The story follows a young Sammy Fabelman, in a post-World War II America era, as he discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth . . .

When Colonel Tom Parker (played by Tom Hanks) spots a handsome young singer by the name of Elvis Presley (Austin Butler), he knows he’s found something special . . . Parker turns Presley into a superstar . . . but fame doesn’t bring him happiness.

Ok, this isn’t strictly a film . . . but I thought I’d bend the rules slightly for this stunning documentary. “The Andy Warhol Diaries,” is a six-parter based on Warhol’s own journal from 1976 till his death in 1987. This startling biopic is told with the artist’s own words through a re-created A.I. voice, which sounds strange and alien – and sometimes human but not. It’s aesthetically jarring, but so brilliantly done . . .

After a small town in the south witnesses their worst murder yet . . . the sheriff begins to investigate but is joined by a black policeman from the big city. The two don’t get on for obvious reasons . . . the sheriff is a racist and a bigot. But somehow, they both manage to overcome their differences to find the murderer.

It’s August 1969 and the troubles in Northern Ireland are just starting . . . a nine-year-old Buddy is coming to terms with life, love, religion, growing up and the prospect of leaving his home for a better life in England.

In a galaxy far, far away . . . an intergalactic empire runs on a substance called Spice. When the family House of Atreides is sent to the desert planet Arrakis to oversee the Spice production – Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac) senses a trap . . .

Eloise (Thomasin McKenzie) moves from Cornwall to the capital to study at the London School of Fashion. After arriving, she starts to have night-time visions of Sandy (played by Anya Taylor-Joy), a beautiful starlet from the 1960s whose dreams of making it big lead her down a dark path . . .

So here we are (at last I hear you cry) several years after this film was completed, we finally get to see it . . . but was it was worth the wait?

Aretha Franklin (played by Jennifer Hudson) had extraordinary musical talent, but her career was slow to start as she struggled to define her own sound, under the influence of her father and her domineering husband.

It’s the Cold War and Oleg Penkovsky (played by Merab Ninidze), is a high-ranking Russian, who starts sending important information to British and US intelligence services. To avoid detection, they recruit a British businessman called Greville Wynne (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) to act as a courier.