It’s far from fantastic but The Fantastic Four: First Steps has a hokey charm that’s something of a tonic right now.

“I know” is the key element in the latest legacy sequel I Know What You Did Last Summer, but gentle.

Rihanna can do many things well. Smurfs movies are not among them.

Thinley Lhamo’s carefully modulated performance is reason enough to check out Nepali director Min Bahadur Bham’s Shambhala.

This Superman ain’t leaping over no buildings but it’s… fine.

Dream Animals is better than any movie based on a cookie has a right to be.

It’s not a Pixar classic but Elio is a perfectly fine piece of family entertainment.

Only in France could cheese play a crucial role in a coming-of-age film. Case in point: Holy Cow.

More dinosaurs, fewer giant grasshoppers, zero Chris Pratt. Jurassic World Rebirth has a lot going for it.

No dancing, no hallways, not animalistic child murder. M3GAN 2.0 is an upgrade in length but not much else.

If you’re going to crank out formula, mix it right, like Joseph Kosinksi and Brad Pitt do in F1.

28 Years Later is not the zombie movie you’re expecting. That’s good.

Patrick Tam and Locker Lam spar quite nicely in Fight for Tomorrow.

Hi-Five’s heart is in the right place even if it’s brain is up its butt.

Thai supermodels grow durians in the marriage equality thriller The Paradise of Thorns. You read that right.

Fish Liew is stellar in Chong Keat Aun’s baby hatch drama Pavane for an Infant.

Organ Child may not be the worst, but it’s surely the stupidest movie of the year so far.

Louis Koo doesn’t exactly break bad in Behind the Shadows but he does leave his cool guy image at the door.

A Samurai in Time is the kind of low-budget DIY filmmaking that reminds you why you like the movies.

Nothing with G.But is truly bad and the live action How to Train Your Dragon beats Disney at its own game.