Movie Reviews: Spectre, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, Taxi Teheran

The latest James Bond adventure, Spectre (12A), opens in Mexico City on the Day of the Dead, the macabre celebration foreshadowing the movie’s main theme as Bond (Daniel Craig) creates an international incident involving the elimination of the ruthless assassin Sciarra during a particularly gymnastic helicopter ride.

Back home in London, 007 is informed by M (Ralph Fiennes) that he should keep a low profile, as plans are afoot to retire the outmoded double-0 programme in favour of a drone-based system of data-gathering.

Driven by a desire for revenge, however, Bond goes rogue, embarking on a solo mission which is designed to bring down the organisation that has haunted his career: Spectre.