Brian Viner

As the US football team prepares to kick off its World Cup campaign just down the freeway from Hollywood, the greatest living movie director has a hat-trick on his mind.

Her film is intermittently hilarious, sad and thought-provoking, and many married couples will find it at least partly relatable, even those of us whose neighbours have never proposed a gang-bang.

There are flickers of warmth in Moana, Disney's latest live-action adaptation of one of its own hit animations.

Brian Viner, Film Critic for the Daily Mail Moana (PG, 115 mins) Rating: Three out of five stars Verdict: Pointless remake

Here are 20 movies, that for all sorts of reasons I think deserve to be much better-known and can all be found on streaming platforms.

Ever since we first heard that Nolan was tackling Homer's epic poem, some of us have been worrying how long he might take over it.

Brian Viner The Odyssey (15, 172 minutes) Rating: Five stars Beware of geeks bearing gifts.

Let me go out on a limb and declare Apple TV's The Dink to be the greatest pickleball comedy ever made.

The Dink (PG, 102 mins) Verdict: Thoroughly ace Rating: Four out of five stars

For the widely revered Spider-Man there's more than enough wickedness in New York City to keep a crime-busting superhero busy.