In This Is Spinal Tap, one of the eponymous rock band’s hits is called Hell Hole. As the song has it, “It’s better / In
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Guns banned from set of The Crow reboot after Brandon Lee’s death
The director of the upcoming reboot of The Crow has revealed that he banned all firing weapons from the set because of the death of
Lollipop review – impassioned, head-butting indictment of the social-care system
Daisy-May Hudson is the British film-maker who in 2015 made a fiercely personal documentary about homelessness: her own. Half Way told the story of how
The Home Game review – sweet and heartwarming story of Iceland’s footballing underdogs
Set in Hellissandur, Iceland, population 369, this modest documentary tells the story of how the village got its first football pitch – with the whole
Widow Clicquot review – vine-whispering champagne-maker gets the biopic treatment
The French will be aghast: with climate change, the English are already encroaching on the sparkling wine trade, and now they’ve got the cheek to
Audrey review – a deliciously snarky comedy about a girl in a coma
The family of the titular teenager in Audrey don’t literally pop champagne when she tumbles from the roof and falls into a coma, though they
James Cameron: ‘It’s harder to write sci-fi because we’re living in a sci-fi world’
Earlier this month he was awarded Legends status by Disney with the likes of Angela Bassett, Harrison Ford and composer John Williams. Last week he
Cadejo Blanco review – compelling performances in slow-burn drug gang thriller
Two sisters go out clubbing. In the loos, they drunkenly argue, and one of them storms out. When she wakes up the next morning, her
Lights, camera, comfy furnishings: why the ‘beige chic’ of Nancy Meyers is having a revival
In 2009, the film-maker Nancy Meyers was in an editing suite at Sony Pictures, fine-tuning the details of her next movie, It’s Complicated. That morning,
Noah’s Ark review – Old Testament’s got talent in biblical kids’ animation
The Bible meets Sing in this musical kids’ animation from Brazil that reimagines the animals on Noah’s ark competing in a talent contest. After 96