I didn’t want to see the new Christopher Nolan film Oppenheimer. In general, I don’t enjoy films about war. I don’t care for films punctuated by explosions, and I find biopics tend to be hit or miss. Sheila saw it the other day and on her return simply said I had to see it the next day.

Oppenheimer is a great film. It has no super-heros. Instead it is a complex historical epic set around the Manhatten Project. It is visually stunning, and the acting and script are both fantastic.

Cillian Murphy has logged a career-making performance as Robert Oppenheimer, and he’s surrounded an amazing support cast. Just about as good are Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss, Emily Blunt as Kitty, and Matt Damon as the General.

This is a long film, and I’m usually the guy screaming for edits, but I wouldn’t have shaved a minute from this masterwork. Go see it – you can see Barbie next week.