By John Mulderig Peter Parker and his titular alter ego (Tom Holland) face challenges both emotional and physical in Spider-Man: Brand New Day (Sony), an engaging extension of the long-lived franchise. While the film’s underlying values are sound, however, an excess of vulgar dialogue makes it questionable fare even for older teens. Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland) is pictured in...

By John Mulderig Place one of Western civilisation's foundational texts in the hands of one of the entertainment industry's greatest living auteurs and the results are likely to be impressive. And so it proves with The Odyssey (Universal), writer-director Christopher Nolan's lavish and absorbing adaptation of Homer's epic poem. While taking some liberties with his source material, Nolan ...