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Before The Weight: five essential Ethan Hawke performances, from Reality Bites to First Reformed
Ethan Hawke’s The Weight is in UK cinemas. His essential work runs from Linklater’s Before films and Boyhood to Training Day and Paul Schrader’s First Reformed.
September 20, 2026 3:02 pm
Mutiny on the Bounty true story: what the 1789 record says that three Hollywood versions didn't
Three Hollywood studios have filmed the 1789 mutiny on HMS Bounty, and all three agreed on who the villain was. The ship's log, the court-martial minutes and the Pitcairn records tell a different story about William Bligh, Fletcher Christian and what actually happened after the launch was cut loose.
September 19, 2026 9:01 pm
Is Forgotten Island based on the Philippines? What DreamWorks took from real Filipino folklore — and from the directors' own families
DreamWorks' 50th feature drops two best friends through a portal into an island stocked with Philippine mythology. Here is how much of it comes from genuine folklore, which regional traditions the creatures are pulled from, and what the two directors lifted from their own families.
September 19, 2026 5:42 pm
Last call for Ryan Reynolds and Salma Hayek's R-rated Hitman's Bodyguard films — both leave Netflix on 1 October
The Hitman’s Bodyguard and Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, with Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Salma Hayek, have a few days left on Netflix.
September 19, 2026 1:39 pm
La La Land filming locations: the real Los Angeles spots behind every big scene, and how to visit them
Damien Chazelle shot La La Land on real Los Angeles ground — a freeway interchange, a Griffith Park hiking road, a Hermosa Beach jazz room that has been booking bands since 1949. Here's the address for each big scene and what you'll find there now.
September 18, 2026 7:58 pm
Zack Snyder is going back to 300: the prequel series is moving forward, and he'll likely direct some of it
Zack Snyder has finally lifted the lid on the long-awaited 300 prequel TV show — and hinted at a hands-on role that’ll raise a few eyebrows.
September 18, 2026 4:01 pm
The Princess Bride ending explained: what the final kiss and the grandfather's last line mean
The Princess Bride ends on two words the film has spent ninety minutes teaching you how to hear. Here's what the final scene is actually doing, how it departs from William Goldman's novel, and why Rob Reiner shot an entirely different ending and then binned it.
September 18, 2026 3:32 pm
After Avatar, Edie Falco has her next TV lead — a former public defender dragged back into court
Edie Falco’s trading mobsters and meds for the courtroom as she takes the lead in a new Fox legal drama, per The Wrap.
September 18, 2026 1:52 pm
Far Cry TV series ups the ante with Brendan Gleeson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hamish Linklater
FX's upcoming Far Cry series has beefed up its cast with a clutch of heavyweights — the kind of names that'll make you do a double take.
September 18, 2026 11:29 am
Sheryl Lee Ralph apologised for calling Abbott Elementary the only real comedy in its Emmy category — the show then won nothing
Abbott Elementary’s Emmy winner Sheryl Lee Ralph has apologised for remarks about her fellow Emmy nominees — and it’s the line she’s walking back you’ll be after.
September 18, 2026 12:47 am
MobLand season 2 is at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes two days before it premieres — off all five reviews filed so far
Tom Hardy and Guy Ritchie’s MobLand Season 2 has critics swooning — and a Rotten Tomatoes result to match — even before its streaming debut.
September 17, 2026 10:51 pm
The Odyssey Oscar predictions: category by category, for the best-reviewed film of Nolan's career
The Odyssey is the best-reviewed and highest-grossing film of Christopher Nolan's career. Here's how that converts into an Oscar campaign — the categories it can't lose, the ones Universal has a genuine strategy problem in, and the record it's chasing.
September 17, 2026 8:16 pm
Meet the ‘new Tarantino’ — fans say it’s Zach Cregger after his near‑perfect Resident Evil
With 'Resident Evil' set to cap a cracking three-film run, fans are suddenly likening Zach Cregger to a certain revered director — no pressure.
September 17, 2026 7:10 pm
Tarantino dropped Cliff Booth as his tenth film and handed it to Fincher - his novel lands on 8 December, between the IMAX run and Netflix
Quentin Tarantino is beating David Fincher to it — with a novel.
September 17, 2026 9:18 am
Told to create the character, a young Tom Cruise shaved his head - the Taps director found out when he took his hat off on set
Tom Cruise has admitted a naïve early‑career blunder — shaving his head without permission while filming, leaving his director stunned.
September 17, 2026 6:56 am
The first Marvel Zombies season 2 news since the renewal came from its new director's own post - no holds barred martial arts and gore
Marvel Zombies Season 2 just lurched closer, as Marvel Animation signs a key creative — real movement at last, even with Disney+ still holding back a date.
September 17, 2026 6:34 am
Zack Snyder already took pieces of The Dark Knight Returns for Batman v Superman - now he wants the whole book, outside the DC universe
Zack Snyder has a comic-book favourite for his next adaptation — and it’s the sort likely to set fans at odds.
September 17, 2026 4:34 am
The DCU has its first R rating - Clayface cited for gore, nudity and drug use, in cinemas on 23 October
Brace yourself: Clayface’s DCU movie is steering into body horror, with an MPA rating teasing it won’t skimp on the gnarlier stuff.
September 17, 2026 3:48 am
Awful news: The Voice’s first-ever winner Ben Saunders has died unexpectedly, aged 43
Fans of The Voice will be stunned: the show's first-ever winner has died unexpectedly, aged 43.
September 16, 2026 8:44 pm
Tom Cruise's hardest role is not a Mission: Impossible, not Magnolia and not Eyes Wide Shut — he named it to GQ
Tom Cruise says the toughest character he’s ever played isn’t the one you’d expect — as he lines up an ambitious project with Oscar-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu.
September 16, 2026 8:02 pm
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