Jonathan Lynn brings the sleuthing board game, Cluedo, to the big screen with a plethora of stars taking on the familiar characters of Prof Plum, Col Mustard et al. The gags are plentiful although they will probably seem somewhat dated and uninspired to modern audiences. The alternate endings of the original American release are included – which kinda takes the fun out of guessing ‘whodunnit?'

Still... Mole likes it so it must have some magic about it.

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Set in a Paris hotel this comic tribute to the noir B-movie follows the efforts of a ridiculously incompetent detective trying to solve a murder with the dubious assistance of his inspector nephew. To add to the confusion the hotel patrons, a boxer's entourage, an arguing couple and the Mafia, are all up to devious activities of their own. Hilarious. find out more...

From Creator Noah Hawley, the new installment of Fargo is an all-new “true crime” tale starring Ewan McGregor in dual roles as Emmit Stussy and his slightly younger brother Ray. Their sibling rivalry leads to a twisted path that begins with petty theft but soon leads to murder, mobsters and cutthroat competitive bridge.

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Harry is a small time crook and a big time loser, that is until he inadvertently, and comically, finds himself up for the lead in a Hollywood movie. Upon his arrival in LA Harry is hooked up with a real life Private Detective and sent off into the real world to learn his craft. But this is a vicious and murderous world, one that Harry is ill equipped to deal with, or indeed survive. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang breathes much needed new life into the buddy movie, it plays like a knowing modern noir thrill find out more...

1. Luther, still plagued by the death of Zoe faces a serial killer wearing a Punch mask and tries to rescue an old acquaintance's daughter from the dangerous world of drugs and prostitution.
2. Luther must rescue Ripley before Cameron sets out his final murdering piece; schoolkids that are set to be dumped and gassed. Meanwhile, Jenny's ruthless and vengeful boss is demanding compensation for stealing her protege.

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Allen returns to his less introspective film style of old. Keaton is his bored wife who becomes convinced that their neighbour has murdered his wife. Allen is persuaded to join the madcap chase for the truth. Superb dialogue, and very witty; for lovers of Cluedo-type parlour games and Agatha Christie fans. find out more...

When mentally handicapped Do-Joon is accused of murdering a teenage girl his ageing, herbalist and acupuncturist, single mother goes on a one-woman mission to protect her off-spring and prove his innocence by finding the real murderer.
As in 'Memories of Murder' Bong juggles and mixes genres in a way that western convention precludes and he does so with great success. This 'independent' movie anarchically and successfully combines murder mystery, melodrama, tragedy, social satire, psycho find out more...

The inimitable Sellers in the second of the Pink Panther farces. Although the overall standard is high, it would be worth watching just to see Clouseau impersonating a dentist with a wax nose, or to see him get the girl in the end without even taking his socks off. find out more...

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A group of State Troopers are facing the government axe, there's nothing for them to do, they're in a constant battle of one upmanship with the local police and a 'proper' crime has just been committed. It's balls to the wall for the boys in brown as they belt from one inevitable disaster to the next. 'Super Troopers' is very... very silly, make no mistake, but it manages to stoop so low and get so surreal that if you keep running with it you can't help but laugh. find out more...