The 1980 disaster movie spoof Airplane! was a flyaway success. Made for $3.5m, it grossed over $170m and forged a new style of film comedy.
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‘More brains than brawn’: will the new Captain America be hamstrung by his lack of superpowers?
There’s a weird thing about superheroes. They tend to be a little bit more intriguing when they actually have superpowers. Yes, there is the odd
‘It’s wonderful’: Wicked star Cynthia Erivo says she’s fine with audiences singing along
Wicked star Cynthia Erivo has joined the debate over whether it’s acceptable to sing along to the blockbusting musical in cinemas – and she’s fine
‘That’s my own hair. I can really grow whiskers’: Amy Adams and Marielle Heller on toddlers, incontinence and Nightbitch
I have to be careful describing the film Nightbitch. Not because of spoilers, but because there is a very real danger I will walk through it
Silvia Pinal, star of Mexico’s Golden Age of film, dies aged 93
Silvia Pinal, an actor from Mexico’s Golden Age of cinema and muse to the director Luis Buñuel, has died aged 93. Pinal got her start
Denzel Washington at 70: his 20 greatest films – ranked!
20. Cry Freedom (1987) Already radiating charisma, and sporting a credible South African accent, Denzel Washington earned the first of his 10 Oscar nominations for
‘A very poor idea’: Julia Roberts rejected Richard Curtis’s proposed Notting Hill divorce sequel
The writer and director Richard Curtis has revealed that he had been planning a follow-up to romcom hit Notting Hill in which the lead characters
Wicked’s green skin trigger warning may feel silly – but not as silly as those crying woke
Wicked has faced more than its fair share of controversies since it was first announced; from the uproar over recasting the play’s leads, to fan-made
‘Holding space’: Wicked has made the term famous. But what does it mean?
The journalist Tracy E Gilchrist had just four minutes with the Wicked actors Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande – and she had to make them
Conclave review – Ralph Fiennes shines as papal election results in high-camp gripper
Who knew that the laborious process of democracy, of simply voting over and over again, could be so exciting and so amusing? Edward Berger’s drama