This killer-spider-from-outer-space movie feels like a cross between Alien and TV’s Only Murders in the Building. It’s a mostly fun throwback horror comedy set in
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The Girl in the Trunk review – claustrophobic car-boot kidnap thriller
This claustrophobic thriller takes place almost entirely in the boot of a rented car moving down an empty Texas highway. Bride Amanda (Katharina Sporrer), still
Ron Howard on Jim Henson: ‘You could see there was nothing to hide’
Before he became the world’s most famous puppeteer – the man responsible for The Muppets and Big Bird; and turning David Bowie into the Goblin
New Life review – stripped-back virus thriller goes hard on bubo-popping horror
Amid the dumper-truck of post-Covid lockdown-inspired films, very few take disease and pandemics themselves as their central focus (maybe after rewatching Contagion, we were all
This Time Next Year review – satisfyingly slick by-the-numbers romcom
Based on Sophie Cousens’ novel of the same name, and adapted for the screen by the author, this opens with a twinkly tourism-office-style visit-London-for-the-festive-season montage
Gasoline Rainbow review – a free-ranging coming-of-age ode to the curiosity of youth
In the opening seconds of the Ross brothers’ new film, a teenager professes his hope to discover a place “weirdos” like him can call home.
Moosa Lane review – loving cinematic bridge between two countries and cultures
Shot over the course of 15 years, Anita Mathal Hopland’s documentary provides a cinematic bridge between two countries. Born in Denmark to a Norwegian mother
Alien? Mission: Impossible? Toy Story? What is the greatest movie franchise ever?
Mission: Impossible View image in fullscreen When a blockbuster franchise is seven movies in (and counting), and the consensus choice for worst entry was directed
Little Monsters review – infuriatingly awful family film is worse than AI
Made in Russia in 2022, this animated flick has been dubbed in American English for global release, but it seems unlikely that it made much
Richard Sherman obituary
Richard Sherman, who has died aged 95, often said that he never realised his youthful ambition to write “the great American symphony”. However, with his