Minus the humor from previous Marvel outings, Black Widow is rough going until Pugh and a hammy David Harbour show up
2015’s Point Break is a complete disaster despite some legitimately impressive footage of real-life stunt work
The Gunman is a sleek, adult thriller bolstered by a terrific cast and taut action direction from Luc Besson protégé Pierre Morel
20,000 Days on Earth is a slick pseudo-documentary that purports to follow musician and writer Nick Cave’s 20,000th day on this planet
Darren Aronofsky’s Noah takes the story of the Ark and goes nuts with it – it’s the Old Testament for the Transformers generation
Snow White and the Huntsman is a joyless, oh-so-serious slog through the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs fairy tale
Hugo, which is set in 1930s Paris, has been endlessly referred to as director Martin Scorsese’s “love letter to the movies”
Gore Verbinski’s Rango is a gloriously strange trip, and a rare studio animated film that reflects a true vision
London Boulevard is a striking, pulpy pop-culture amalgamation of British gangster movie clichés
In Edge of Darkness, director Martin Campbell returns to familiar ground: his well-regarded 1985 BBC miniseries.
Ignore the cynics: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a film for pulp lovers, a throwback to old Republic serials and Errol Flynn adventures
Fool’s Gold won’t be fooling anyone who has seen a decent adventure pic
There’s a level of art in Beowolf sorely missing from most computer-generated animation