Audiences continued to defy the critics in 2025, with two widely panned films – A Minecraft Movie and the live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch – dominating the box office. Here are some of the films the critics did like, a few of which were also commercial hits

WALKING WITH DINOSAURS? IN THE ’70S IT WAS WISER TO RUN. DIRECTOR KEVIN CONNOR REMEMBERS THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT

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PETER JACKSON AND PHILIPPA BOYENS TELL US ABOUT THEIR EPIC QUEST TO FORGE A FAMILY – AND HOW THEY PUT TOGETHER A CREW THAT ENDURES TO THIS VERY DAY…

A film technique that makes ordinary movements seem lyrical

Dir Julia Ducournao, France/Belgium, 2025 On digital platforms As the daughter of a gynæcologist and a dermatologist, it was perhaps inevitable that French screenwriter/director Julia Ducournao would