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Representing the threat of an approaching comet as a metaphor for political inaction on climate change, Adam McKay's black comedy lampoons the anti-science sentiments that have also hampered action on global crises like the covid-19 pandemic. As Dave Crewe describes, the film provides rich material for classroom conversations on topics such as the peer-review process, the importance of effective science communication and how to distinguish comets from asteroids. This

M Night Shyamalan is a filmmaker who fascinates and frustrates in equal measure. His creative career has been defined by astonishing successes - the popularity of his early films prompting comparisons to Steven Spielberg and Alfred Hitchcock - and devastating failures, with mid-career releases attracting relentless critical scorn. Rather than being relegated to a cautionary footnote, however, Shyamalan proved with the release of 2016's 'Split' - and its staggering box-office takings - that he's one of the rare filmmakers of his generation able to bridge the gap between the idiosyncratic individualism associated with arthouse auteurism and the sweeping genre trappings of the commercial sphere.

In any other year, 'The Salesman (2016)' would have been the story of the 89th Academy Awards. The film, from acclaimed Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. It was the second win in the category for Farhadi, making him the sixth director to win the award more than once (alongside legends like Vittorio De Sica, Ingmar Bergman and Akira Kurosawa) and the first director to do so in the twenty-first century. Farhadi's stature in Iran made this win even more significant; with his 2011 film, 'A Separation', having been the first Iranian film to win an Academy Award in any category, he was already a legend in his home country.

Talking chimpanzees, moral conundrums and warnings about scientific experimentation abound in the newest iteration of the 'Planet of the Apes' franchise. As Dave Crewe finds, the trilogy offers material on a range of topics for secondary Maths and Biology students, including exponential functions, cross-species disease transfer and the ethics of animal experimentation.

MILITARY AIRCRAFT - AND THEIR HUMAN PILOTS - ARE PUSHED TO THEIR LIMITS IN THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL TO ICONIC 1986 ACTION FILM TOP GUN. In aerodynamics, an aircraft's mach number measures 'the ratio of the speed of the aircraft to the speed of sound in the gas' it's travelling through.3 So mach 1 means the speed of sound in that medium, and an aircraft exceeding that speed is described as 'supersonic' (which is interesting enough for a lesson or two in its own right, particularly exploring sonic booms in the context of the Doppler effect4). Hypersonic technology, or the ability to travel at 60 miles per minute or faster, is a capability our team continues to advance today by leveraging more than 30 years of hypersonic investments and development and testing experience.16 Granted, hypersonic speed isn't quite the same as mach 10, but there's real aerodynamic research underpinning Darkstar as represented in the movie - research that could form the basis for an extended exploration in the Science classroom. The bulk of the film's storyline centres on Maverick training a crew of US Navy pilots to take on an apparent suicide mission.

Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic science fiction novel provides a spectacular visual representation of the unique ecosystem, life forms and technologies of the desert planet on which it is set. Devoting particular focus to these fictional Phenomena's real-life analogues in circulatory systems, diamagnetism and filter feeding, Dave Crewe scrutinises the scientific plausibility of this fantastical world.

The concept of the multiverse is having a moment in popular cinema, running through various marvel tentpoles including doctor strange in the multiverse of madness and indie sensation everything everywhere all at once alike. Digging into the real-life science behind multiple universes - from the double-slit experiment to the 'many-worlds' interpretation of quantum mechanics - Dave Crewe provides a handy starting point for understanding the principles underlying this scientific theory, and how accurately these movies portray it.

Beloved in its day, Chris Noonan's charming 1995 Australian children's movie about a pig who learns to herd sheep invests plenty of simple real-world observations about farm life within its otherwise-fantastical narrative. As Dave Crewe outlines, the film also presents plentiful fodder for classroom discussions on agricultural practices, animal intelligence and the ethics of eating meat.

Depicting a post-apocalyptic future dominated by dwindling resources, marauding gangs and heavy vehicles, George Miller’s iconic film Franchise also contains plentiful fuel for educational detours. Devoting particular focus to the second through fourth films in the series - 'Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, Mad Max beyond Thunderdome and Mad Max: Fury Road' - Dave Crewe explores the hydrology, chemistry and physics behind their respective representations of water shortage, methane production and dangerous-looking stunts, alongside other scientific stimuli.

A feel-good underdog story set in the world of competitive paper plane flying, Robert Connolly's 2014 film begins in the place where its premise has the most useful real-world application: The classroom. As Dave Crewe outlines, the film provides plentiful opportunities for learning about the basics of aerodynamics, as well as the value of an educational mindset in which failure and setbacks are embraced.