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Sydney Sweeney has a camp hit on her hands with The Housemaid
Paul Feig nods to ‘Rebecca’ and ‘Vertigo’ in this pulpy adaptation of the Freida McFadden bestseller, which has a secret weapon in the form of a quite brilliant Amanda Seyfried
Edgar Wright’s The Running Man is a near-total failure
The eerie prescience of Stephen King’s dystopian source material – written in 1972 and set, of all years, in 2025 – has been wiped from this bland reboot, which also seems to know it’s miscast its leading man
Edgar Wright’s The Running Man is a near-total failure
The eerie prescience of Stephen King’s dystopian source material – written in 1972 and set, of all years, in 2025 – has been wiped from this bland reboot, which also seems to know it’s miscast its leading man
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Tron: Ares is the worst film of the year – and a new low for Disney
The music’s great, but this Jared Leto vehicle is otherwise an ethically dubious, horribly written nadir in franchise slop
Tron: Ares is the worst film of the year – and a new low for Disney
The music’s great, but this Jared Leto vehicle is otherwise an ethically dubious, horribly written nadir in franchise slop
In relentlessly entertaining The Roses, desire and disgust become one
In this remake of 1989’s ‘The War of the Roses’, which charts the breakdown of a marriage, desire and disgust become one
In relentlessly entertaining The Roses, desire and disgust become one
In this remake of 1989’s ‘The War of the Roses’, which charts the breakdown of a marriage, desire and disgust become one
The Paul Rudd comedy Friendship is the funniest film of the year
Paul Rudd and the ‘I Think You Should Leave’ cringe-king Tim Robinson navigate an increasingly mortifying dynamic between newfound buddies in this breathtakingly awkward comedy
The Paul Rudd comedy Friendship is the funniest film of the year
Paul Rudd and the ‘I Think You Should Leave’ cringe-king Tim Robinson navigate an increasingly mortifying dynamic between newfound buddies in this breathtakingly awkward comedy
Guy Ritchie’s radar for smart nonsense rescues Fountain of Youth
This ‘Indiana Jones’ rip-off, starring Natalie Portman and John Krasinski, is the perfect slice of Apple TV+ sludge to complain about
Guy Ritchie’s radar for smart nonsense rescues Fountain of Youth
This ‘Indiana Jones’ rip-off, starring Natalie Portman and John Krasinski, is the perfect slice of Apple TV+ sludge to complain about
