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
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Wicked slays Gladiator II in ticket sales duel as new films boost box office
With a combined $270m in worldwide ticket sales, Wicked and Gladiator II breathed fresh life into a box office that has struggled lately, leading to
‘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
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,
Richard Linklater: ‘I’ve always had that French new wave notion – that a film should be an extension of your life’
The American director Richard Linklater has one of the great, eclectic film-making CVs: from classics such as Dazed and Confused to School of Rock, Before
‘I felt like I was a made man’: Stephen Graham on working with his childhood heroes
Stephen Graham likes to quote that very famous saying in acting, “There are no small parts, only small actors” – though it has nothing to
Isabella Rossellini: ‘People never talk about the freedom, the lightness, that comes with ageing’
Most great female actors get to play a nun at some point in their career: a kind of thespian rite of passage that comes to
Spellbound review – Netflix’s misfiring Disney princess knock-off
To commemorate its 100th anniversary last year, Disney decided to showcase just how far its animated output had fallen with the release of Wish, a
Wicked fans ‘couldn’t be more thrilled’ as blockbuster musical opens worldwide
What is this feeling? After years of speculation, more casting rumors than Oz’s population of flying monkeys, a production ripe for tabloid fodder, and a
Pretentious, moi?: Josh Brolin’s poetry about Dune has landed, whether we like it or not
When it comes to pretension, Dune isn’t exactly left wanting. In print, the books are a progressively abstract and deranged space opera about a young