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Luke Wilson gushes about Kevin Costner and new role
Luke Wilson admits Kevin Costner left his speechless when being cast in his brand new movie Horizon: An American Saga on Stan.
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There’s not enough Aubrey Plaza in this Aubrey Plaza film
In My Old Ass, a teenager is visited by her 39-year-old self who offers a preview of their shared future. And it’s not what she hoped.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★
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Wolfs feels like a last hurrah for Brad Pitt and George Clooney
The film may be about underworld fixers, but it’s really about the screen sensation when you put two movie stars together.
- by Craig Mathieson
France’s most successful film bromance finds the funny side of debt
After striking gold with The Intouchables, Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano return with A Difficult Year – and it’s not as dark as you think.
- by Jake Wilson
Sir Ian McKellen on why his most famous line in a movie was a mistake
“Don’t tell anybody, but I got it wrong,” one of Britain’s greatest actors says.
- by Garry Maddox
Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis should have been weirder
The legendary director’s ambitious swing about the fall of the US empire, told as a modern Roman fable, is packed to bursting with ideas that don’t always work.
- by Robert Moran
‘They exist on a different level’: The transformation of Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix
Director Todd Phillips says the stars of anticipated sequel Joker: Folie à Deux don’t know how good they are.
- by Michael Idato
The Italian film about domestic violence that was bigger than Barbie
The comedic drama There’s Still Tomorrow has become a cultural phenomenon, sparking debate about men killing women.
- by Garry Maddox
‘I make people nervous’: The veteran villain who hides in plain sight
Giancarlo Esposito, best known for playing Gus Fring on Breaking Bad, loves being the bad guy.
- by Robert Moran
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Is Megalopolis even worth watching? We asked Francis Ford Coppola
The epic cost the venerated director 40 years, a personal fortune and a critical backlash.
- by Karl Quinn
The director of How to Train Your Dragon is back with another excellent animation
Featuring a cast including Lupita Nyong’o, Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy, Pedro Pascal and Mark Hamill, The Wild Robot is both beautiful and original.
- by Sandra Hall