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Review: Beware Boiúna is the killer snake movie Anaconda never was — no camp, all tension, in cinemas 2 October
Mike P. Nelson’s Amazon horror with Jessica Rothe, Kiana Madeira and Logan Marshall-Green plays its giant snake as a force of nature.
September 20, 2026 5:34 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
Henry Cavill's WWII flop The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare hit No. 3 on Netflix US in under 24 hours
Guy Ritchie and Henry Cavill’s WWII film sits behind only The Seemingly Perfect Family and Why Did I Get Married Again? in the US.
September 20, 2026 10:17 am
The Virgin Suicides true story: Jeffrey Eugenides has traced the whole novel to a single conversation
Readers have hunted for the real Lisbon sisters since 1993. Jeffrey Eugenides has said the whole novel grew from one exchange he had while waiting for dinner at his brother's house — and from a five-word answer he never got past.
September 18, 2026 6:57 pm
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
Top Gun: Maverick hits UK Netflix on 22 September, still Cruise's only billion-dollar film
Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick is finally landing on a new streaming home soon, with the exact date now set — but which platform’s secured it?
September 12, 2026 9:05 pm
Why does Star City use British accents? The showrunners' explanation, and the For All Mankind precedent it broke
Star City, the For All Mankind spinoff on Apple TV+, has its Soviet characters speaking English in British accents. The showrunners' full explanation, the Chernobyl connection, and the franchise precedent it overturned.
September 12, 2026 7:07 pm
What is Ricky Gervais' Alley Cats about? Gervais calls his own character "quite a stretch"
What Ricky Gervais' Netflix animated series Alley Cats is about: the premise, the full voice cast and their characters, the episode count and format, how the show was made — and what critics from The Guardian to Variety made of it.
September 11, 2026 5:54 pm
Well, that's awkward — first reviews label Liam Neeson’s new action-thriller epic 'miscast'
Early reviews of Liam Neeson’s new actioner are already flinging the M-word — “miscast” — which never bodes well.
September 10, 2026 10:43 pm
What book is Silo based on? It began as a self-published Kindle short story
The book behind Apple TV+'s Silo — Hugh Howey's trilogy of Wool, Shift, and Dust, which began life as a self-published Kindle short story in 2011. How a side project became a bestselling series, what each book covers, and how the show maps onto them.
September 10, 2026 8:16 pm
Practical Magic 2’s Rotten Tomatoes score is in — and the spell fizzles
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman’s reunion film is off to a wobbly start on Rotten Tomatoes — the debut score will raise eyebrows.
September 8, 2026 8:22 pm
Slow Horses season 6 reviews call it the strongest season yet, and it brings old faces back only to kill others off
Ahead of its Apple TV premiere, Slow Horses Season 6 has critics in rare agreement — the sort that bodes very well indeed.
September 8, 2026 6:30 pm
The Gentlemen season 2 hit 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, beating both season one and Guy Ritchie's film
The Gentlemen Season 2 has stormed Rotten Tomatoes, outscoring Season 1 and even Guy Ritchie’s original movie—brace for the number.
September 6, 2026 10:30 pm
American Gangster is now free to stream, the film that ended Ridley Scott's six-year blockbuster drought
Who says Scott needs sci‑fi to deliver — this film proves otherwise, landing among his most successful and best outside the genre.
September 6, 2026 10:19 pm
The Dungeons and Dragons sequel has a finished script and nobody willing to pay for it
Good news for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves fans: the sequel has taken a step forward, even as Hasbro goes looking for a new studio partner.
September 6, 2026 9:00 pm
The Paper cut every last Office reference in season 2, and critics say it finally works
Reviews for The Paper Season 2 suggest The Office faithful shouldn’t get their hopes up.
September 6, 2026 6:59 pm
MasterChef: what happened? One report took down both hosts within a day of each other
Gregg Wallace and John Torode co-presented MasterChef from the 2005 relaunch until July 2025. Neither is on it now, and both exits trace back to the same document.
September 4, 2026 7:58 pm
Venice reviewers agree on Herzog's new film: the Mara sisters are astonishing, the film is a mess
Reviews are zeroing in on how properly weird — yet standout — the new Kate and Rooney Mara, Orlando Bloom film is.
September 3, 2026 11:00 pm
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