With a long running film series, it’s almost impossible to disentangle it from the weft and weave of your life. The emotions felt in distant days, rich memories, that bittersweet awareness of the person you once were when you started watching, and of time passing, and change, all of it colours the present and strips away an objective view.

I’ve had a long, personal relationship with Indiana Jones. When I first saw Raiders of the Ark, it instantly chimed with…

Two hours and five minutes of pixels smashing against each other. No character arcs - it ends pretty much with everyone where it started - no change, no real sense of jeopardy, just lots and lots and lots of stuff happening. The second half is probably the most boring period in any Marvel movie -  just lots of running around against green screen. The development of Cassie, the daughter, is probably the most interesting element in a surprise-free story. Kang…

I loved this. A flawed masterpiece, I think (though I fully expect to be in the minority here). Writer/director Damien Chazelle’s love letter to the movies follows three troubled characters through the dawn of the golden age of Hollywood, showing the extreme highs, the devastating lows and in one extended sequence the traumatising horrors that will give you nightmares for a week.

Brad Pitt is truly great in a role that particularly echoes the themes, showing a range he rarely…

She Said’s cold fury seeps from every frame and is all the more devastating for its quiet, measured tone. The best film of the year, of many years, this gripping account of the downfall of Harvey Weinstein and the rise of the Me Too movement packs such a powerful emotional punch. With easy strokes, it delineates the tragedies of so many crushed dreams, twisted lives, devastated existences among all the women who were just hoping to go to work and…