Movies

The “Barbenheimer” effect will feature prominently in every film critic’s review of 2023. But it’s also been quite a year for a very specific type of workplace drama. Air (trainers), Tetris (video game), and The Beanie Baby (soft toy) all tried to find suspense and comedy in the launch of …

Back in 1968 having shot his Oscar-winning performance as Rooster Cogburn in True Grit, John Wayne made another Western with Rock Hudson. The Undefeated followed the French Imperial intervention in Mexico during the 1860s and was loosely based on a Confederate General’s real escape south of the US border after …

There are hundreds of books about Marilyn Monroe, the greatest female sex symbol of the 20th Century – I should know. I even wrote one of them! The book begins with a useful chronology of Marilyn’s life from her birth on June 1, 1926 to a film that she was …

Bend it Like Beckham creator Gurinder Chadha, and Scrapper director Charlotte Regan, have unveiled The National Lottery “Walk of Stars” installation, to mark the start of BFI London Film Festival in the capital. The installation, in partnership with the British Film Institute, celebrates the talent behind notable funded films, as …

Happy October 3rd! It’s the annual celebration where fans all across the globe celebrate Mean Girls Day – thanks to Lindsay Lohan’s iconic line. In the early noughties, Mean Girls became an instant cult classic, offering a hilarious take on the turbulent world of high school social hierarchy. The hit …

After impressing the critics at the Venice Film Festival, a new trailer for Priscilla has landed today. The A24 movie directed by Sofia Coppola stars Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla Presley and Jacob Elordi as Elvis Presley, in a story said to not sugarcoat the truth of the celebrity marriage. Elordi …

Portrait of Pablo Picasso (Image: Getty) When he died at the age of 91 in 1973, Pablo Picasso was hailed as far and away the greatest artist of the 20th Century. News reports at the time declared: “Picasso did things no man had ever done before with brush and canvas.” …

It’s been six years since Johnny Depp last played Captain Jack Sparrow in the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Since then the star was dropped from the franchise by Disney amid domestic abuse allegations by his ex-wife Amber Heard, which the actor strongly denies. Yet having won his libel …

Idris Elba, 51, has admitted he started seeing a therapist over a year ago because he is an “absolute workaholic”. Appearing on the Changes with Annie Macmanus podcast, the British actor revealed he sought out therapy this time last year when he began to recognise his “unhealthy habits”. He began: …

Avengers Infinity War and its follow up Avengers Endgame were like nothing blockbuster cinemas had ever seen before. Now as the MCU struggles to follow up with a mixed Marvel Phase 4, the comic book narrative is leading up to the next big two-part crossover event. Set for release in …