Film blog
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Blockbusters keep getting spoiled before anyone has a chance to watch them thanks to plot-filled trailers and loose-lipped directors
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Ghost in the Shell is part of a cult subgenre whose lineage stretches back to the 1920s – and whose visions have never seemed so prescient
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Not even the weather could stop the family-friendly fairytale, but the outlook was less bright for CHiPs, The Lost City of Z and Jake Gyllenhaal sci-fi Life
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The first full trailer for DC’s forthcoming superhero film has wisecracks, ultraviolence and a new baddie. But the Man of Steel is nowhere to be seen
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Marquee superheroes such as Batman are failing on the big screen. So how can a film based on a trashy TV show soar despite its bargain basement origins?
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Producer Brett Ratner is right to address the site’s dumbing down of film criticism, but his negative review is also a case of sour grapes
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Disney’s decorative, live-action remake starring Emma Watson opens with a monster £19.7m, while smart comedy-horror Get Out gets up to No 3
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Sony has been trying to get a solo outing for Spider-Man’s nemesis off the ground for a decade. Can its next attempt benefit from the success of Deadpool and Wolverine?
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The classic cyberpunk flick is getting a reboot without the everydude who seemed to embody its entire worldview. Can somebody wake us up from this nightmare?
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Shonky graphics, confusing menus, weird picture galleries … the film websites from the internet’s early days haven’t aged well. So why are they still there?
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Director Rian Johnson has his work cut out: not only is Yoda dead, many of us are trying to unremember he tried to sell us mobile phones
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Big-ape caper starring Tom Hiddleston grabs the top spot from Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine thriller Logan
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Opinion on the latest reboot of the King Kong story has been split between US and UK critics. So is it a turkey or a triumph?
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Cinépolis Junior chains will oversee the latest innovation in movie theater gimmickry: kids distracted with a play area as they watch the latest Pixar film
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We know very little about The Last Jedi, but that hasn’t stopped anyone from guessing. It seems fake news is just as prevalent in a galaxy far, far away
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Hugh Jackman’s third Wolverine adventure delivers the best opening for an X-Men movie as Lego Batman blocks the rise of Viceroy’s House
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The director of Viceroy’s House argues that her film about India’s partition of 1947, far from ignoring the freedom struggle, celebrates it
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The Covenant crew are more intent on getting drunk than contemplating the cosmos, and the Engineers have reason to have beef with mankind
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Real-life drama about the Boston marathon bombings starring Mark Wahlberg underwhelms as top six titles cling to their chart positions
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Many of George Lucas’s additions to the special edition Star Wars trilogy were heinous. But those keen to see such tweaks reversed should be careful what they wish for
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Barry Jenkins’s movie is a brave and brilliant work of art that also happens to be a black, gay story. What a shame if the announcement gaffe is what people remember about its victory
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The star, who has died suddenly aged 61, shone brightest in his characterful collaborations with Billy Bob Thornton, but he also made a sturdy action hero in the likes of Twister
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Will La La Land clean up? Will the stars come out against Trump’s travel ban? And will Ryan Seacrest give a certain debonair British film critic the red carpet moment he deserves?
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Oscars regular Hadley Freeman on why the hottest ticket in Hollywood is even more ridiculous – and wonderful – than TV makes it seem
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As our series heads towards its conclusion, Catherine Shoard makes the case for Denis Villeneuve’s staggering alien invasion film
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Seven decades after independence, Indian cinema is still struggling to depict the Raj, leaving its screen depictions – from Gandhi to colonial racism – to be viewed almost solely through British eyes
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Animated family favourite still top as Moonlight creeps in to join fellow Oscars hopeful Hidden Figures
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Theodore Melfi’s feelgood biopic about three African-American women working for Nasa in the 1960s breaks boundaries with a knowing kick of its kitten heel
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Disney’s takeover of the Star Wars has seen bigger roles for women and people of colour, in a sophisticated cinematic universe that looks more like the one we live in
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Kenneth Lonergan’s haunting family drama stands out from the pack thanks to its subtlety, complexity and bravery in tackling the big issues
Box office analysis: UK £7 for Shia LaBeouf, £47 for Emma Watson: the A-list films no one saw