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How accurate is The Pacific? Checked against the two Marines' memoirs it was built on
HBO's The Pacific was adapted from two Marine memoirs and a third man who never wrote one. Where the series follows Eugene Sledge and Robert Leckie exactly, where it merges and rearranges them, and which of its hardest scenes came straight off the page.
September 20, 2026 4:02 pm
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
'I finally like a David Ayer film': first reactions to Heart of the Beast say Brad Pitt's dog steals it
Early reactions to Brad Pitt’s reunion with Fury director David Ayer single out his combat dog Odin. The film opens in UK cinemas on 25 September.
September 20, 2026 2:38 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
Our review: Cregger's Resident Evil drops the Umbrella lore for 95 minutes of a medical courier trying to get out of Raccoon City
Craving a lean, ultra-gory horror-action blast, you’ll find Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil delivers, with Austin Abrams turning in a star-making performance.
September 17, 2026 10:30 pm
Ex Machina ending: what it means, and what Alex Garland has said about Ava's final scene
Ex Machina ends on a question it has spent the whole film setting up. Here's how the final act works, what the title is telling you, and what Alex Garland has said since about where in the film his own answer is hiding.
September 17, 2026 9:49 pm
Lance Armstrong has sold his life rights for the first time - Edward Berger and Austin Butler start shooting the biopic in January 2027
Austin Butler’s Lance Armstrong sports biopic has kicked up a gear, as Oscar-winning director Edward Berger pushes production toward a target start date.
September 17, 2026 7:42 am
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu spent 125 million dollars on a dark comedy with Tom Cruise - early tracking puts the opening at 20 million
Tom Cruise’s next outing, Digger, isn’t exactly off to a flying start, with early box office tracking hinting at trouble well before its 2 October 2026 release.
September 17, 2026 2:34 am
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
Critics called Cynthia Erivo's Prima Facie a near-total muddle and praised her performance anyway
Critics may be split on Cynthia Erivo’s latest crime drama, but you shouldn’t rule out an Oscar nod just yet.
September 14, 2026 10:55 pm
Nope — Cody Walker isn’t playing Brian O’Conner again in Fast Forever
As chatter builds about Brian O’Conner returning in Fast Forever, Cody Walker reckons there’s another way to make it happen — and it doesn’t involve him.
September 14, 2026 10:41 pm
Jon Hamm vs Giovanni Ribisi in American Hostage — our review
Jon Hamm and Giovanni Ribisi lock horns in American Hostage, a darkly comic take on Tony Kiritsis’s story through Fred Heckman — but does it pay off?
September 13, 2026 5:40 pm
Hard to take — Gary Oldman on Heath Ledger and Philip Seymour Hoffman's deaths
At the Toronto International Film Festival, Gary Oldman spoke movingly about Heath Ledger and Philip Seymour Hoffman, recalling learning of Ledger’s death more than 18 years ago.
September 13, 2026 5:22 pm
Tarantino's tenth film slips again: he's writing The Popinjay Cavalier for the West End
Quentin Tarantino has picked the star for his debut stage play, The Popinjay Cavalier — a casting that should raise a few eyebrows.
September 13, 2026 2:00 am
Chief of War was number one in the world, and Apple is giving it a Blu-ray instead of season 2
Heads up: Jason Momoa’s Chief of War has already muscled into the Apple TV streaming charts.
September 12, 2026 6:06 pm
Fast Forever bringing back Paul Walker might spark debate, his brother says
AI could bring Paul Walker back for Fast Forever — but Cody Walker explains why that idea might not sit well.
September 10, 2026 11:28 pm
Andrew Garfield rarely comments — but he’s talking GF Monica Barbaro’s acting
Andrew Garfield offered rare praise of girlfriend and co-star Monica Barbaro’s acting — and you’ll want to know what he said.
September 10, 2026 5:28 pm
Why do they clean in Silo? The wool pads gave Hugh Howey's first book its whole title
The cleaning ritual in Apple TV+'s Silo explained — what sending someone out "to clean" actually involves, why nearly every condemned cleaner goes through with it despite swearing they won't, and how a humble pad of wool ended up giving Hugh Howey's original 2011 book its title.
September 8, 2026 4:11 pm
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