He’s scaled the world’s tallest building, dangled mid-air from a plane, set records for holding his breath underwater and, when he broke his foot shooting
Category: Films
Bafta introduces new prize for best children’s and family film
Bafta has announced a new prize for best children’s and family film, as well as some key eligibility changes for other awards. The children’s and
‘It’s not a theoretical proposition’: the ‘war game’ imagining a coup in the US
On 6 January 2025, US democracy stands at a crossroads. Congress must certify the results of an election that the loser refuses to concede. The
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
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
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
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
‘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
My Neighbour Totoro review – Miyazaki’s supernatural masterpiece still enchants
The iconic status of Hayao Miyazaki’s 1988 Studio Ghibli animation was recently underscored by a smash-hit stage adaptation in London, and now the movie itself
Harold and the Purple Crayon review – garish and charmless kids fantasy dud
Plenty of actors will talk about doing the occasional family film in order to make something that their kids might enjoy. Film-makers, meanwhile, will often