Movies
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Jon Favreau’s follow-up to Oscar-winning CGI The Jungle Book features voiceovers from Donald Glover, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Beyoncé
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The Emily Blunt reboot reintroduces PL Travers’ nanny for uncertain times but is she a feminist? -
He’s the sharp-dressing eccentric who’s appeared in landmark films and TV shows, from Get Out to Atlanta. So why is he Hollywood’s ultimate outsider?
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From Suspiria to Hereditary, the genre is increasingly ditching its B-movie bag of tricks in order to be taken seriously. But I was far more frightened by ‘duds’ such as Overlord and The Nun than this new monstrous Oscar-bait -
The character’s depiction in Suicide Squad left a bad taste – but with her own film on the way, DC has the perfect chance to redress the balance
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4 out of 5 stars.
Creed II – Rocky saga continues with knockout sequel
4 out of 5 stars.Michael B Jordan and Sylvester Stallone add emotional heft to the latest chapter in the long-running boxing franchise -
2 out of 5 stars.
Ralph Breaks the Internet – virtually impossible to enjoy tiresome arcade game re-run
2 out of 5 stars.The sequel to Wreck-It Ralph is an overstuffed but weirdly pointless exercise in tech worship that fails to include much that actually connects with the audience
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2 out of 5 stars.
Robin Hood – beardless and bloated prequel should be outlawed
2 out of 5 stars.This CGI-heavy reboot steals ideas from other films but only gives back a cast of big hitters, including Ben Mendelsohn
Video & Audio
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Award-winning director Hajooj Kuka on the realities of life in a wartorn country, and the inspiration for aKasha, his first feature film -
In 2010, a plane crash in Russia killed Poland’s president and plunged its prime minister Donald Tusk into crisis. Agata Popęda and Daniel Boffey discuss how this still affects Tusk’s career today. Plus: film-maker Mike Leigh on the 1819 Peterloo Massacre -
Mike Leigh talks about his new film Peterloo, which tells the story of the 1819 massacre during a rally calling for political reform. The director spoke at the Toronto international film festival as part of the Guardian Tiff Talks series
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Ryan Gosling and the director Damien Chazelle talk to the Guardian's Catherine Shoard about their biopic based on James R Hansen's book First Man: The Life of Neil A Armstrong. The film follows the years leading up to the Apollo 11 mission in 1969
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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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The wealth-redistributing folk hero has traditionally been seen as a champion of the poor. But politicians have recently used him as a poster boy for tax cuts. What message should we take from his latest film? -
The screenwriting legend behind All the President’s Men was an inspiration – and later a friend – to the creator of Frost/Nixon and The Crown. He recalls sitting through screenings and ‘shooting the breeze’ with a phenomenal talent
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Fifty years since the making of Mick Jagger’s identity-bending film, producer Sandy Lieberson and author Jay Glennie share exclusive pictures and stories -
With the son of Drago showing up in Creed II – and a real live Dr Evil in the Kremlin – the beasts from the east are having a menacing resurgence
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The US author behind Bored to Death and You Were Never Really Here on roaming New York sex shops and why he took his family for counselling before they read his book -
He’s played baddies in everything from Bond to Beverly Hills Cop. Now he’s tackling the disgraced movie mogul in a self-penned play. The actor-playwright explains why theatre is dying out – along with his enemies’ reputations
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The 63-year-old actor talks about playing Vincent van Gogh in Oscar-tipped biopic At Eternity’s Gate and how he’s juggled art and commerce in his career
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The director of the Oscar-winning A Fantastic Woman talks about his new film, Disobedience, the story of a lesbian affair in a London orthodox Jewish community -
Hahn stars in Jenkins’ new comedy about a couple struggling with infertility. They talk about whether feminism and the media should shoulder some blame for encouraging women to wait before reproducing – and why their film shouldn’t be dismissed as a chick flick -
Her experiences as a single mum, factory worker and revolutionary gave the artist and film-maker an affinity with the underdog. So she headed right into the heart of British gang culture
Regulars
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald debuts in the top slot, though takings are down from first film in Harry Potter spinoff -
3 out of 5 stars.
Mark Kermode's film of the week Suspiria review – dancing on the grave of a horror classic
3 out of 5 stars.This grandiose remake of Dario Argento’s dreamy 1977 masterpiece conjures up all the right witchy ingredients but lacks the original’s joyful abandon -
A new Hollywood Robin Hood is about to join a century of swashbucklers, from silent Douglas Fairbanks to sturdy Russell Crowe -
The character’s depiction in Suicide Squad left a bad taste – but with her own film on the way, DC has the perfect chance to redress the balance
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