Some sequels are destined to disappoint "Practical Magic 2" bet on a devotion that was really just a love of autumn and soft lighting Salon · Sep 14
Ancestors review – messy but moving ghostly drama about the Aids crisis Saipan standout Éanna Hardwicke is a soulful gay man looking for a missing friend in a striking yet muddled debut The Guardian - US · Sep 14
‘The eye-gouging was very, very satisfying’: how we made cave horror classic The Descent ‘The child crawler whose head I crush with my boot was only 11, bless him. It was actually me stamping on a cauliflower’ The Guardian - UK · Sep 14
Hollywood has discovered the perfect sequel audience: millennials who miss their old lives COMMENT: Belated follow-ups to films like ‘Practical Magic’, ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ and ‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’ are catering to a millennial audience as they approach middle age. Kevin E G Perry argues there’s more than just lazy IP-mining at play The Independent UK · Sep 14
In an age of superhero fatigue, Marvel’s best shot is to think small – and outside the box Sebastian Stan says he pitched Marvel a mid-budget thriller starring his Winter Soldier character. Perhaps the studio should give it – and other modestly scaled vehicles – the green light The Guardian - UK · Sep 14
Barrio Triste review – raw and dynamic portrait of anarchic slum life in 1980s Medellín Bad Bunny collaborator Stillz’s debut feature shot using Betacam focuses on vibes over plot The Guardian - UK · Sep 14
Man to Man at Royal Court: A major event, if a little boring 3/5 Tilda Swinton reprises a gender-switching role she first played 40 years ago at the Royal Court Evening Standard · Sep 14
Tartuffe (Remixed): Mark Rylance stars in cheerfully scrappy reboot 3/5 At the Marylebone Theatre, this version of Molière’s classic features Rylance as a duplicitous priest at a modern-day wedding among Jamaican and Nigerian communities Evening Standard · Sep 14
Goody Goody review – intriguing natural childbirth horror lurches into demonic occult blowout After Samantha Robinson decides a forest cabin in deep winter is the perfect spot to bear her child, it’s going to be a very bad shift for the doula and midwife The Guardian - UK · Sep 14
Tom Holland Dethrones Zoe Saldana To Become Highest Grossing Actor Ever With Historic $15B Record at 30 Tom Holland has become the highest-grossing actor in film history at 30, overtaking Zoe Saldana with about $15.5 billion after two blockbuster 2026 releases. International Business Times UK · Sep 14
Gary Oldman clarifies James Bond comments after Jack Lowden casting speculation Oscar winner says headlines ‘made it sound like I had a hotline’ with the Bond team The Independent UK · Sep 14
Prima Facie review – fiery one-woman play is flattened into a bland movie Cynthia Erivo takes on the role Jodie Comer made famous for a pointless adaptation of a story about rape and retribution that loses the power it once had The Guardian - US · Sep 14
The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd review – Amanda Seyfried compels in wrenching prison drama Tim Blake Nelson writes and directs a challenging, and unsettling, look at empathy and forgiveness that strikes a haunting note The Guardian - US · Sep 14
Love of Your Life review – Margaret Qualley eats, grieves and loves in Amazon’s transporting saga The actor gives one of her best performances to date in a smoothly made globe-trotting drama of a woman’s life after the loss of her husband The Guardian - US · Sep 14
The Guardian - US · Sep 13 Babies review – Anna Kendrick and Seth Rogen embrace childlessness in breezy comedy To be a parent or not to be a parent is the question propelling this often insightful yet largely run-of-the-mill riff on a Judd Apatow movie
The Independent UK · Sep 13 Brazil Supreme Court justice unseals probe into Bolsonaro biopic, citing suspected criminal funding A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has unsealed an investigation into a film about former President Jair Bolsonaro
International Business Times UK · Sep 13 Tom Felton Called Rupert Grint 'Straight Away' and Is 'So Excited' for His 'Harry Potter' Return Tom Felton says he immediately called Rupert Grint after learning his former Harry Potter co-star would return as Ron Weasley in the Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
The Independent UK · Sep 13 Practical Magic 2 charms box office with $30 million debut and No.1 slot Practical Magic 2 conjures a box-office victory this weekend, topping the North American charts nearly three decades after its predecessor
Inverse · Sep 13 46 Years Later, A Horror Icon’s Origin Story Is Finally Revealed 'Crystal Lake' brings the 'Friday the 13th' franchise back to its maternal roots.
The Guardian - US · Sep 13 Trash Mountain review – Caleb Hearon’s coming home indie is a funny if familiar journey A city-dwelling gay guy has to go home to rural Missouri after his father dies in this Sundance-by-numbers comedy drama that has its moments
The Guardian - UK · Sep 13 Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom review – Aardman’s spooky-season caper sparkles with fun There’s trouble afoot when Shaun’s pumpkin-supersizing serum ends up in a balding farmer’s hair growth bottle in this third cinematic adventure
The Guardian - UK · Sep 13 The Children review – Meera Syal and co go nuclear in poignant drama A catastrophic explosion forces retired nuclear engineers Syal and Declan Conlon to confront their past after a visit by Kerry Fox in this revival of Lucy Kirkwood’s debut
The Guardian - US · Sep 13 Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother review – Mahershala Ali is a grieving hitman in soulful thriller The two-time Oscar-winner is an unusual killer in a compelling mix of pulpy action and family drama
The National (Scotland) · Sep 13 Director warns social media is rewriting fascism's history ahead of film screening IT SCARES Catalan director Judith Colell that many people now appear to believe that Spanish dictator Francisco Franco and even the Nazis were…
The Guardian - UK · Sep 12 Bold and bravura choices as Venice celebrates A Woman Unknown, Possible Love and NAZA After facing heavy criticism over its lack of female directors, the film festival may have redeemed itself with its winners’ list