Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

5STAR, 9.00PM ★★★

Sam Taylor-johnson’s (Nowhere Boy) adaptation of EL James’s notorious novel proves that age-old saying that great books rarely make great films, whereas barely literate junk can turn into something ripe on screen. The lead performances from Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson sell it almost irresistibly to the target audience, and the film has the confidence to end bruisingly unresolved.