Extraction 2 ★★★★☆
Sam Hargrave’s sequel to his own 2020 action flick is superior in every way, and proves an ideal, high-octane vehicle for Chris Hemsworth as former SAS operator turned black ops mercenary Tyler Rake. Read the full review
Asteroid City ★★★★☆
Wes Anderson assembles a blue-chip cast including Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson and Margot Robbie for this play-within-a-film which may just be the director’s oddest film yet. Read the full review
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One ★★★★★
Tom Cruise is on a one-man crusade to destroy an AI villain in the series’ seventh instalment. Stupendously entertaining, Ethan Hunt’s latest outing includes the franchise’s all-time most gawp-inducing set piece. Read the full review
Oppenheimer ★★★★★
Christopher Nolan’s portrait of the father of the nuclear bomb is a triumph, like witnessing history itself being split open. As J Robert Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy’s faraway gaze not only convinces you that he can actually see the invisible power that crackles between subatomic particles, but also the gravest, most unforgivable consequences of his unleashing it upon the world. Read the full review
