With the centenary of the outbreak of WWI in mind, Adam Waterfield looks back at Kubrick’s Paths of Glory

James Moules shares the results of The Mancunion’s Oscar Predictions Poll, in which the Film Section’s editors and contributors told us who they think will win in the major categories on Oscar night, and who they reckon should win if it were solely down to them

Presented by the Official (poor) Judgement Panel of the Alc-ademy Awards.

Sarah Wolff inspects the schematics of Marvel/Disney’s off the wall(-e) robo-adventure

Don’ t be sore Leo-sers—Andriana Hambi questions whether he deserves an Oscar.

Eleanor Stead feels that Ridley Scott’s latest fails to put the ‘epic’ in Biblical Epic

Elliot Coen implores you to avoid the new remake of Annie at all costs

Jack Lunn thinks that Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-nominated film is a solid war drama that fully deserves its wide acclaim

Amna Shaddad wasn’t inspired by Unbroken’s attempts to portray heroism

Luke Sharma thinks the Battle of the Five Armies, while full of unnecessary CGI and redundant plot points, is as good an ending to the Hobbit trilogy as Peter Jackson could have produced

Ben Sutton encourages you to catch up with the wickedly entertaining British sitcom The Thick of It

Zack Heera revels in this surrealist masterpiece

Andriana Hambi thinks Louie is a show everbody should see. K?

Resident physics student/realist Adam Waterfield says: “In space, no one can hear you slag off George Lucas.”

James Moules says that this Alan Turing biopic succeeds thanks to director Morten Tyldum’s strong eye for detail and Benedict Cumberbatch’s knockout performance.

Imran Bukhari is legally fond of 12 Angry Men

Imran Bukhari feels that The Dark Knight failed to get it right

Dylan Kerlann wants more films to make us think about real world issues

Nicole Tamer looks at how science has inspired numerous filmmakers

Nadia Cheung feels the seduction of film noir