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Top-notch special effects, but a couple of old bridges and one dam certainly didn’t swallow the entire crazy budget. More likely Baba Voss rightly demanded a huge fee. Momoa and his decapitation antics are the series' most entertaining attraction. Someone should make a new Conan the Barbarian as a miniseries! A story of two kids born with sight who go to jail to visit their dad has a subtext that is both natural and racist. An evil black man destroying nature again = Canada burning coal. Baba sums it up nicely in the library. But I think that See would work much better as a book. Knight needs room to illustrate the thinking and motives of some of the characters properly, to understand just why they behave like cretins. Take Queen Kane and her dumb plan! How could she even hope that her plan could ever work? There must be some easily defendable reason hidden inside that sick mind of hers, but I would like to know it and not just make assumptions. To accept the fact that the blind are somehow weirdly blind is a game I’m willing to play. Some are a little like Daredevil and then again some aren’t… ok, I can dig that. I’m still looking forward to season 2, even though it has a long way to go in terms of screenwriting.

Bastille Day is likable action movie with the hard-fisted Idris in the role of a CIA badass who solves every situation by disobeying orders, bending the rules and shooting people. Almost like one of Besson’s very best screenplays fell from his desk. A lot of borrowing goes on in all directions, but director James Watkins, who had a hit with his Eden Lake, always channels the action into the right genre alley. And the lesson learned? Maybe this will persuade American muggers not to rob European tourists.

Thor and General Zod on horseback against the Taliban. A well-made, textbook example of a movie, but nothing more. No personal angle. In his debut, Fuglsig offers nothing extra. It’s simply glorification of the American way of making war (let’s drop bombs no them). But the horse vs. tank action scenes are well-made and raw. Just a shame that we don’t learn much about the Uzbek general.

Brilliant ideas, cynical humour and great quips. This gang can always lift my spirits and they have similar taste in cars as me. A show made with gusto.

A Chinese modern western with a wonderful chase involving a truck, a Jeep and horses. Geo uses the “story" as a crutch supporting stylish action scenes that often stray outside the bounds of reality. The character profiles are scant, the motivations purposeful. The main strength lies in the unfamiliar landscape of western China near the Gobi Desert. "This coat is bullet-proof! My grandma told me so."

A great adaptation, faithful enough to the book to please its fans, and different enough for it to tie in with the end of Kubrick’s movie. McGregor is excellent as Danny, but the sexy Rebecca Ferguson’s performance as Rose the Hat is just heaven. Much better than in the book. The climax at the hotel, logically different from the book, is a playful variation on the original Shining, with an ending that closes the circle.

Great actors in a crazy comedy about Nazi ideology. Written, directed Hitler played by a New Zealander. This unusual child’s view of war is presented unobtrusively and in great style. Heil me, man!

A spectacular modern crime movie that bends the rules of the genre. Johnson is the narrator, so it’s hard for the audience to get lost. The tension could be cut with a knife almost throughout the movie. An incredible acting recital. Craig’s investigator removes all memory of Bond and Ana de Armas carries the heart of the entire story on her shoulders. This movie is like a donut with a hole in which there is another donut…with a hole…with a great climax inside.

Uncut Gems is almost unpleasant to watch. A spiral of self-destruction (with the very best intentions, of course) with the excellent Sandler in the lead role. The incredible pressure of an evil and raucous world conveyed through the “hero" to the viewer with unbelievable intensity. Lies, crooked deals, basketball, gambling, infidelity and contempt and the entire world plotting against one person who deserves it like no other (but you’ll still be keeping your fingers crossed for him at the end). A morality tale about gambling and something extra, and a reflection of modern times.

The series often strays from the source material, but always for the best. The main motifs remain, but they are developed in a way that is more palatable for today’s audience. The oddness of the comic book jumps out at you in a few delightful scenes, like Hazel and Cha-Cha at the prosthetics center and Sean’s conversation with God. The ending is spectacular too; I’m curious about season 2 and how they tackle the comic book in season 3. Inventive development of a concept penned by the singer from My Chemical Romance. Originality has no bounds.