It’s not been your standard, regular, common-or-garden year at the movies so far. The slate of big new movies remains a little (okay, a lot) skinnier than usual and release dates have continued to shift, with more than one big release decamping to the safer surrounds of 2023. But even the lingering impact of Covid hasn’t stopped it being an often …

Even though Bollywood lovers are happy to be back in the cinemas, this year was decidedly lukewarm in terms of excitement when going back to watch Hindi cinema on the big screen. This was, of course, also the year of RRR, the Telugu-language film that created a huge buzz inside India and abroad, setting all sorts of box-office records in its …

No character in the MCU has undergone a more effective glow-up than Thor Odinson. From the drab nadir of The Dark World to Ragnarok’s cosmic romp, the God of Thunder found his groove when irreverent kiwi Taika Waititi unlocked Chris Hemsworth’s criminally untapped comic chops. Their latest pairing is more extension than reinvention. But by most metrics it’s a superior reunion – wilder, …