Friday Apr 1 to Thursday Apr 7, 2016

"They say that God loves a trier. If that’s true then Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards will be guaranteed a seat at Heaven’s top table when he eventually skids off his mortal coil. At the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, Edwards became the first person ever to represent Great Britain in ski jumping. That’s not to say he was actually any good at it.

"It's 16 years since Maggie Smith last played cantankerous Mary Shepherd in Alan Bennett’s hit play about his real-life nuisance neighbour. Since then the veteran actress has carefully honed the art of the acidic one-liner in Downton Abbey and two 'Marigold Hotel' films.

"Though we ought to be used to the idea of women reporting from war zones—the old notions of 'war is no place for a woman' cling stubbornly.

"If your goal is gathering beaver pelts in the 19th century, you could hardly have a better guide than frontiersman Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio). A man of few words but formidable skills, Glass knows his way around the Rockies. But even he has his limitations.

"He is provocative. He preaches. He often cherry-picks data to justify his conclusions. But there is a reason Michael Moore is the most successful documentary-maker on the planet: he can drive home a palatable message in hugely entertaining and accessible fashion.