Movies
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2 out of 5 stars.
Wrong Turn review – skull-crushing Appalachian horror
2 out of 5 stars.The seventh entry in the franchise, with its weird cultists, takes a few original steps off the well-beaten hillbilly horror path
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1 out of 5 stars.
The Stylist review – an insipid thriller three decades out of fashion
1 out of 5 stars.With its vast plot holes, wooden acting and wanton violence, this serial killer tale has the feel of a straight-to-video flop -
2 out of 5 stars.
Gatecrash review – opaque auto-accident drama
2 out of 5 stars.A car crash provokes a torrent of toxic masculinity, but this strange film is neither surreal nor psychologically insightful enough -
3 out of 5 stars.
The Dark and the Wicked review – devilishly directed farmhouse horror
3 out of 5 stars.There’s little that’s new in Bryan Bertino’s Texas spooker, but an emotionally literate script and clever direction give it an edge -
Should we expect hordes of allegorical aliens and zombies – or a soothing succession of romcoms and musicals? Cinema history offers some clues
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5 out of 5 stars.
Nomadland – Frances McDormand delivers the performance of her career
5 out of 5 stars.McDormand plays a boomer forced out of her home and on to the road in Chloé Zhao’s inspired docu-fiction -
4 out of 5 stars.
I Care a Lot – Rosamund Pike is exquisitely nasty in toxic thriller
4 out of 5 stars.Pike’s black-hearted Marla drains the bank accounts of well-off elderly patients, until she picks the wrong prey -
1 out of 5 stars.
Blithe Spirit – Judi Dench presides over a deathly farce
1 out of 5 stars.Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann and Isla Fisher mug spiritedly but there is little life in this unfunny Noël Coward adaptation
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Judas and the Black Messiah – electric Black Panthers drama
4 out of 5 stars. -
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar – goofy Bridesmaids reunion
3 out of 5 stars. -
To All the Boys: Always and Forever – enjoyable enough Netflix threequel
3 out of 5 stars.
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Video & audio
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Hollywood star and former California governor combines a classic Terminator quote with a visit to a Covid-19 vaccination clinic in Los Angeles
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Josh Toussaint-Strauss looks back over the history of Vodou and its portrayal in popular culture to find out how it came to be so vilified
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When Grace Shutti was growing up, black culture was synonymous with African Americans. Now, Africans have become a leading voice in black culture, but how did this come about?
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Historians estimate that one in four cowboys were African American, though you’d never guess because the conventional Hollywood image of a cowboy is a white man
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Josh Toussaint-Strauss discusses why audiences expect bad things to happen to black characters and explores how a new generation of black creators are using horror to subvert the negative tropes
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The pro-wrestler turned Hollywood actor said in a message posted on Instagram that he, his wife and their two young children had 'a rough go' after testing positive for Covid-19 in recent weeks
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With a third marmalade-packed outing on the cards, the onus is on Paddington to succeed where Neo, Batman and Shrek failed -
Unlike breakout hits Crazy Rich Asians and The Farewell, the acclaimed drama avoids a culture clash narrative and focuses on a more universal theme -
The actor remained queasy of the role in The Sound of Music, finally finding his groove aged 80 as a long-closeted father in the Mike Mills film Beginners -
Sam Levinson’s black and white Netflix two-hander turns into a self-indulgent excuse to whine about his critics through the mouthpiece of John David Washington
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The stars of stage and screen chat about playing witches, seeing ghosts and stepping into another legend’s shoes -
The Danish actor, 53, on multilingualism, nudity, the joy of being in a band and why playing Dracula was such a gift of a role -
The maverick director makes the films no one else would dare to – persuading Oprah to break her acting drought, and Nicole Kidman to pee on Zac Efron. What’s his next coup?
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Stopping Trump, reforming Facebook and risking his life to make a Borat sequel. In an exclusive interview, the actor unveils his plans for a revolution – and reveals how it feels to come out as himself -
The Oscar-winning costume designer of Black Panther talks her illustrious career as well as her future, including what to expect from comedy sequel Coming 2 America -
She is all calm as enigmatic Marcia Roy in the media-dynasty saga, but as the Egyptian-American mother in the award-winning comedy, she’s a hoot. The Palestinian actor examines her many-layered roles
Regulars
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4 out of 5 stars.
Mark Kermode's film of the week Greenland review – comet disaster movie with a surprisingly deep impact
4 out of 5 stars.Gerard Butler does more than just punch his way out of imminent apocalypse in Ric Roman Waugh’s sharp action film -
The children’s lockdown lifesaver is about to launch a streaming service for adults, showcasing the familiar, the forgettable and the odd curveball… -
Zack Snyder looks set to pull the sword from the franchise stone – but will it be another Hollywood fart in the Arthurian mythos’s general direction? -
For decades, cinema has presented the bureau as the best of America. Now a new drama starring Daniel Kaluuya finally dispels that myth
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Using home video filmed over 20 years, 17 Blocks captures one black American family enduring the joy, loss, and the scourge of gun violence in the shadow of the US Capitol -
‘Gene Hackman was scary as hell. At the premiere, he pulled me aside and said: “I didn’t think you had a clue what you were doing!”’ -
In dark Netflix thriller I Care a Lot, a predatory court appointed guardian wreaks havoc, a story that’s far closer to reality than one would expect
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Chloé Zhao’s stunning Oscar frontrunner unusually centers a single woman over 60 to illuminate an America that rarely garners mainstream attention -
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Restless Natives review – classic Scottish comedy is a reminder of a sweeter era
4 out of 5 stars.