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Docudrama is hard to do well. There are many poor-quality examples of the genre which feature scripted scenes that stretch the boundaries of credulity so far that they snap. Yet, when done right, the format (as with the recent American…

Let’s get this out of the way first. As a title, The Spy Who Dumped Me suggests a parody of The Spy Who Loved Me, one of Roger Moore’s outings as James Bond. However, those expectations are misplaced. The Spy Who Dumped Me has little to do…

Peak TV offers vastly more choice to the viewer, but it comes at a cost. No one can reasonably keep up with everything that they might want to, no matter the buzz around the show. Attention, column inches and social media hype give any new…

In a world of serious cinematic superheroes, there’s one team who save the day and save room for dessert. Cue awesome dramatic music. Enter Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, a big screen outing for the stars of the Cartoon Network show.…

The Incredibles might be one of the 21st century’s best superhero films. Written and directed by Brad Bird, the 2004 Pixar animation centred on a family of superheroes in exile, called into action to save the world. The sequel has arrived…

In recently published plans, NASA suggested that the risk of an asteroid striking the Earth is small but such a hit would be very, very bad. The American space agency has some ideas for dealing with this threat but they don’t include asking…

Pirates of the Caribbean may now be a billion-dollar franchise, but the first film was a strange proposition when it was released 15 years ago. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, to give it its full title, was inspired…

Released in 2008, Pixar’s ninth feature remains one of the studio’s most ambitious productions and one of its most critically acclaimed. WALL-E is about a lonely robot living 700 years in the future and his pursuit of love across the…

How did a story featuring computer animated fish become one of the highest grossing films of 2003? Imagination and a great story helped Finding Nemo to the top of the box office. For me, it is also one of the best films of the 2000s. At…

Released in 2003, The Italian Job is not a straight forward re-make of a much-loved film. The 2003 version uses some key elements from the 1969 original - the title, a once in a lifetime robbery, the Mini - to inspire a story about revenge…