“For a film that ostensibly skewers the pretentious elite, and their obsession with cultural artefacts, Glass Onion manages to shove in a lot of celebrity cameos. Certain audiences can laugh at Miles’s pretentiousness as he flexes his Philip Glass-composed alarm tone; they can also pat themselves on the back for understanding the joke. Let them eat cake, and have it, indeed.”

"Boiling down the chaos of modern life to just two choices: “permanent spinsterhood or vodka", perhaps the enduring appeal of Bridget Jones stems from its veiled nostalgia for the days when women couldn't vote."

“Guillermo del Toro’s quirky stop-motion musical raises the classic question of any story about fascism: is this guy brave or stupid?”

“With base notes of bloody class warfare, a dash of ‘reject modernity’ folk horror, and a dusting of Netflix food porn docuseries, this is a Gen-Z ‘popcorn movie’ in the most literal sense.”

“Mapping the stroppy, combative nature of football fandom onto the rigid beats of the screwball comedy, the film is a reminder of the joy of petty hatred.”

“Sidestepping the traditional beef between Irish and English, The Wonder portrays the beleaguered nurse as an angel of modernity, with Pugh masterful as ever portraying her signature aura of ‘righteous and gaslit’.”

“Typically, death is a non-issue in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with characters spinning in and out of existence like cherries on a slot machine. Not so in the case of Black Panther, an indisputably significant superhero franchise given further weight by the passing of its star.”

“When the credits roll, the All Quiet on the Western Front of 2022 will leave the viewer asking at least one traditional Remembrance Day question: what was the point of this colossal waste of life and resources?”