Blackhat is an exhilarating Johnnie To-like procedural ripped straight from the headlines yet unceremoniously dumped in mid-January
Thor: The Dark World gets that mostly right, too, and exhibits (in spurts) the same goofy charm of the original
Ron Howard’s Rush presents an authentic-feeling re-creation of the 1970s rivalry between Formula 1 drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt
Despite the gloomy title, Star Trek Into Darkness is anything but: this is a big, bright, slam-bang action-adventure film
Snow White and the Huntsman is a joyless, oh-so-serious slog through the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs fairy tale
The Avengers brings together all of these characters – and more – for a superhero smash-up that sets a new standard for comic book movies
NOW STREAMING ON: Thor, a big-screen adaptation of the Marvel comic about the Norse god of thunder, comes with unusually high pedigree; not every comic
It’s a perfectly adequate thriller in its own right, but everything about A Perfect Getaway screams direct-to-DVD
Star Trek is the kind of Hollywood blockbuster that hasn’t been seen since Spielberg and Lucas were in their prime