Thor Ragnarok (2017)

As a standalone superhero movie, this third Thor outing, a distinct departure from the previous two, doesn't really hold together - it is a messy, sprawling space adventure a bit like Flash Gordon with lots of 80s synthesizer but at times goes a bit The Fifth Element with Jeff Goldblum playing a flamboyant leader of a colourful planet of haves and havenots but at other times again transforms into Spaceballs with a new (to the Thor series) 'anything goes' hammy comedy that grows steadily more tired as the movie goes on and on - but as a series segue between Marvel's Avenger blockbusters and the space adventure Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor Ragnarok is a clever exercise that serves to bridge disparate Marvel franchises ahead of the Infinity War movie that brings them all together.

★★☆☆☆

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Hunt For The Wilderpeople (2016)

This Taiki Waititi comedy about a man and his foster son who become subjects of a massive manhunt in the New Zealand bush is an occasionally amusing, occasionally touching kids movie with childish overacting and a cloyingly cute story likely to bore adults.

★★☆☆☆

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Boy (2010)

This hilarious comedy but not so well-executed drama has you crying with laughter one minute and crying with dismay the next over the disparity between a young boy's hero-image of his father and the man himself, a down-on-his-luck simpleton and terrible influence who steps back into the boy's life to recover a buried treasure.

★★★☆☆

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