Bloodsucking Bastards (2015)
Aug 11, 2017Office of Vampires Comedy
Comedy that resembles something of tv's The Office where Fran Kranz discovers that management is turning his co-workers into vampires as an efficiency measure
Pedro Pascal
The Great Wall (2016)
Mar 26, 2017Historical Fantasy Epic
Matt Damon helps defend the Great Wall of China against invading monsters. Directed by Zhang Yimou, this should be seen for its breathtaking visuals – vast battle scenes, lavish costumes – but you wish there had been more than that
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
Dec 2, 2017Spy Film/Comic-Book Adaptation
Kingsman with its parody of gentlemanliness and action movie sensibilities, was the smartest of the modern spy movie parodies. This sequel has gone to the excesses of the Roger Moore Bond films in the space of one film
Prospect (2018)
Nov 3, 2019Interstellar Prospectors/Planetary Adventure
I can't say the premise of this - a gold prospecting story located in space - did much for me. Contrary to expectation, this is a surprisingly good planetary adventure that does a fine job creating an alien world with minimalist effect and telling a strong character-driven story
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
Jan 2, 2021Comic-Book Superheroine
The much-anticipated sequel to the Gal Gadot starring Wonder Woman is a highly divided success, partly due to an inane plot centred around a magic wishing stone
We Can Be Heroes (2020)
Jan 10, 2021Kid Superheroes
Robert Rodriguez appears to have gotten the oversized non-event that was Alita: Battle Angel out of his system by making another of his seat of the pants home movies – this is less Spy Kids than Superhero Kids – and brings back one element Alita forgot, a sense of fun
The Wild Robot (2024)
Nov 16, 2024Animation/Robot’s Adventure
A winning animated film about a robot trying to find its way among the animals on an island. Tender and heart-warming, the sort of film that Pixar used to do so well
The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025)
Oct 4, 2025Comic-Book Superheroes
After several other film incarnations that went nowhere, The Fantastic Four make their first appearance in The MCU. The film creates a wonderful retro world of 1960s futurism based on their original comic-books for them to inhabit
The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)
Aug 1, 2026Star Wars Spinoff Film
A spinoff film from The Mandalorian tv series, this is the best film set in the Star Wars universe this side of the 2000s for the simple reason that it has invested in characters rather than slavish fanboy callbacks