Oscar night is nearly upon us and there have been a few surprises — and some apparent snubs — in the shortlist, says Esther McCarthy.

Blade Runner 2049 is a real thing and it's going to be in cinemas next year. You should be very, very excited about this news.

When alien craft arrive, communication is key.

The original Blade Runner had a really memorable score by Vangelis but that won't be happening this time around.

Ok so it's still a pretty strange state of affairs that a sequel to Blade Runner is in the works, but if you have been hotly anticipating the new film there's good news - it's coming even sooner than expected!

Set in pre-WWI London, Suffragette (12A) is a stirring account of the campaign for women’s voting rights which was led by Emmeline Pankhurst (a very brief cameo from Meryl Streep).

An FBI agent goes on the hunt for a drug lord south of the border.

Prisoners director Denis Villeneuve is back with another hard hitting feature in this week's Sicario and it's otherwise a pretty quite week - maybe so see The Martian if you haven't caught it yet!

Sicario isn't even out yet but already there's talk of bringing a sequel story to the big screen, focussing on a single character

Sicario means hitman, and we get more of a chance to find out what that means in the latest trailer for this intense thriller.

Denis Villeneuve has been making quite a name for himself in recent years, mostly for crafting mature and dense works like Prisoners and 2010s Incendies. This year he's back with what could be his best work to date.

I'm going to come out and say it, I'm just not that into Blade Runner.

The Cannes Film Festival is coming under scrutiny for its strict dress code after women not wearing high heels were turned away from a premiere.

The Cannes Film Festival has come under fire for its policy of only allowing women dressed in high heels to walk on the red carpet for its formal premieres.

Woody Allen’s recent run of amiable comedies comes to an abrupt halt with Blue Jasmine (15), which stars Cate Blanchett as the very blue — as in, deeply depressed — eponymous heroine.

Although it ultimately lacks the courage of its twisted convictions, ‘Prisoners’ is a provocative thriller about a father who takes justice into his own hands when his little girl is abducted at Thanksgiving.

Michael Fassbender has been offered the lead role in 'Prisoners'.

IT HAS been hailed as The Hangover for women, but Bridesmaids (16s) deserves to be judged on its own merits.