Almost shamefully aims at the Oscars and in a tepid year has every chance. Ben Affleck is magnificent, especially by himself, in a painful performance that reeks of personal reckoning - it stops shy of greatness by tacking on a rote sports film.

Yet another of the recent streaming friendly franchise hopeful actioners has inexplicably good reviews. The mythos, Charlize Theron and Matthiias Schoenaerts set things up magnificently but from there on in almost everything is dire. Painfully bad.

More proof that modernist new horror is where it's at as far as filmmaking is concerned. Ultimately surprising and disturbing and one of the years best.

The most surprised I've been by a movie in ages. After years of relentlessly bagging Guy Ritchie as one of the most consistently bad directors working (even giving his last outing my worst film of the year) I was shocked to see a massive uptick in his writing and direction here. A film that enthralls whenever Hugh Grant, Charlie Hunnam or Colin Farrell are on screen - which they nearly always are.

After an inspired Aussie TV network showed every Bond film in order, not only showing me lesser films I hadn't seen since childhood but also in detailed wide-screen for the first time, enabling back-to-back comparisons. So here it is - every single Bond film ranked and scored in order, my best and worst bond villains and girls and the top fifteen theme tunes.

Definitely one of the years best and most surprising films, expertly helmed by director Leigh Whannel - whose low budget Aussie sci-fi, Upgrade, I recently raved about. A thrilling new take of an old story that perfectly fits with modern concerns.

Despite a brilliant performance from Chris Hemsworth and great visuals, far too much action and far too little writing spoil the party.

The age of Cage is returning (though this isn't quite as good as the insane Mandy). A welcome return for long absent director, Richard Stanley in this vivid, psychedelic take on H.P. Lovecraft.

One of a raft of streaming friendly actioners released this year. Vin Diesel stars in a promising, yet ultimately underwhelming attempt at franchise starting.

You have to hand it to the DC comic movie universe - they can do do any kind of movie just as badly as any other. Here they tackle indie/Joker-ish to predictably dire effect.