There seems to always be plenty of money to be made in sequels.

This year looks to be no different with big box office sequels such as Deadpool, Pacific Rim: Uprising and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom already released - and sequels such as The Equaliser and Mamma Mia still yet to come.

Sequels seem to get a bad reputation with many disappointing and becoming major flops.

In the past it has been difficult to name follow-ups which are better than the original…Terminator 2, anyone?

However, recently there seems to be an up-turn in fortune with some surpassing the originals, for example Deadpool.

It’s taken 14 years to come up with a sequel for Pixar’s mega hit animation The Incredibles. The Incredibles joins Toy Story, Cars, Monsters Inc. and Finding Nemo, becoming the fifth Disney Pixar franchise to release a sequel. From the look of the trailer it seems to bring everything to the table that we loved about the first, being funny, poignant and relatable.

The issue is, after so long, has the anticipation built up too much for those fans who grew up on the original and will they always be destined for disappointment?

From the looks of the reactions so far, whether it beats its predecessor or not this feelgood family film will be one of the must-see movies to watch this summer.

It’s only been a few years since we last were dragged through the brutal streets of Mexico in the high-octane thriller Sicario. That movie follows the journey of an FBI agent (Emily Blunt) who is enlisted to ‘help’ a government task force to bring down the Mexican drug cartel.

Lines are crossed when she realises the reality of her part in the mission. Emily Blunt is magnificent and you simply can’t imagine the film being as tense or powerfully emotive without her.

This week’s sequel, Sicario Day of Soldado, has decided to do away with Emily Blunt with the writer (Taylor Sheridan) citing that Blunt’s character was a pivotal device to the first film but had completed her story arc, thus they would have been shoehorning her in for the sake of it.

This sequel focuses on Benicio del Toro’s character and looks to be just as tense and action packed as the first. There has been a suggestion that Blunt might return in a third, turning Sicario into a trilogy - but we’ll leave that for another article.

Ilkley Cinema has form for bringing back some brilliant cult films with The Piano and 2001 Space Odyssey recently being shown. Something very different coming this week is Maurice, a romantic period drama about two men (a young Hugh Grant and James Wilby) who fall for each other. Set at Cambridge in 1909, the two enter a chaste affair at a time where homosexuality was frowned upon. Directed by James Ivory (Call Me By Your Name) this 1987 film feels like it was way before its time and deserves a revival.

Just like the Piano and 2001, The Deer Hunter and The Producers are both celebrating their anniversaries, 40th and 50th respectively. These are two films which are very different yet both celebrated as the best in their genres and enjoyed Oscars successes.

The Deer Hunter has to be one of the most tense films I’ve ever seen and The Producers one of the funniest. Both are led by acting greats, Robert De Niro and Zero Mostel respectively, and both introduced us to two actors that would become Hollywood greats, Christopher Walken and Gene Wilder.

Whether you’re in the mood for something gripping or something funny, I can’t recommend either of these films more.

This week’s theatre pick brings Romeo and Juliet live from Stratford Upon Avon. Revitalising the Shakespearian classic is a constant task for the RSC.

Director Erica Whyman has decided with this production to champion relevancy and try to truly reflect society with her choice of casting and staging. Not a classical representation of this classical play, Whyman’s production oozes youth and diversity, making it relevant and especially engaging to those who may not traditionally have access to such art forms.

It is difficult to do new things with scripts that have been performed thousands of times, whether new or not: Whyman appears to have at least served those her production was commissioned for.