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DOWNHILL (15)

★★☆☆☆ UNNECESSARY English language remake of 2014’s offbeat Swedish drama Force Majeure, which jettisons the discomfort and darkness of the original in favour of broad comedy.

Attorney Billie Stanton (Veep’s Julia LouisD Dreyfus), husband Pete (Will Ferrell pictured with Louis-Dreyfus) and their two sons Finn ( (Julian Juli Grey) and Emerson (Ammon Jacob Ford) arriv arrive at an Austrian resort for quality family time on the freshly powdered slopes.

A controlled explosion triggers an avalanche, which heads straight for a patio where the family are preparing to order lunch. As the deluge of snow hits, Billie instinctively protects Finn and Emerson while Pete grabs his phone and runs for cover.

Once the dust settles, Pete calmly returns to the table and orders lunch. Billie’s incredulity fizzes beneath the surface until a late-night drink uncorks the full force of her maternal rage.

TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG (18)

★★★ ☆☆

UNREMITTINGLY grim picture, based loosely on the exploits of Australian outlaw Ned Kelly and his gang in the late 19th century.

It centres on the poisonous relationship of young Ned Kelly

(Orlando Schwerdt) and his manipulative mother Ellen (Essie Davis), who loses her husband (Ben Corbett) at the hands of scheming lawman Sergeant O’Neil (Charlie Hunnam). Ned is forced to grow up before his time and the boy learns to fend for himself with tutelage from bush ranger Harry Power (Russell Crowe). As Ned (now played by 1917’s George MacKay, pictured) comes of age, he declares war on Constable Fitzpatrick (Nicholas Hoult) by forming a gang with his younger brother Dan (Earl Cave) and a couple of friends.

True History Of The Kelly Gang pulls no punches with explosions of graphic violence and a heady homoerotic charge between MacKay and Hoult.

GREED (15)

★★★☆☆ SCABROUS portrait of corporate excess. Sir Richard McCreadie (Steve Coogan, pictured) is a wheeler dealer who exploited cheap labour in 1980s Sri Lanka to get his fashion empire off the ground.

A disastrous performance in front of a parliamentary select committee hearing inflicts damage to his brand, so Sir Richard plans a lavish 60th birthday bash on the island of Mykonos, themed around the film Gladiator, to repair his reputation. His ex-wife Samantha (Isla Fisher) and son Finn (Asa Butterfield) are among friends and family who are flown in for the glittering occasion.

Mild-mannered writer Nick (David Mitchell) documents the festivities for an official biography and he observes the tears and tantrums as A-list attendees pull out at the last minute, simmering Oedipal rage boils over and Syrian refugees on a nearby beach spoil the view.