodunnit, starring Hugh Jackman.

In this witty, new breed of mystery, Jackman is George Hardy, a shepherd who loves his sheep and raises them only for their wool. Every night he reads aloud a murder mystery, pretending his sheep can understand, never suspecting that not only can they understand but they argue for hours afterwards about whodunnit

Then, when someone is actually found dead under mysterious circumstances, the sheep realise at once that it was a murder and think they know everything about how to go about solving it. The local cop Tim Derry (Nicholas Braun), on the other hand, has never solved a serious crime in his life, so the sheep conclude they will have to solve it themselves, even if it means leaving their meadow for the first time and facing the fact that the human world isn’t as simple as it appears in books.

The Sheep Detectives is a fun, wholesome murder mystery with an all-star voice cast including: Bryan Cranston, Regina Hall, and Patrick Stewart. Don’t miss.

This came so close to not being finished, but when it went on to win the coveted Palme d’or at Cannes (2006) it was glittered at by the glitterati, but not by the tabloid English press and Tele-graph.

They demonised it before it was ever screened!

“Only 42 of the 659 cinema screens in Britain are set to show it (one of that 42 was/is The Rex) yet 300 French cinemas are queueing for it…” (Standard 22nd June 2006).

With characteristic insight, honesty and intelligence, Loach/Laverty creates a tense moving, com-passionate and poignant story. It examines the personal cost of conflict in Ireland in the early 1920s.

Reluctant at first, later driven by all around him, Damien (Cillian Murphy) follows his brother Teddy (Padraic Delaney) into violent conflict. When an unstable treaty is finally agreed, it is already too late. Civil war pits families, who fought side by side, against each another. The period detail is extraordinary, as are the performances in this “controversial slice of half-forgotten history”.

Brutal and heart searching, not a beat is skipped.

It is a beautifully measured story of loyalty, conflict and above all: Family. Heart lifting/breaking.

Don’t miss Cillian Murphy at his best – long before Oppenheimer.

The paunchy Nintendo mascot Mario (Chris Pratt) and his brother Luigi (Charlie Day) return for another colourful, kid-friendly adventure, this time going beyond the stars.

We meet a princess, Rosalina (Brie Larson), who is the mother of a brood of multi-coloured stars. She’s kidnapped by Bowser Jr (Benny Safdie), who’s out to avenge his imprisoned dad (Jack Black). Meanwhile Mario and Luigi meet and befriend cute dinosaur Yoshi (Donald Glover) and set out to help Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) as she goes off to rescue her fellow royal.

What follows is 90 minutes of pure sugar-rush as we quite literally bounce from one madcap segment to the next, with nary a time to breathe. There’s precious little humanity in the dialogue or performances, yet the joy lies in its sincere affection for the Mario universe; the people who made this, including a great many from Nintendo itself, care enough about the Mario games to ensure that the details are right: that everything looks and sounds as it should, from those spinning star-launchers from the Galaxy games to the cute 2D sequences that are straight out of Super Mario Bros. It’s silly, delightful stuff.

Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel play off each other beautifully in an intimate London-set comedy drama about art, commerce and the mess in-between.

McKellen is Julian Sklar, a once-brilliant painter who sullied his name with awful behaviour. Now, separated from the world he looks down on in his London townhouse, he makes money through embarrassing Cameo videos.

He’s cursed with two talentless children (Jessica Gunning and James Corden), they’re obsessed with the money they might still be able to squeeze from him. There’s a set of portraits – The Christophers – that have gained a mythical reputation and while no one on the outside knows they’re unfinished, the siblings intend to hire an expert to finish them so that they can con their way into a fortune. They pick Lori (Coel), an art restorer, she pretends to be Julian’s new assistant and the pair begin an unusual relationship, filled with mistrust, anger and revenge.

The Christophers is an witty comedy drama with plot reversals that make it feel like it’s on the verge of a thriller. It doesn’t end up there, but it’s unpredictable enough to never make us entirely sure just where it’s heading.

The cast members of 2006’s beloved fashionista comedy expressed no desire in doing a sequel, but apparently something changed, and now everyone has come back for a second strut.

This time, the story dives into the decline of print fashion magazines and the rise of digital media. Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) is dealing with retirement and the collapse of the magazine industry, now forced to build bridges with her one-time assistant Emily (Emily Blunt). Emily has become a powerful executive in the luxury brand world. The tension? Emily’s company no longer needs Miranda’s magazine, flipping their old dynamic on its head. It’s not just fashion anymore; it’s survival, relevance, and reinvention. Anne Hathaway’s Andy Sachs is also back in business with Miranda, working as an editor at Runway.

Expect sharp dialogue, breathtaking wardrobes, and that same biting humour that made the original a classic. This sequel has that perfect mix of nostalgia and new energy. The devil is back and she’s more fabulous and ruthless than ever. The Devil Wears Prada 2 feels like catching up with old friends, ones who wear designer heels.