GLASS (15)***

AQUAMAN (12A)

Dan Fogelman, who wrote the screenplays for animated comedies Bolt and Tangled but is perhaps best known for This is Us, a multi-character, multi-generational television drama which starts off with one couple about to have twins and spreads ever wider. Fogelman is on similar territory here with the story of Will and Abby (Oscar Isaac and Olivia Wilde), a glossy pair who seem to have everything going for them. A starry cast that also includes Mandy Patinkin as Will’s father keeps things watchable even when the whirl of competing stories makes it hard to keep track of what is happening.

Etan Cohen, director of the 2015 comedy Get Hard, reunites with leading man Will Ferrell for a rumbustious romp based on the characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes (Ferrell) is a consulting detective in Victorian London who tackles the most fiendish cases with the help of trusted companion Dr John Watson (John C Reilly). The men’s methods are unconventional, to say the least, but somehow they unmask criminal masterminds before Inspector Lestrade (Rob Brydon). During a visit to Buckingham Palace, Holmes and Watson witness a murder. A note left at the scene, purportedly from Sherlock’s great rival Professor Moriarty (Ralph Fiennes), challenges the detective and his sidekick to solve the case within four days or Queen Victoria will be next to die.

THE FAVOURITE (15)

Courtly intrigue pits two resourceful women against each other in director Yorgos Lanthimos’ wicked comedy, which is co-written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara. Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) is