Hired guns, fun for the little ones and Cuban ballet

The Sisters Brothers 15A ★★★★★

I love a good western, and this by French film-maker Jacques Audiard embraces the genre with enthusiasm and delivers a fine movie about gold and greed.

Joaquin Phoenix and John C Reilly, below, play Charlie and Eli Sisters, two hired guns who in 1851 earn a nasty living settling bloody scores for a mysterious character, The Commodore.

Their latest job sees them in vigorous pursuit of John Morris (Jake Gyllenhaal), a bookish scout who, in turn, is looking for an unorthodox gold prospector played by Riz Ahmed.

It’s wordy, slow-moving and reflective but it’s also funny, well written and nicely played out by a cast firing on all guns.

Missing Link PG ★★★★★

Released in time for the Easter holidays, this animated feature is from the clever people behind The Boxtrolls and Coraline. But despite the high quality of the animation and lovely voice performances from Hugh Jackman, Zach Galifianakis and Stephen Fry, it lacks originality. Still, it is commercial and funny and will fill a rainy Easter afternoon.

Yuli 15A ★★★★★

A semi-dramatised retelling of the extraordinary life of the Cuban ballet dancer Carlos Acosta.

Acosta – playing a version of himself – graces the dance sequences in this drama of a stubborn little boy – nicknamed Yuli, pictured above – growing up in poverty in Havana. The story addresses challenging subjects such as racism and homophobia, and Acosta’s difficult father is beautifully played by Santiago Alfonso.

Pet Sematary (2019) 16 ★★★★★

There are some old Stephen King film adaptations that shouldn’t be reincarnated, and Pet Sematary – from 1989 – is surely one of them. This retelling of the story of a sinister woodland graveyard that brings its occupants, left, back to life is well acted but proves more silly than scary.