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Review at a glance T he most shocking thing about Gaspar Noé’s new film is that it’s not out to shock. European cinema legends Dario Argento and Françoise Lebrun star as a middle-class couple. An academic (“Lui”/Him) and one-time psychiatrist (“Elle”/Her), live side by side but rarely connect. This isContinue Reading

T he trailer for Avatar 2 hit over 148.6 million views on its first day, according to combined figures across YouTube and social media, confirmed by Disney and 20th century. The teaser trailer was dropped online on Monday and has already amassed millions of views – showing that director CameronContinue Reading

I t’s the final week of the West End run of The Ocean at the End of the Lane, a show that premiered at the National Theatre in 2019, and, three lockdowns later, made its transfer to the Duke of York’s Theatre in October 2021. For seven months I haveContinue Reading

S inger Paolo Nutini is set to return to the UK stage for the first time in years with a brand new tour. Nutini took to Twitter on May 9 to announce a slew of new dates for the coming weeks, including four nights in London starting from Monday, MayContinue Reading

W ith the Platinum Jubilee celebrations a matter of weeks away, most people are looking forward to settling back and enjoying an extra-long Bank Holiday weekend. However, the BBC is planning on marking the occasion of her seventieth year on the throne in its own way – with a documentaryContinue Reading

The 29-year-old will becoem the 14th Doctor of the iconic BBC series after Whittaker announced she would leave the role last July. Scottish actor Gatwa, who was born in Rwanda, starred as Eric Effiong in Netflix‘s hugely popular Sex Education about socially awkward high school student Otis (Asa Butterfield) andContinue Reading

T he release date has been announced for British singer Will Young’s new documentary Will Young: Losing my Twin Rupert about the death of his brother, who died by suicide in 2020 aged 41. Rupert Young had battled alcoholism for over 20 years. “I’m very honoured and proud to tellContinue Reading