If I was to raise a minor criticism of Oppenheimer it would be this: after three hours; after witnessing the birth of the A-bomb; the end of the Second World War, and the guilt that followed, I don’t think anyone watching changed their minds about nuclear bombs.

I’m against firing nukes at other countries. I’m sure most other people are too. No one started watching Oppenheimer thinking “Blowing up Paris with a nuke is a great idea, I’m up for that!” before walking out and thinking “Well, that’s my mind changed! From now we should only bomb the French with non-fission based tactical missiles!”.

Emily The Criminal was a close second for best film of the year. A film that, like Oppenheimer, has its main character’s name in the title. Just like my most enjoyable films of the year: MEGAN and MI7 (which we all know is just Tom Cruise the movie).

In MI7, Tom Cruise shows once again that nothing beats doing it for real. Which is why I’m glad we saw Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and not Tom Cruise’s version as he would have set off a nuclear bomb… just so he could run away from it.

Honourable mentions

The Man From Earth

Ultra low budget sci-fi with a great idea. How do you prove the person you’ve worked with for the last 10 years, hasn’t lived forever?

Fall/Duel

What if you get stuck at the top of a mast? What if you have a clone and you arrange to fight it to the death to decide which one of you lives? How much training do you need to make sure you win? Two films that take simple ideas and kept finding inventive ways to show you what could happen. Of the two, I’d sooner fight my clone to the death, as I really, really hate heights!.

Banshees of Inasherin/Flora and Son

In Banshees, Father Ted falls out with Father Dougal while in Flora and Son, Father Jack writes My Feckin’ Horse. All whimsical Irish films can be compared to Father Ted: Discuss.

Madagascar 3

Watched this again. And could watch it a third, fourth or fifth time….

Moana

… which would still never match the number of times a two year old can watch The Rock sing ‘You’re Welcome’.