Category: Films
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…]
The Babadook at 10: how a tiny Australian film became a horror hit – and an unlikely queer icon
His eyes are depthless pools, his mouth a taut rictus. His fingers taper to blade-like claws and he looms like a scarecrow. In the dark [more…]
‘Watch out, I’m even less inhibited’: Olivia Williams on movies, misogyny and living with cancer
Since 2018, Olivia Williams has grown more blunt than she used to be. “I’m a bit less scared of the consequences of saying what I [more…]
Emily Watson: ‘You have to be a bit of an idiot to be an actor’
The British actor Emily Watson made one of the outstanding film debuts when she starred in Lars Von Trier’s Breaking the Waves in 1996, aged [more…]
‘Rachel had been ready to leave me if our IVF hadn’t worked’: writer Jack Thorne on how his family’s fertility struggles inspired his new film
In 1968, three people decided to cure infertility. In the 10 years between 1968 and 1978, Robert (Bob) Edwards, a scientist, Patrick Steptoe, an obstetrician, [more…]
Conclave: the fun, exciting Vatican thriller is perfect election escapism
Given, well … everything this week, you could be forgiven for never wanting to think about an election again. Which makes Conclave, a tense drama [more…]
