The Walking Dead on AMC is one of the biggest TV successes of the last few years, and now there’s even more to look forward to with a new spin off show.

JDIFF is over, after many films and some fun jury time for yours truly. And as the guests wend their way back to their starry lives and the film drives and reels head homewards, its time to take a look at who won what.

The basic problem with this unappealing, dull, charmless chunk of garbage is that director Shyamalan – who has never made a decent film – chooses to make a live-actioner from a TV animation series that is about the battle to save the Earth, Water and Air people from the evil Fire Nation … and air doesn’t actually lend itself to something we can, on screen at least, get excited about.

A superb sci-fi thriller – with a nod in the direction of the current global warming obsession – and fine acting from a cast that, under director Boyle, stays well away from the gung-ho, let’s-go antics of this type of film.

A richly-rewarding New Zealand-set film which has been collecting deserved gongs at festivals around the world, thus proving that 'keep it simple' remains a useful piece of advice.