Sunshine (2007)
Apr 19, 2007Solar Expedition
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland make a big serious SF film about a solar expedition, which works with great scientific rigour until the shows heads off at a tangent and falls apart in the latter third
Benedict Wong
Prometheus (2012)
Jun 9, 2012Alien Prequel
Ridley Scott's promised prequel to Alien. The first half creates epic mystery but the answers provided are not nearly as interesting as promised, while the latter half disappointingly settles for doing the Alien standard with decidedly lesser effect
The Martian (2015)
Oct 24, 2015Astronaut Stranded on Mars
This year's Gravity. A film that has worked out the science to the nth degree (and made it digestible for mass audiences). Ridley Scott rides the drama like a pro and makes one of his most enjoyable films in some time
Doctor Strange (2016)
Nov 19, 2016Marvel Comics Magician Superhero
Scott Derrickson acquits himself well taking on one of Marvel's magician superhero. He replicates well the psychedelic esoterica that gained the comic book a cult following and Benedict Cumberbatch anchors the show perfectly
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Nov 3, 2018Marvel Comics Superhero Team-Up
Marvel’s third Avengers film, uniting almost every superhero under their roof, resulting in some thirty characters on screen and a plot that becomes a blur of changing locations and superheroic punch-ups
Annihilation (2018)
Mar 24, 2018Mysterious Alien Zone
Alex Garland's second directorial effort after Ex Machina. Clearly influenced by Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker, this features a group venturing into an alien-affected zone where Garland does a fine job of creating a sense of the otherworldly
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Aug 10, 2019Marvel Comics Superhero Team-Up
Marvel conclude the cliffhanger they left Avengers: Infinity War on and offer up a bigger-than-big line-up, overspilling with just about every MCU character to ever appear on screen up to that point
Lady and the Tramp (2019)
Nov 23, 2019Disney Animation in Live-Action/Talking Animals
Another Disney animated film rehashed in live-action. At which the best compliment you can pay this is that it is at least better than the same year's remake of The Lion King was
Gemini Man (2019)
Dec 7, 2019Assassin Fights a Clone of Himself
Ang Lee dips his feet into the action genre in a conceptually fascinating work where assassin Will Smith facies a younger clone of himself. Smith's performance and the effects used to de-age his double are top-notch
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
Mar 13, 2021Disney Animation/Fantasy Quest
The 59th animated film from Disney emerges as a modest effort with a cross-Asian cultural focus that eventually builds a strong character arc
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Nov 20, 2021Marvel Comics Martial Arts Superhero
The Marvel onslaught continues with this resurrection of a martial artist superhero character from the 1970s. Amid the mostly ho-hum MCU offerings of the 2020s, this becomes an energised action vehicle
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Mar 19, 2022Comic-Book Superhero
Sony’s Spider-Man franchise ingeniously competes with Marvel’s shared universe by bringing all their previous incarnations of Spider-Man together
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Jul 1, 2022Marvel Comics Magician Superhero
Doctor Strange was one of the better MCU films. Here Sam Raimi takes over in the director's chair. This readily delves into multiverse themes but requires a major crash course in a plethora of Marvel tv series to follow
Weapons (2025)
Sep 20, 2025Mysterious Disappearance
Captivating and original film from Zach Cregger about a town that is affected by the mysterious disappearance of a class of children. One film where you definitely can’t predict where things are going