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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
James Gunn teased 'the blackest night is yet to come' with three Lanterns episodes left — the comics event where dead heroes rise
Gunn’s post on Threads quoted the Lantern Oath, and fans now expect Sinestro, a bigger Blackest Night saga or Hal Jordan’s return.
September 20, 2026 2:11 pm
V for Vendetta returns to cinemas for its 20th anniversary on 1 and 5 November — Bonfire Night included
Fathom and Warner Bros. are bringing the Wachowski-produced dystopia back for two days with a new trailer and a documentary by James McTeigue.
September 19, 2026 3:19 pm
Eight trilogies where every film is a masterpiece, from Back to the Future to The Lord of the Rings — Star Wars is out on a technicality
Three films and done, each one strong: the Cornetto, Dollars, Dark Knight, Before and Three Colours trilogies make the list alongside Middle-earth.
September 19, 2026 11:58 am
At 38, Akira is out-grossing Andrew Garfield's new epic in US cinemas — on a third of the screens
Crunchyroll and Sony’s 4K and IMAX run of Otomo’s 1988 classic has become Akira’s best North American release ever — on fewer than 800 screens.
September 19, 2026 9:31 am
Fifteen years on, Zack Snyder’s action fantasy cult classic gets a director’s cut
More than a decade on, one of Zack Snyder’s cult favourites is being re-released as a director’s cut — but which one’s getting the upgrade?
September 18, 2026 3:06 pm
Wait, Brad Pitt has a Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce wedding story
Brad Pitt has lifted the lid on the moment that stuck with him from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Madison Square Garden wedding.
September 18, 2026 1:42 pm
Universal is having second thoughts about releasing Alex Gibney's Musk documentary abroad — it got a four-minute standing ovation in Venice
Universal Pictures is reportedly rethinking its plan to distribute Musk, and the latest release date chatter won’t cheer anyone waiting for the Elon Musk movie.
September 17, 2026 8:34 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
Missing Stranger Things? Netflix’s Stephen King-Esque mystery thriller is officially described as the perfect replacement
A limited series lands this fall — and the standout detail isn’t the date.
September 17, 2026 7:34 pm
HBO's Harry Potter lands on Christmas Day and the wait between seasons stays long - Bloys has dropped the ten-year plan
Bad news for the Harry Potter TV show: a downbeat release date update has fans bracing for the worst.
September 17, 2026 2:13 am
Twenty-five years after Session 9, Brad Anderson wants a prequel about Mary Hobbes - no cast, no date, just a pitch from a convention stage
A quarter-century on from Session 9, Brad Anderson is cooking up a prequel — and wait till you hear who it shadows and what he’s calling it.
September 17, 2026 1:48 am
Sawyer from Lost is flying a Top Gun-style war drama - Bandai Namco's four-part Ace Combat prequel is already streaming
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Leve is getting a prequel series fronted by a familiar face — fancy finding out who’s at the helm?
September 16, 2026 10:35 pm
Love Is Blind UK 2: who is still together? Only one couple made it
Love Is Blind UK season 2 put three couples through weddings in 2024, and the reunion plus the After the Altar spin-off have since updated every single status. Here's where each pairing actually ended up.
September 16, 2026 3:21 pm
Slow Horses is back on 16 September and done by 21 October — six episodes to answer what last year's finale left hanging
Jack Lowden and Gary Oldman lead Slow Horses back for Season 6 on Apple TV — and you won’t be waiting long.
September 16, 2026 4:38 am
What is Star City about? The Apple TV thriller Variety called "flawless", explained
Apple TV's Star City takes the For All Mankind timeline behind the Iron Curtain, and got the best reviews of any new drama on the service this year. Here's the setting, the cast, and whether you need the parent show first.
September 15, 2026 4:33 pm
An R-rated Homer adaptation is now the biggest film Universal has ever released, ahead of Jurassic World
Universal Pictures has seen a decade-old record fall at the box office, as Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey strides to a historic studio crown.
September 15, 2026 12:20 am
The Muppet Show special won four Emmys, and Disney and Seth Rogen still can't agree on a series
Disney has parked plans for more episodes of The Muppet Show — despite its Emmy-winning pedigree.
September 13, 2026 9:17 pm
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