From movies to music, food to fashion, our critics reveal their cultural picks for the year ahead

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In advance of the Academy Awards on Sunday, Esther McCarthy casts her eye over the major categories to predict this year’s winners— and who could cause an upset.

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Those Marvel shows on Netflix just keep getting better, with Jessica Jones upping the ante started with Daredevil. Now Luke Cage is bringing things to the next level.

We've already met Luke Cage, with the character having a pretty major role in the standalone Jessica Jones series last year. Now he's getting his own show.

The Academy Awards 2016 were dogged by controversy surrounding the predominantly white and male dominance, and that's set to change.

Another Marvel character is coming to Netflix in the near future. The streaming service announced that Luke Cage, the spin-off series based on the character in Jessica Jones, will be released on September 30th.

If you’ve ever wondered what happens to cops and criminals once their stories are resolved in the traditionally violent climax to a crime flick, then The Place Beyond the Pines (15A) is for you. Ryan Gosling plays Luke, a feckless motorcycle stunt rider who travels from town to town with the carnival.

The sins of fathers are revisited upon the sons in Derek Cianfrance’s doom-laden triptych, which reunites the award-winning writer-director with his ‘Blue Valentine’ star, Ryan Gosling.