Midnight in Paris (2011)
Jun 5, 2011Man Timeslips to 1920s Paris Comedy
Appealingly lightweight whimsy from Woody Allen in which Owen Wilson keeps timeslipping between the present and 1920s Paris to meet the artistic/literary greats
Lea Seydoux
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)
Jan 19, 2012Spy/Action Film
The best of Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible films to this point. The live-action directorial debut of Pixar director Brad Bird proves an inspired move and Bird gets all the gadgetry just right along with a series of sensational action sequences
Beauty and the Beast (2014)
Jan 18, 2015Fairy-Tale
Adaptation of the fairytale that takes place in an exquisitely dreamy sumptuousness – a stunningly designed, costumed and photographed world that has a genuine magic. However, the motion-capture animated Beast looks far too much like a CGI effect
The Lobster (2015)
Oct 10, 2015Future Where Everyone Must Be in a Relationship/Black Comedy
From director Yorgos Lanthimos, a SF film set in a future where one is forced to find their perfect romantic partner or else be turned into an animal. Pitch-perfect black humour played with admirably straight-face by a high-profile cast
Spectre (2015)
Nov 14, 2015James Bond Film
The fourth Daniel Craig James Bond film welcomely resurrects one of the great nemeses from the series past – only to fall flat on its face. This is a Bond film severely hampered by a director unattuned to the classical elements of the series and the need to cripple everything by giving Bond backstory and character development
Zoe (2018)
May 5, 2019Android Relationship Film
Films about androids and artificial intelligence have taken off in the 2010s. This comes produced by Ridley Scott who made Blade Runner, the defining classic on the theme; on the other hand, it ends up in the hands of a director who specialises in relationship dramas
No Time to Die (2021)
Nov 19, 2021James Bond Film
Daniel Craig’s swansong as James Bond but it no longer seems a Bond that Ian Fleming would recognise leading to the question of whether James Bond still has any relevance in 2021
Crimes of the Future (2022)
Jul 2, 2022Future Surgical Experiments
A 79 year-old David Cronenberg returns with one of his best films, a synthesis of his major themes in an extraordinary and perverse look at a future where surgery has become performance art. This site's best film of 2022.
Dune Part Two (2024)
Apr 20, 2024Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah
The second part of Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic SF novel Dune, this delves more deeply into the world of the Fremen, although starts to diverge more from the book