Category: Films
Moana 2 review – vacuum-packed Disney ocean adventure that will leave you cold
Originally planned as a TV series, now a feature film, Moana 2 is the sequel to Disney’s smash-hit family animation Moana from 2016, and really [more…]
Edge of Tomorrow at 10: Tom Cruise’s sci-fi spectacle gets better every time
Edge of Tomorrow was a box office flop when it arrived in cinemas in 2014, but time has been kind to it, the film eking [more…]
The Contestant review – the cruelty of reality TV on show in one of its earliest manifestations
There’s an extraordinary story that could be told here about the birth of reality television in all its cruelty and superficiality. In 1998, a Japanese [more…]
Tell us your favourite films of 2024
We would like to hear about your favourite films of 2024. Was it a comedy that had you rolling in the aisles, or a horror [more…]
Two of a Kind review – Ghanaian summit meeting of the sexes in cleared-out luxury hotel
Fifty minutes in, a Shakespearean twinkle comes over this Ghanian romantic drama; having at first bunkered us into a luxury hotel with squabbling spouses Carl [more…]
La Ricerca review – paean to man who uses stone to make sense of the world
For decades, Luigi Lineri has toiled along the Adige river in northern Italy where he has amassed an astonishingly vast treasure trove: rocks. A research [more…]
Kaya Scodelario on Skins, scares and sex scenes: ‘I was called an English rose – it really pissed me off’
As well as an eight-year-old son and a two-year-old daughter, Kaya Scodelario is the dedicated parent of a 10-year-old French bulldog called Arnie. She is [more…]
‘The Bowie of his era’: new biopic charts wild life of cross-dressing Victorian peer
It’s the costume drama plot with the startlingly up-to-date twist: the fifth marquess of Anglesey, a scandalously extravagant, cross-dressing peer of the realm, who cavorted [more…]
Wrestler, film star – and future president? Why we should all take Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson seriously
It’s proving to be a busy period for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, sometime WWE professional wrestler and Hollywood film star. Well, another one. Red One, [more…]
Streaming: the best Hamlets on screen
When I was 16, for a high school English assignment I composed a short play titled Deconstructing Hamlet, made up entirely of decontextualised quotes from [more…]
