Category: Films
Gladiator II: battles, baboons, Mescal and Denzel – discuss with spoilers
Twenty-four years on and Ridley Scott’s belated follow-up to his biggest critical success is finally on cinema screens. How does it compare to the first [more…]
Post your questions for Billy Bob Thornton
What is Billy Bob Thornton’s most iconic role? Some may say the taciturn barber in the Coen brothers’ The Man Who Wasn’t There, others might [more…]
Daisy Ridley’s Rey is now Star Wars’ best big-screen bet – is this a saga without a plan?
When the Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk described modern consumer culture as “a copy of a copy of a copy”, he was probably thinking of [more…]
Snow White star Rachel Zegler apologises for angry Trump post
The West Side Story and Snow White actor Rachel Zegler has apologised after criticising Donald Trump and his supporters. The 23-year-old, currently starring in Broadway’s [more…]
Nicole Kidman: ‘I want to work with Scorsese – if he does a film with women’
Nicole Kidman has expressed the desire to work with director Martin Scorsese in a new interview – as well as her scepticism about whether it [more…]
Conan O’Brien announced as 2025 Oscars host
Conan O’Brien has been announced as the host of next year’s Oscars. The former late-night host and comedian will host for the first time after [more…]
Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound review – Glasgow postrockers doc lets the music do the talking
After nearly 30 years in business and 10 albums in, Glaswegian cacophonists Mogwai have earned the right to an adulatory documentary – and they get [more…]
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story review – a pleasure of a film about an unlikely bond
This rather lovely film tells the story of a man called Billy Mail, and his otter – a pup he rescued after spotting it half-starved [more…]
Hot Frosty review – Netflix’s sexy snowman romance is as silly as expected
Though I am personally of the belief that all Christmas movies should wait until after Thanksgiving – it just stopped being 80F (26C) in New [more…]
Bafta to revoke future winners’ awards in cases of serious criminal convictions
The British Academy of Film and Television will be able to strip future winners of their awards in cases of “proven dishonesty” or if they’re [more…]
