Category: Films
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie review – another enjoyably madcap SpongeBob adventure
For around a quarter of a century, the happy-go-lucky yellow sea sponge called Bob has been entertaining kids (and a fair number of adults) with [more…]
Un oeuf is enough: have we had our fill of movie Easter eggs?
When Deadpool & Wolverine, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, made $438m worldwide on its opening weekend, Marvel executives must have felt as if Christmas [more…]
Cheng Pei-pei obituary
The title of the first female action star is hotly contested, but the Hong Kong actor Cheng Pei-pei is often cited as one of the [more…]
The Instigators review – Matt Damon and Casey Affleck can’t save underpowered heist comedy
Matt Damon and Casey Affleck – grizzled veterans of Steven Soderbergh’s classic caper Ocean’s Eleven from back in 2001 – now come together as stars [more…]
‘I’m happy for everyone released, but there is also sadness’: film-maker Odessa Rae on today’s momentous prisoner swap
Is Odessa Rae being eavesdropped on? The answer may depend how long the Kremlin holds a grudge. In 2022, the Canadian American producer helped make [more…]
Malcolm McDowell: ‘Kubrick had stewed pears and sour chicken for lunch because Napoleon did’
If they ask you to appear in Star Trek again, would you say yes? Nicens_boiI mean, you can’t top killing Captain James T Kirk. I [more…]
Breaking the bank: are Hollywood stars getting paid too much?
Marvel was surely expecting a hero’s welcome over the weekend when they announced that Robert Downey Jr would be returning to the Marvel Universe, and [more…]
Post your questions for Paul Feig
Paul Feig is one of the most exciting directors of the last 20 years, especially if comedies are your bag. His biggest break came with [more…]
‘She lived so much life so quickly’: the lost tapes of Elizabeth Taylor
Imagine the conversation Elizabeth Taylor could have had with Taylor Swift; a generational tete-a-tete between the Cleopatras of their times (to name drop Taylor’s most [more…]
Werckmeister Harmonies review – Béla Tarr’s brooding masterpiece of a town sleepwalking into tyranny
Hungarian auteur Béla Tarr and his co-director and editor Ágnes Hranitzky now have their 2000 film rereleased, 24 years on as part of a career [more…]
