Movies
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The Fleabag and Killing Eve writer has expanded on her role polishing the script for the 25th 007 film – which is rumoured to concern genetic engineering
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Denounced on TV, they train at secret locations watched by armed guards. We meet the woman from Hastings who made a fascinating film about Libya’s guttsiest football squad -
The actor has taken issue with the phrase, saying that such labels block communication, and that women can also be toxic -
The comedian confirms that Kid Rock was so incensed by the 2006 comedy that he filed to end his marriage to Baron Cohen’s co-star -
The star of The Office and The Mindy Project has defied typecasting by writing her own roles – and working very hard. She talks about Late Night, her new film with Emma Thompson, remaking Four Weddings, and her own real life rom-com
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2 out of 5 stars.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters – sound, fury and stupidity
2 out of 5 stars.A clunky sequel has rare moments of visual splendour but they can’t disguise a laughable script with a ramshackle narrative -
3 out of 5 stars.
Rocketman – Elton John biopic is better at the tiaras than the tantrums
3 out of 5 stars.Taron Egerton does a good impression of the flamboyant musician in this sucrose treatment, a by-the-numbers approach authorised by Elton himself -
3 out of 5 stars.
Ma – Octavia Spencer kills it in creepy exploitation thriller
3 out of 5 stars.The Oscar winner devours her role as a lonely woman preying on a group of teenagers in a patchy yet mostly entertaining cross between Carrie and Misery
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Always Be My Maybe – another middling Netflix romantic comedy
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Domino – atrocious thriller is new low for Brian De Palma
1 out of 5 stars.
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Video & audio
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After 13-year-old Theo's mother is killed in a bombing at New York's Metropolitan Museum, his life is thrown dramatically off kilter
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The full trailer has been released for Diego Maradona, a feature-length documentary about the Argentine legend’s time at Italian club Napoli
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Boyz N the Hood director and Snowfall executive producer, John Singleton, who became the first African American and the youngest-ever film-maker to be nominated for the best director Oscar, has died aged 51. Singleton had been hospitalised following a stroke on 17 April
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A teaser clip of the new film has been released ahead of its premiere at Cannes Film Festival.
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Ita O'Brien works on the set of Keep Breathing to ensure the wellbeing of the actors and create a clear language and process
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Speaking in Washington DC during a hearing about the gender pay gap, Michelle Williams tells of her dismay at finding out she was 'paid less than $1,000 compared to the $1.5m' that her co-star Mark Wahlberg received for reshooting the film All the Money in the World
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As a greying Linda Hamilton dusts off the rocket launcher for the next Terminator, we look at how the cowering victims of 70s horror paved the way for today’s grizzled gunslingers -
Bong Joon-ho’s is a superbly worthy winner of this year’s Palme d’Or – though it’s a real shame there was no recognition for Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood -
Franchises thrill fans and enrich studios. But in a fast-changing world, familiar comforts may be more harmful than we think -
The actress, who has died aged 97, worked with the greats of Hollywood’s golden era to rival the crossover success of Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley
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The former teen star on being born into an acting dynasty, her anger at the abortion ban in Alabama and the trouble with American cinema -
Freed from Game of Thrones and waging eco-terror in the new monster flick, cinema’s go-to bad aristo talks about turning down 007 and paparazzi ambushes -
The Broadway powerhouse talks about trusting Sondheim, hearing others sing her songs and waiting to be taken seriously
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The acclaimed film-maker talks about the barriers faced by female directors in Hollywood and her Netflix miniseries about the injustices faced by the Central Park Five -
Michael Sheen’s many roles, from Caligula to Blair, have always been full-blooded. But now it’s social injustice that really gets him going, says Tim Lewis -
The American star on re-energising the high-school movie with her directorial debut
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Tim Burton’s live-action remake scores Disney’s fourth No 1 of the year – and aims to remain airborne into the Easter holiday -
5 out of 5 stars.
Mark Kermode's film of the week Rocketman review – Elton's sparkliest spectacle yet
5 out of 5 stars.Taron Egerton is terrific as the singer, but the real star of this electric biopic is director Dexter Fletcher -
Sudabeh Mortezai’s feature about a trafficked Nigerian sex worker gets a Netflix boost; plus, a shimmering art-rock short -
Ridley Scott has announced his intention to make a third Alien prequel. When will he and sci-fi’s other great auteurs learn to leave their franchises alone?
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Francis Ford Coppola’s wildly ambitious take on Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness premiered at the Cannes film festival 40 years ago – and won the Palme d’Or. Next month, recently discovered on-set photographs by Chas Gerretsen will be shown for the first time at KINO Rotterdam -
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Elton John is the latest rock star to get the movie treatment in Rocketman. When did singers become as bankable as superheroes at the box office? -
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