Movie reviews: Arrival, Moscow Never Sleeps, The Land of the Enlightened

Arrival 4/5

The alien invasion movie is a time-honoured Hollywood staple, but Arrival (12A) offers an intriguing variation.

When an alien craft touches down in remote Montana — one of several spaceships to appear on Earth overnight — the American military turns to Dr Louise Banks (Amy Adams, in what is arguably her finest role to date), a specialist in linguistics, in a bid to communicate with the alien species and discover whether they come as friend or foe.