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Brian Duffield, he of The Babysitter and then a bunch of exceedingly plain and irritating sci-fi and horror, has had his latest project plonked down on Disney+. And it’s an exceedingly plain and irritating sci-fi horror…just without any dialogue.  

Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham and their ever-decreasing circle of superannuated chums return for, hopefully, one last adventure that sadly seems to forget what made this premier Geri-Action franchise such a guilty pleasure in the first place…must be their age…  

Neil "In the Company of Men" LaBute sets up Maggie Q's alcoholic veteran for some bloody, brutal home invasion mayhem which ultimately runs out of budget.  

Nick Cassavetes’ strange throwback exploitation flick feels like a holdover from the 70s, playing out with excessive headshots and grim disregard for its characters.  

Heartfelt and inspirational, without being saccharine and unrelatable, and carried by a modest, earnest standout performance from Michael Peña, A Million Miles Away makes the absolute impossible somehow seem so sweetly possible.  

Intimately tapping into the sobering reality of a what-if-you-reunited-with-your childhood-sweetheart scenario, Past Lives gets under your skin with its authenticity and honesty.  

Sir Kenneth Branagh returns as Agatha Christie’s famously moustachioed master detective… only this time, it’s not just the living he has to worry about as he takes a delightfully gothic horror inflected trip to Italy’s Floating City…  

Comic and film writer Kevin Grevioux - best known as the beast of a werewolf in the Underworld movies, which he co-created - turns his hand to directing with this try-hard DTV effort that can't help feeling like a low budget Assassin Club.  

Disney's live-action train continues, swallowing up fan-favourite The Little Mermaid and churning out a frequently bloated and bland effort that is, at best, decidedly average.  

Taking the basic premise of the Cruise/Foxx/Michael Mann thriller, Collateral and injecting Joel Kinnaman and Nicolas Cage into the mix, Sympathy makes for a fabulous showcase for Completely Crazy Cage.  

Late to the party, we take a dive into a suitably nautical companion-piece to the similarly unbearably tense Fall, finding that this underwater two-hander at least manages to stick its landing.  

Taking inspiration from Alien and The Thing, André Øvredal's throwback horror trades in rich gothic vibes, doing more than anybody could have possibly expected from this foregone conclusion of a part-story.  

Old school horror master meets snot-nosed genre upstart as Host and Dashcam reprobate Rob Savage takes on a Stephen King short from the classic Night Shift collection. With middling results…  

Taking a back seat in a movie to allow his daughter(s) the limelight, Adam Sandler's latest is one of the better efforts he's done on his Netflix run.  

After more than 15 years away Babylon 5: The Road Home represents a welcome, if disappointingly lightweight, opportunity to spend time with a sorely missed cast of characters... and it still has a surprise or two up its sleeve.  

Jennifer Lawrence has an absolute blast going wild in this frequently hilarious sex comedy, proving infectiously indecent and hitting digital today for those who missed it at the cinema.  

Disney/Pixar's opposites-attract romcom plays second fiddle to its underlying treatise on immigration, diversity and inclusivity - and anger management - making for a visually opulent watch that's still marginally lacking in that now seemingly long-lost Pixar magic.  

As either the dying breath of the old DCEU or the first breath of the new James Gunn-era, this superhero origin romp proves to be way more fun than expectations had led me to believe, thanks to a distinct lack of universe-ending cataclysms and an overabundance of incredibly charming characters…