Movies
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A coroner in Los Angeles said the 49-year-old Austin Powers star died in April from the effects of alcohol -
Harry Potter, Bond and Bridget Jones producers co-found sixth form academy aimed at making industry more diverse and accessible
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3 out of 5 stars.
Bad Times at the El Royale Twistily kitsch hard-boiled thriller
3 out of 5 stars.Jeff Bridges and Jon Hamm are among the secretive clientele checking in to an equally mysterious 60s motel -
4 out of 5 stars.
Mandy Fabulously ferocious Nicolas Cage revenge horror
4 out of 5 stars.Cage is on magnificent, mind-boggling form as a chainsaw-wielding lumberjack hunting the gang who invaded his home -
4 out of 5 stars.
Apostle Exhilarating Netflix horror is a wild, gory surprise
4 out of 5 stars.Gareth Evans, director of The Raid, shocks and confounds with an ultra-violent tale of a mad prophet that transforms into something entirely unexpected
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1 out of 5 stars.
Venom – Tom Hardy flames out in poisonously dull Spider-Man spin-off
1 out of 5 stars.As the reporter who fuses with an alien ‘symbiote’, Hardy stumbles in a film that is nowhere near the nimble excellence of the Marvel Cinematic Universe series -
5 out of 5 stars.
A Star Is Born – Lady Gaga mesmerises in Streisand's shoes
5 out of 5 stars.Bradley Cooper directs and co-stars in this outrageously watchable update of the love story doomed by shifting fame -
4 out of 5 stars.
Stenberg lives up to her promise in a hard-hitting adaptation of Angie Thomas’ bestselling YA novel about a police shooting and racial strife
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Private Life – Netflix fertility comedy is painfully funny
4 out of 5 stars. -
Studio 54 – wild nights at the club that rocked New York
3 out of 5 stars.
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Video & Audio
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The actor Adam Pearson has a similar condition to Joseph Merrick, whose story was told in The Elephant Man. When the BBC was remaking the biopic, he did not even get an audition
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Burt Reynolds speaks candidly with Hadley Freeman about his varied career in film, the important relationships in his life and a clash with Marlon Brando
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What does a film about a black man going undercover with white terrorists tell us about the state of contemporary America and beyond?
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The actor and director addresses allegations of harassment for the first time, saying he contributed to an unprofessional environment on the set of his film I'm Still Here
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The movie industry has seen tech advances since its inception. But do audiences really want to have a say in a film’s plot? -
The actor and long-time critic of the president receives a standing ovation at Sunday night’s Tony awards in New York after attacking the US president on stage at Radio City Music Hall
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In films such as Monsters and Men and The Hate U Give, real-life tragedy is making its way to the cinema with anger and purpose -
The 80s movie celebrated women striving to get ahead. Now 30 years on, Hollywood seems to want to put women in their place -
It is regarded as one of the most depraved films ever – a ‘shockumentary’ full of autopsies, plane crashes and executions. Why was Faces of Death so influential? And does its director have any regrets? -
The actor has been derided, imitated and made into innumerable memes. But even his worst performance has got more life to it than Ryan Gosling’s latest
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The Hairspray and Serial Mom director talks about exhibiting his provocative artwork and why he enjoys ridiculing the art world -
In her 35-year career, the actor has seen the best and worst of Hollywood. She talks about divorce, depression and making her most personal film -
The Oscar-winning director on his new movie about the 1969 moon landing, that infamous best film mix-up, and finding time for a honeymoon
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Filmmaker Rory Kennedy was born six months after the assassination of her father Robert Kennedy. Here, she talks about living with her family’s tragic legacy and her new film about the space race -
The Korean-American director on the town that inspired his debut feature and the need for more Asian-American male leads -
The actor on poems, postmortems and her favourite podcast
Regulars
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Despite a critical pasting – and a campaign from some Lady Gaga fans – Marvel’s superhero goes straight in at No 1, ahead of Rowan Atkinson comeback and Oscar-tipped musical -
4 out of 5 stars.
Mark Kermode's film of the week A Star Is Born review – a double act to leave you star-struck
4 out of 5 stars.Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper are dazzling in this striking portrayal of the music industry’s highs and lows -
Hankies at the ready, it’s time to brace yourself for the previous incarnations of Hollywood’s epic tearjerker -
So the bad press was manipulated, the bigots and gender warriors have owned up to abusing its actors … now we can just enjoy Episode VIII for what it was: an OK film
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As she prepares to give an annual lecture in his name, Hadley Freeman remembers writing to the late Observer writer for career advice, and being met with support, screenings and spaghetti -
Three months ago, one of the country’s best known actors went missing. Now, seemingly chastened, she has reappeared with a bill for £112m in unpaid taxes and fines
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It’s a year since allegations about the producer sparked the #MeToo movement. Has workplace culture changed? Three ex-employees look back -
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper lead the latest incarnation of the films that have, since 1937, told a simple yet resonant story of life in the impossible spotlight
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October’s festival brings stories about hiking as bereavement therapy, an early portrait of Putin, and the blighted holiday resort with more staff than guests
MFKZ Frenetic world-building overkill
2 out of 5 stars.