Bloodless, boring and empty: Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk left me cold
David Cox
Nolan’s celebrated story of the evacuation at Dunkirk trades guts and glory for a 12A airbrushed rendering of history. The true story is much more complex – and moving
David Cox: Tom Stoppard's modern take on Tolstoy's masterpiece dwells on the censure Anna receives from society for her adultery. Has our own society become too feebly non-judgmental?
David Cox: It wasn't caused by a sabre-toothed squirrel's misadventure with an acorn and the timescale is wrong, but otherwise the kids' film broadly gets the science right
If only Friends with Kids had resisted the happy ever after
David Cox: Jennifer Westfeldt's film questions the western obsession with romantic relationships as the basis for parenthood. Intriguing, so why spoil it with a Hollywood ending?
Race and the romcom: is Think Like a Man realistic or racist?
David Cox: All-black romantic comedy Think Like a Man is more com than rom, unlike its white counterparts. Is it a realistic portrayal of black attitudes to courtship?
Why Cosmopolis's natural born banker does not add up
David Cox: David Cronenberg's adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel is yet another film that gives financiers an aura of genius. But is there really any mystery to these masters of the universe?
The boomerang kid bounces back in Jeff Who Lives at Home
David Cox: In their latest film, the Duplass brothers give us an unconventionally positive view of the expanding generation of overgrown adults who still live with their parents
Is Marvel Avengers Assemble the worst film title ever?
David Cox: Joss Whedon's blockbuster has a terrible name – but it faces stiff competition from the likes of B*A*P*S, Gleaming the Cube, They, Eegah, Sssssss and Phffft!
The Hunger Games fails to give teenagers food for thought
David Cox: Much has been made of The Hunger Games' supposed gritty relevance to our own world. But Katniss Everdeen's adventures are about as relevant as those of Harry Potter or Twilight's Bella
