Category: Films
Mark Kermode on… composer John Williams, master of unforgettable blockbuster soundtracks
Some years ago I interviewed the British director Edgar Wright about his favourite soundtrack albums. I mentioned that, in the age before videos, I had [more…]
Juror #2: the curious case of the missing Clint Eastwood film
There is a mystery at the heart of Juror #2, the 40th film directed by Clint Eastwood and – given that he is now 94 [more…]
Alien: Romulus thrilled fans – how can its follow-up avoid the saga’s past mistakes?
Back in the 1990s, the Alien franchise’s biggest problem was its inability to dispose of its iconic characters once it became clear they no longer [more…]
Post your questions for Elizabeth Hurley
Elizabeth Hurley has spent the past three decades tirelessly making British culture a little bit more glamorous. She rose to fame in the early 1990s, [more…]
‘I wanted those 828 men not to be forgotten’: the Chinese documentary raising wartime ghosts
A little-known tragedy from the second world war is the subject of a documentary that has been a surprise hit in China and is the [more…]
‘Downright terrifying’: readers on their scariest horror villains
Dr Freudstein – House by the Cemetery As a film it tends to be considered the weakest of Fulci’s big four or five, but a [more…]
‘It’s the damnedest thing I’ve ever seen’: 10 film flops that became classics – ranked!
10. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Budget: £19.3m. Worldwide gross: £22m View image in fullscreen Still IMDb’s chart-topper as the best film of all time, this [more…]
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story review – fascinating tribute undermined by bombast
‘You’ve got me?” splutters Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) in the 1978 Superman: The Movie, after her caped saviour (Christopher Reeve) scoops her up in his [more…]
Heretic review – religious horror with a suave, dapper and evil Hugh Grant
The remarkable second act of Hugh Grant’s career continues … or maybe third act, if we include the earlier period in which he appeared to [more…]
Time Cut review – tinny time-travel Netflix slasher offers too much deja vu
The triumphant return of the slasher movie, a subgenre that had been mostly dead and buried for far too long, arrived with key caveats. Those [more…]
