Bob Odenkirk’s unlikely new career journey as a kickass tough guy continues in this pretty formulaic and forgettable sequel to the amusing original hit, which first showed us Hutch (Odenkirk), …
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The heart triumphs over all things: why ‘anti-capitalist romcom’ Materialists isn’t just a fantasy | Movies
Like all love triangles, Celine Song’s new film Materialists places you at a fateful fork in the road, peering at two points in the distance and evaluating the different futures …
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7 new movies and TV shows to stream on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, and more this weekend (August 15)
It only feels like August has just begun, but we’re already halfway through the eighth month of 2025. If you’re worried that time is going too fast, you might want …
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A biopic of Sinéad O’Connor is in the works, with its backers including the company involved in Nothing Compares, the acclaimed 2022 documentary about the singer. According to Variety, the …
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‘We thought with The Crown: “Is anyone going to watch this?”’ director Benjamin Caron on risk, realism – and royalty | Movies
It’s quite a schlep from Buckingham Palace to the mean streets of working-class Portland, Oregon, but it is one that Midlands-born film-maker Benjamin Caron and actor Vanessa Kirby have undertaken …
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‘I knew my job was to fulfil a man’s fantasy’: Elizabeth McGovern on Downton, early fame and co-starring with Brad Pitt | Movies
For the maudlin among us, the final Downton Abbey film should perhaps come with a warning. Everything in it is tinged with wistfulness – a goodbye to cherished characters and …
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Lorna Raver, who played Mrs Ganush in Sam Raimi’s hit horror Drag Me to Hell, has died at the age of 81. According to the Hollywood Reporter, her death was …
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Tim Burton grew up watching Japanese monster movies in Burbank, which must explain a good deal about his artistic sensibility. It seems to be for that reason, in any case, …
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Oslo Stories Trilogy: Love review – gracefully grownup and breezy relationships drama | Movies
Here is the second of Norwegian film-maker and novelist Dag Johan Haugerud’s seductive trilogy about affairs of the heart and mind, set in Oslo. (It comes between Sex and Dreams.) …
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Devil Wears Prada 2 to Spider-Man 4: is the Hollywood hype machine starting too early? | Movies
Do you want to know who might be starring, cameoing or in some way appearing in the upcoming sequel to The Devil Wears Prada? Well, you might not have a …