It’s a downhill hurtle from night one when a suspended New York detective takes a make-do job as a night watchman.

An adulterous man plans to poison his wife and move on to his ravishing young lover.

Patrick Dempsey’s latest romantic romp shapes up as a seamless fit.

This amiable sequel is no side-splitter; still, it does keep busy, making snappy tracks without a minute wasted.

A Chinese woman becomes physically and emotionally entangled with a senior World War II Japanese collaborator she is conspiring to help assassinate.

A Palestinian widow’s fragile tranquillity is shattered when the Israeli Defence Minister moves next door.

Harrison Ford gets hatted up once again as the well-travelled archaeologist.

A bumptious Londoner lands a dream job in New York, then robustly proceeds to screw it up.

A well-worn movie format gets a dynamic, dance-fever workout.

You’d have to be the Grinch not to salute the teenage cast’s wholesale pep.