“American movies almost always revolve around power; rarely do they pause to determine what ‘power’ might actually mean.”

“We must pay homage to him,” say the Wise Men. “We were led by a star.”

“Led by a bottle more like”, retorts Brian’s mother, slapping her mortal progeny around the head after a failed attempt to scam the visitors out of the Messiah’s gifts. And so begins cinema’s unsurpassed depiction of a British Christmas.

“By using science fiction to overturn the genre’s age-old belief that biological difference can justify abuse and oppression, District 9 highlights the potential of its medium to challenge the status quo.”

“Essentially an unbranded perfume advert, The Tourist leaves several beautiful, vapid Hollywood icons drifting a parched desert of marbled buildings and mild xenophobia.”

“No Time To Die has managed to achieve what the nation's politicians cannot, and present a version of Britain with something for everyone. In a roundabout way, we have Ian Fleming’s raging misogyny to thank for 007’s adaptability- his capacity to transform, or to be transformed, into the comforting, invincible hero that his audience craves.”

“The first outing for Ben Stiller's neurotic security guard was something of a rarity in its time: a big-budget concoction that delivered surprisingly enriching and uncynical fare for young audiences.”

“Pablo Larraín's fairytale approach allows him to treat his subject with the perfect degree of storybook nastiness, successfully steering the film between simpering tribute and tasteless hit-piece.”

“The bickering, plotting, and attempted murder in which the characters engage are staples of the rom-com canon, from Shakespeare to Cary Grant. But like the best works of its genre, beneath the pulpy, vapid titillation afforded by a focus on the timeless lust for sex and money, Intolerable Cruelty has a bite to it.”