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Dominic Preston Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 2/5 Aquaman isn’t all bad, and you could never accuse it of playing it safe. But Wan’s bloated, over-long film is nowhere near as fun as its maddest moments might suggest, and the connective tissue is dreary, dull, and unrelentingly naff. Go to Full Review Aquaman (2018) 66% 72%

Dominic Preston Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 4/5 Director Travis Knight and writer Christina Hodson have finally found life under the hood of the Transformers, with a film that’s touching, funny, and joyous from start to finish. Go to Full Review Bumblebee (2018) 91% 74%

Dominic Preston Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 5/5 This is action cinema in its purest, most exemplary form. Kinetic, joyful, and artful all at once, this deserves the biggest screen money can afford. Go to Full Review Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) 98% 88%

Dominic Preston Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 4/5 Ultimately, Ant-Man and the Wasp feels a lot like more of the same. With the core creative team returning, this isn’t the sort of sequel that’s fighting hard to tread new ground, but it is a comfortable – and comforting – return. Go to Full Review Ant-Man and The Wasp (2018) 87% 76%

Dominic Preston Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 4.5/5 Incredibles 2 is hardly Pixar’s most ambitious film, but it’s a worthy sequel that takes the studio’s finest family in interesting new directions, while offering enough inventive action to stand out amid an increasingly crowded superhero landscape. Go to Full Review Incredibles 2 (2018) 93% 84%

Dominic Preston Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 3/5 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom tries to inject the franchise with more of everything, but it’s less than the sum of its genetic parts. Go to Full Review Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) 47% 48%

Dominic Preston Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 2/5 Ready Player One is infinitesimally less than the sum of its many, many parts. Hollywood has never made such a convincing, and expensive, argument for staying home and browsing Netflix. Go to Full Review Ready Player One (2018) 71% 77%

Dominic Preston Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 3/5 At the end of the day, Pacific Rim: Uprising achieves exactly what it sets out to do: pit giant robots against giant monsters on an even bigger scale than before... but the plot is (obviously) daft. Go to Full Review Pacific Rim Uprising (2018) 41% 37%

Dominic Preston Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 3.5/5 Tomb Raider hardly proves that videogame movies can stand up there with cinema’s finest, but it is an engaging, exciting film that sets Vikander up well as an action star if she wants to be one. Go to Full Review Tomb Raider (2018) 52% 55%

Dominic Preston Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 4.5/5 Black Panther is Marvel at its most creative, with a bold vision, unique aesthetic, and a commitment to taking itself seriously. It can’t totally break free of the Marvel formula, but it does everything it can to play around inside the lines. Go to Full Review Black Panther (2018) 96% 79%

Dominic Preston Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 3/5 Ghost in the Shell isn’t exactly a bad film, but it’s hard to recommend. Anyone who’s a fan of the original will likely find this a disappointment, while anyone who hasn’t seen the anime would be better off watching that instead. Go to Full Review Ghost in the Shell (2017) 42% 51%

Dominic Preston Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 4.5/5 This Hollywood’s is action machinery operating at its best, but firmly within its comfort zone. Go to Full Review John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) 89% 85%

Dominic Preston Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 4.5/5 It may not quite live up to the impossibly high bar that JJ Abrams set, but for the first time we can finally something a little bit controversial: we love one of the Star Wars prequels. Go to Full Review Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) 84% 87%

Jess Bacon Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 4.5/5 Thunderbolts* has revived the MCU’s well-worn formula with fresh energy. If the Avengers were the A-Team, this is the B-Team of rejects and losers, taking on the world one punch and shot at a time. Addictively entertaining, hilarious and heartwarming. Go to Full Review Thunderbolts (2025) 88% - -

Jess Bacon Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 4/5 This is a gritty, compelling and worthy sub-two-hour Prime Video film to add to your watchlist. Does it reinvent the wheel? No, but does it need to? I don’t think so. Let Viola Davis front every action film. Go to Full Review G20 (2025) 56% - -

Jess Bacon Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 3/5 The Amateur is an action-fuelled ride that sustains a good level of suspense but lacks a satisfying punch in its final act. It’s also hard to believe that the lead, Charles, wouldn’t have achieved his aim with all the knowledge and tools at his disposal. Go to Full Review The Amateur (2025) 61% - -

Jess Bacon Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 4.5/5 Moana 2 is a joyful triumph that blends the well-loved elements of the original film with fresh characters, enchanting musical numbers and spectacular animation. Go to Full Review Moana 2 (2024) 61% - -

Jess Bacon Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 3/5 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is a nostalgic expansion of Middle-Earth, presented in breathtaking animation. However, even the gravitas of the familiar landscape and score cannot sustain this rushed attempt to capture Tolkien’s voice. Go to Full Review The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) 49% - -

Weronika de Oliveira Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 2/5 While Predator: Killer of Killers has some decent action scenes and some promise in its epilogue, it’s painfully predictable and left me nostalgic for the ridiculous yet passionate Schwarzenegger-led 80s flick. Go to Full Review Predator: Killer of Killers (2025) 94% - -

Somrata Sarkar Tech Advisor Aug 21, 2026 3.5/5 Alita: Battle Angel attempts to tell a story that is no doubt complex, but struggles to parse it in a way that offers a clear focus and progress. Yet it’s easy to lose sight of this when you’re enjoying supremely slick fight sequences. Go to Full Review Alita: Battle Angel (2019) 61% 90%