Occasionally too plotty and maximalist in style for its own good, but it is no doubt a stunning sequel with loads of sci-fi spectacle and intrigue.
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Dune: Part Two (2024)
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
A tad more exciting and invigorating than the first instalment, and one that poses existential questions about the heroic quests of the titular figure(s), this is a continuously inventive and surprising work of blockbuster animation.
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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (2023)
Tom Cruise, the consummate entertainer, once again shows us why he’s Hollywood’s last action hero in this penultimate M:I outing that is somewhat bogged down by plotting that is way too reliant on its airy-fairy MacGuffin.
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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
No doubt ahead of its predecessor both visually and technically, with compelling stretches of action and world immersion, but its storytelling depth and character development are unexpectedly shallow.
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
It does make some attempt in drawing out a poignant story about grief and loss, with Letitia Wright particularly impressive, but this sequel doesn’t quite scale the heights of the first movie’s creative spirit, or share its tautness.
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Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
It goes through its storytelling beats without fuss but also without invention, though all that becomes insignificant when you are in the cockpit of a fighter jet in what could be the most immersive blockbuster to be shot aerially since Dunkirk.
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Mission: Impossible (1996)
The movie that launched the popular action franchise is rather uninspired despite having De Palma at the helm—action is few and far between and the conversational scenes feel lacklustre.
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Doctor Strange (2016)
One of Marvel’s most visually fascinating movies to date, but certainly not one (or two) of their finest hours.
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
At times packing visual panache yet also feeling run-of-the-mill in terms of plotting, Sam Raimi’s return to the superhero genre is welcoming but non-essential.
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Batman, The (2022)
Solid and immensely well-crafted if a little too plotty, this Batman channels the dark energy of serial killer, vengeance and torture porn films while, for better or worse, keeping a lid on its bold and perverse aspirations.
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