Nicholas Barber

With its creepy CGI dwarfs and muddled tone, Disney's latest live-action remake is "not calamitous" but is a "a mind-boggling mash-up".

The coming year sees the return of Superman, Avatar and Bridget Jones, along with new films from Bong Joon-ho, Paul Thomas Anderson and Ryan Coogler.

Joker: Folie à Deux review: 'A dreary, underwhelming, unnecessary slog'

Until quite recently, the studio looked unstoppable on its way to dominating Hollywood. But in 2023, its box office plummeted, and its magic faded. What has gone wrong?

With spectacular battle scenes and plenty of pithy vignettes, Ridley Scott's latest – starring Joaquin Phoenix – is 'a proper, old-fashioned historical epic', writes Nicholas Barber.

Clips from the live-action Disney remake have caused a lot of complaint for their gloominess. These days, a lot of blockbusters are dimming the lights. Nicholas Barber explains why.