With Ford now on the verge of his 81st birthday comes Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Disney). How does this fifth and presumably final outing for the nonchalantly heroic protagonist measure up to its generally illustrious forebears?

Using technology not available in the waning days of the Cold War, director Rob Marshall and his team serve up a charming fresh take on the timeless story.

The 10th direct instalment of the “Fast & Furious” car-racing franchise features the clan’s patriarch, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel), going up against Dante Reyes (Jason Momoa), the scion of a Brazilian drug-dealing dynasty.

Star Russell Crowe brings verve to his portrayal of Father Amorth. Genial and fond of a joke, the cleric is nonetheless never frivolous. The film starts off promisingly enough but eventually becomes overheated and lurid.

The movie opens with an image reciting two powerful statements by Jesus to the Jews in John 8:56 and 8:58 in the New Testament: “Abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad,”. The Record has 3 Double Passes to give away.

In this visually imaginative but dramatically flat third instalment in their joint screen adventures, romantically linked superheroes Ant-Man, aka Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), and The Wasp, alias Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), become the victims of a dangerous experiment.

It’s appropriate that the follow-up Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – like its predecessor, a Marvel Comics-derived epic – opens with a farewell to Boseman’s King T’Challa, sovereign of the imaginary African nation of the title, before continuing the story of other important characters from the kick-off.

The evangelical comedy Family Camp (Roadside) is almost squeaky clean and thus appropriate for a wide range of age groups.

Minions: The Rise of Gru (Universal) draws kung fu films and Tupperware parties, and music from the 70s that results in a generally wholesome and breezy bit of entertainment.

Jurassic World Dominion wraps up the second trilogy of films ultimately derived from novels by Michael Crichton