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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
La La Land ending explained: what that final sequence means, in Damien Chazelle's own words
La La Land ends with an eight-minute sequence that rewrites everything the audience has just watched, then snaps back. Damien Chazelle has explained repeatedly what that epilogue is for, which film he was copying, and why the ending was locked before the rest of the script existed.
September 20, 2026 2:41 pm
Six Emmys later, Vince Gilligan's Pluribus is back among the biggest shows on streaming
Vince Gilligan’s series with Rhea Seehorn won six of its 18 Emmy nominations and is back at No. 7 among Apple TV’s most-streamed series worldwide.
September 20, 2026 11:36 am
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
Charlize Theron is behind the first live-action Webtoon series in English — a mafia nanny romance with 338 million views
Hulu’s adaptation of Violet Matter’s Webtoon, with 338 million views, follows an elite nanny guarding a Venetian mafia underboss’s son. Max Gill is writing.
September 19, 2026 10:18 am
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 White Lotus’ Meghann Fahy trades resorts for spycraft in a new thriller series
After Sirens, The White Lotus’ Meghann Fahy has been cast in a new thriller — but it’s what her character gets up to that’ll raise your eyebrows.
September 18, 2026 2:09 pm
All blood, no pulse — Ryan Murphy’s Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story just drags
Ryan Murphy’s Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story goes bonkers, stretching true crime; Sarah Paulson and Rebecca Hall are great, Ella Beatty’s good — but does it really work?
September 18, 2026 11:54 am
Cate Blanchett was sent to erase humanity. Alpha Gang left Telluride on 83%, with Chris Pine and Dave Bautista as her crew
Dave Bautista and Chris Pine’s sci‑fi comedy Alpha Gang is off to a flyer on Rotten Tomatoes, outperforming what fans had braced for.
September 16, 2026 3:31 pm
Angelina Jolie is producing Arena, Salma Hayek's first film as a director — a year after directing Hayek herself
Salma Hayek and Angelina Jolie are reuniting for an ambitious independent film — and the title may raise an eyebrow.
September 16, 2026 4:11 am
Jamie Tartt returns to Ted Lasso for one episode, and gets Voltaire wrong to better effect
On his recent Ted Lasso return, Jamie Tartt drops a line that sounds daft — until you realise it nails Season 4.
September 14, 2026 12:08 am
Critics disliked Tales from '85, and Netflix is back with ten more episodes on 17 September
Stranger Things — Netflix’s 2016 sci‑fi hit led by Millie Bobby Brown’s Eleven — has a new release, and you’ll want to know what it is.
September 13, 2026 10:33 pm
Aaron Rodgers retold the end of his engagement on a podcast, and Shailene Woodley isn't answering
Aaron Rodgers has aired a stinging claim about ex-fiancée Shailene Woodley and his version of why their nearly two-year engagement collapsed — and it’s messier than you’d think.
September 13, 2026 7:15 pm
Sebastian Stan has opened up about swapping the MCU for DC
His take might surprise you.
September 13, 2026 4:22 pm
Sorry, Ransom Canyon fans: Netflix has pulled the plug on its 2-part Taylor Sheridan replacement western
Netflix’s bid for a 'Yellowstone'-style hit has fizzled — the series has been cancelled after two seasons.
September 13, 2026 2:47 pm
Can’t wait for HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’? Try 8 near-perfect fantasy series instead
HBO has pencilled in December 2026 for 'Harry Potter' and named its three leads — find out who landed the roles.
September 13, 2026 2:15 pm
Bullock and Kidman reunite after 28 years, and Practical Magic 2 opens on the same bad reviews
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are back as Sally and Gillian Owens, their long‑awaited romantic fantasy sequel finally hitting cinemas today.
September 12, 2026 3:24 pm
Nobody Wants This season 3 finally has a date
Kristen Bell and Adam Brody are back: Nobody Wants This is heading into season 3, with a release date locked.
September 10, 2026 10:23 pm
Who is Charlie from Love Is Blind UK? Season 2 opened its very first pod date with him
Charlie from Love Is Blind: UK season 2 — who he is, his age, job and hometown, why viewers met him before anyone else in the pods, how his time in the experiment actually played out, what happened to the woman across the wall on that first date, and where to find him now.
September 9, 2026 5:12 pm
Jack Whitehall joins Halle Berry, Zoe Kravitz and Colin Firth in Otherwise Engaged, shooting in New York from March 2027
Halle Berry, Zoë Kravitz and Colin Firth are fronting a new Suzanne Farwell film — and a certain British scene-stealer has just signed on, says Deadline.
September 6, 2026 9:30 pm
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