Category: Films
Skeleton warriors and plasticine chickens: why stop-motion animation is still going strong a century on
It all started – or stop-started, perhaps – with some tiny pterodactyls. As 1924 drew to a close, Marcel Delgado was putting the finishing touches [more…]
Streaming: the best biker movies
At 41, there’s still time for my midlife crisis to take an unexpected turn, but as yet I must confess that I have never known [more…]
James Cameron taunts critics of his dialogue: ‘Let me see your highest-grossing films’
James Cameron has hit back against reviewers – and filmgoers – who criticise the dialogue in his films. Speaking to Empire for the 40th anniversary [more…]
‘The whole human condition is encased in the story’: why Beatles films just keep coming
The Beatles broke up in 1970 but – as far as the film industry is concerned – they are more current than ever, with a [more…]
Good boy of Steel! Is Krypto the Superdog really coming to Superman: Legacy?
The brand new DC Universe has somehow run out of ideas, even before it has really got going. They’ve scraped the bottom of the barrel, [more…]
Why reaction to Lionsgate’s AI film deal reminds me of the Campaign for Real Ale | Peter Bradshaw
A shiver of unease, combined with a strangely defeated shrug, is how the news that entertainment behemoth Lionsgate has signed a deal with the artificial [more…]
‘It’s normalised. I was gawping’: Imogen Poots on making a movie in the West Bank
Imogen Poots has a confession. “I drew a man’s penis too big recently,” she says, her anime eyes widening. The 35-year-old London-born actor is sitting [more…]
Never Let Go review – Halle Berry takes hold of uneven woodland horror
There’s something nasty down in the woods again, just months after a deranged killer, some deranged fairies and a deranged attempt to resurrect IP all [more…]
Would starring in Men in Black really have made David Schwimmer a movie star?
Hollywood is full of tantalising “what-if?” moments; decisions made on the spur of the moment that have far-reaching repercussions for all involved. What if Robert [more…]
Happy 90th birthday Sophia Loren! Her greatest films – ranked
20. Prêt-à-Porter (1994) Loren’s 14th and final collaboration with her frequent co-star Marcello Mastroianni provides one of the few bright spots in Robert Altman’s dog’s [more…]
