Justice League (2017)

This just in - I didn't hate Justice League, and I am delighted. I mean, there's a long way to go before it reaches Marvel levels of enjoyment, but it didn't make me angry, and the plot seemed to make sense so that's a huge step up. Obviously it's great to see Wonder Woman back …

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Yay! As I was waiting for the lights to dim in the cinema, I remarked to my cinema companion that I hoped this film "didn't go all Guardians of the Galaxy". I've seen previous films by director Taika Waititi and, while I enjoy his humour a lot, I didn't want Thor and his surroundings to descend to …

Logan Lucky

Bring together Steven Soderbergh, Channing Tatum, Adam Driver and Daniel Craig and it should be good - and it is! Yes, it's a heist in the vein of Ocean's 11 (which Soderbergh slyly and deliberately acknowledges in the background) but this means that we know we are in safe hands as far as character and …

A Ghost Story

A film that was not at all what I was expecting, and which consequently took me quite a while to process. I'm still partially doing that, to be honest. What had I been expecting? Well, I'd been half-waiting for Casey Affleck to break my heart for the second time this year. But that didn't happen. …

Spider-Man: Homecoming

No doubting from this that Tom Holland is an excellent casting choice for Peter Parker/Spidey. He has youthful enthusiasm and radiates a genuine desire to just do good things for his neighbourhood. Yes, he's dazzled by the possibility of becoming an Avenger but at heart he's just a teenager struggling with the usual high-school stuff …

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

You may recall that I did not like director Luc Besson's previous feature film Lucy AT ALL. But I had seen and heard the reviews, and I do like Jupiter Ascending, so I was prepared to give Valerian a go. Good choice, Marie! Yes there are things wrong with the film, but I had real fun in …

My Cousin Rachel

Rachel Weisz is as captivating a screen presence as you could wish for. Beautiful, mysterious and beguiling, she has the whole audience in the palm of her hand, just as she does with young Philip (Sam Claflin), her cousin by marriage. But Rachel is a complex character whose actions and emotions are open to interpretation, …

Gifted

Chris Evans plays the struggling yet devoted uncle of a young, mathematically gifted girl who comes into conflict with the girl's estranged grandmother over her schooling. At first glance, this has Hallmark melodrama written all over it and I'm sure many people will be put off by the synopsis. But if you're in two minds …

Wonder Woman

A lot of good things about this, even though I didn't love it quite as much as others obviously have. The opening section is one I loved. The colours and action put me in mind of Christopher Reeve's Superman, and took me back to my childhood. The training sequences set up Diana's combat ability for …

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Well, I didn't get on with the first of these films, but I read many people saying this one was even better, so I had vaguely raised hopes. But it looks like you have to have liked the first one to think that this one is better because I thought this was even more tedious. …