Category: Films
‘I feel like that was me’: how have Mormons reacted to Hugh Grant horror Heretic?
What is the one true religion? That is one of several leading questions posed by Hugh Grant’s professorial villain Mr Reed in the hit new [more…]
Trailer for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy released
The first trailer for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy has been released online. The fourth in the series of hit comedies films featuring Renée [more…]
Curzon Cinemas has been sold for a ‘bargain’ £3.9m – is this good news for UK filmgoers? | Peter Bradshaw
Who wants to buy an arthouse cinema chain? That question may seem unexpected now that being depressed about post-pandemic filmgoing appears to be the industry’s [more…]
‘If we can’t unionise at Amazon, we have no future’: the film about the workers who took on Jeff Bezos and won
As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House in January, US trades unions are among the many constituencies bracing themselves for impact. Cheered [more…]
Union review – fighting for your rights under the Amazon corporate jackboot
The historic 2022 victory in getting union recognition for Amazon workers in a huge warehouse in Staten Island, New York, and the creation of the [more…]
Paddington in Peru records biggest opening weekend in UK for British film since No Time to Die
Paddington in Peru, the third film in the hit Paddington series adapted from the books by Michael Bond, has scored the highest opening weekend box [more…]
Final reckoning? Trailer for Mission: Impossible 8 suggests end to franchise
The trailer for the eighth Mission: Impossible film has been released with a new title that suggests it might be Tom Cruise’s final mission. Mission: [more…]
Gladiator II review – Paul Mescal slays in Ridley Scott’s gobsmacking reboot
What’s Latin for “Groundhog Day”? Once upon a time, Russell Crowe’s beefy hero Maximus in Ridley Scott’s sword-and-sandal classic Gladiator was the honest soldier outside [more…]
Magpie review – Daisy Ridley shines in tense, compelling portrait of a toxic relationship
The post Star Wars trajectory is a mixed bag for actors. Maybe you get lucky, go the Harrison Ford route and become one of the [more…]
Australian actor alleges Rebel Wilson made up a false sexual assault accusation about her
A young Australian actor at the centre of a multimillion-dollar defamation case in the US alleges in documents filed to the Los Angeles superior court [more…]
