The tagline for Take Me Home Tonight reads ‘Best. Night. Ever.’ Pretty bold for a film with little publicity and a cast of not-very-well-knowns. But this surprisingly sweet and funny tale of what was acceptable in the 80’s is full of decade-spanning charm.

When a psychopathic killer starts targeting police officers, Jason Statham’s Detective Sergeant Tom Brant is sent in to take him down. Bish bong pow! Jason Statham kicks arse!

Just when you thought the ship had finally sunk to the bottom of the sea bed, those pirates, who may or may not be in the Caribbean any more, swing back with another romping instalment of nautical based madness. Your timbers should indeed be shivering.

Woody Allen opened this year’s Cannes Film Festival with a tale of nostalgic wish fulfillment that sees Owen Wilson’s struggling writer transported to 1920s Paris in order to ‘find himself’. With Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso and rhinoceros enthusiast Salvador Dali along for the ride, Midnight in Paris is a charmingly unhurried fable which reminds you to be careful what you wish for.

My eyes, my eyes, what have you done with my eyes?! Well I’m not sure you’ll be saying that but you may want to cover up them up as you lay witness to Guillem Morales’ supernatural horror.

Martin Sheen may have come a long way from the acid-hazed, bloodied-fist waving lunatic that he was in Saigon but he is still a powerful actor. From the very first scene he pulls us in a makes us believe that he is that person on screen; and he does it with so little effort! This movie may seem like a massive love-in between father Martin Sheen and son Emilio Estévez, and it is, but it is so much more.

Watch Last Night if you enjoy long moody shots interspersed with sporadic choppy cuts, endless cigarettes used as shorthand for INNER TURMOIL, and Keira Knightley’s chin taking all the limelight away from Guillaume ‘what on earth am I doing in this awful film?’ Canet. Crucially, do not watch it if you dislike insipid tripe.

With a title that sounds like an emo band and a guy with a sword that is supposedly just nifty, Fading of The Cries sounds way too good to be true, huh?

Christmas was months ago but with the arrival of Nik Fackler’s film Lovely, Still, the holiday feel is still present. Bring your Kleenex, the film’s like The Notebook but for the older person.

An independent and Award winning film, Amreeka finally hits UK cinemas this week (if you’ve been waiting for it). It might be more for the art-house crowd but its an engaging film from director Cherien Dabis.