Movies

In 2020, Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced “a strategic reorganisation” to prioritise “streaming services”. Yes, in 2019, Marvel’s Captain Marvel took $1billion at the box office but cinema seats are so last year. So now Disney and Marvel present $260million blockbuster The Marvels. But, if fans want to grasp what’s …

Today the new James Bond reality TV game show 007: Road to a Million lands on Prime, two years after the release of No Time To Die. As members of the public take on Bond-esque challenges around the world in the new series, fans continue to speculate over who the …

Today is double treat day for Marvel fans. Not only do we get a new movie with The Marvels in cinemas today, but also the Loki season 2 finale on Disney+. The conclusions to both have huge moments that will have massive implications for the future of the MCU.  The …

Dream Scenario finds the Oscar winner in an unusually restrained mood, playing a boring sad-sack university professor. Cage’s job is to raise wry smiles and ground an outlandish plot in reality. There’s no shouting or set shaking as in Pig or Mandy, but his understated performance is just as explosive. …

After 118 days, the longest Hollywood actors strike in history has come to an end and filming can resume on some big 2024 movies.  These include Gladiator 2, Beetlejuice 2 and what may be Clint Eastwood’s final movie Juror No 2. This is also the case for Tom Hardy’s Venom …

The Marvels is sure to delight die-hard fans of the interconnected superhero multiverse, but there’s not much to recommend for casual viewers. Marvel Studios’ latest big screen offering picks up decades after 2019’s 90s-set blockbuster Captain Marvel, starring Brie Larson as the titular hero, while juggling follow-ups to two Disney+ …

It’s been eight years since Inside Out hit cinemas and now the sequel is set to land next summer. Inside Out 2 follows Riley and the emotions inside her head, but she’s now a teenager which means new ones are arriving to join Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust. The …

Barbie has been voted the best film of 2023 – for challenging conventional stereotypes. The star-studded blockbuster was applauded by 2,000 film fans for putting a spotlight on gender norms and imbalances. Second spot went to The Little Mermaid for its casting of black actor, Halle Bailey, in the lead …

The 33rd MCU movie arrives in cinemas tomorrow but are you ready with all the character background build-up in previous films and Disney+ miniseries? The Marvels is essentially Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel 2 and co-stars Teyonah Parris’ Photon, Iman Vellani’s Ms Marvel and Samuel L Jackson’s Nick Fury, who have …

Hannah Waddingham is quickly becoming the queen of Christmas. As if her festive Ted Lasso performances weren’t enough to cement her as a national treasure, she’s gone all out this year with her first (of many?) Christmas Special – Hannah Waddingham: Home For Christmas, a one-off special on Apple TV …