Coco is the latest original film from Pixar and follows a 12-year-old boy named Miguel (Gonzalez). Despite his family’s generations-old ban on music, young Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz (Bratt), the late film star and singer who died in an on-stage accident. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel ends up stealing de la Cruz’s guitar from his tomb and finds himself cursed as a result. Stranded in the stunning and colourful Land of the Dead, Miguel must receive a blessing from a deceased member of his family in order to return home. With the help of a charming trickster named Héctor (Bernal), Miguel embarks on an extraordinary journey and uncovers the real story behind his family history along the way.

Pixar’s 19th film triumphs as one of its best, having received praise for its all-Latino cast, vocal performances, animation, musical score, songs and emotional story. It also happens to be both culturally conscious and respectful of Mexican culture – a rarity in American popular culture. For those reasons and more, Coco has earned an abundance of accolades – with more undoubtedly to come – and deservedly so.

Thor (Hemsworth) is back after his discovery in Age of Ultron that someone has been collecting Infinity Stones. While looking for answers, he uncovers a prophecy which tells of the beginning of Ragnarok and the end of Asgard. As he quite likes his home, he sets out to stop it. Unfortunately, Hela (Blanchett) is keen to do some major Asgardian redecorating after having been banished for many years. Hela is more than a match for Thor, which leads to him being stranded at the edge of the universe where he meets a few familiar faces in his quest to return home and save Asgard.

Kiwi director Waititi takes Ragnarok in a new direction capitalising on the ‘Asgardian out of water’ that Thor often is. Waititi also steals the show voicing Korg, who is hilarious. There is a lot of comedy woven into the film, a brilliant appearance from Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk is wonderful, and Cate Blanchett is almost unrecognisable as the thoroughly villainous Hela. I loved this film. It was a breath of fresh air for Marvel plus Loki (Hiddleston) is one of my favourite characters and delivers perfectly.