S alma Hayek will replace Thandiwe Newton in Magic Mike 3 after an apparent bust up with Channing Tatum has meant Newton has left the film. The 49-year-old British actor was set to play the female lead in the next Magic Mike instalment. The alleged argument is said to haveContinue Reading
Review at a glance E ven before the introductory credits run on the Doctor Who Easter special, it’s easy to tell what show this is. Mysterious aliens? Check. Foolish humans dabbling in things they don’t understand? Check. Chaos and death? Check, check, check. That’s right: the Timelord is back forContinue Reading
E veryone loves a big ol’ headline set, but it’s an undeniably special part of the festival-going experience to happen upon your favourite new artist on one of the smaller stages. The Great Escape festival is basically that, but all of the time. With a line-up stuffed full of NextContinue Reading
Review at a glance M ike Bartlett’s dramas vary wildly in style but also in quality: the elegant, deeply thoughtful works are balanced by sketchier ones. This contemporary Restoration comedy, starring Bartlett’s sometime-muse Rachael Stirling as a modern social (media) climber, is one of the latter. It’s laugh-out-loud funny atContinue Reading
There are moments in Anatomy of a Scandal, a hotly anticipated Netflix thriller co-created by Big Little Lies showrunner David E Kelley — which drops on Friday, that must have felt rather uncanny for its star, Sienna Miller. The 40-year-old actress plays Sophie Whitehouse, a politician’s wife who finds herselfContinue Reading
C reate Next Film Project, John Boyega’s recent collaboration with Converse, is putting young Black filmmakers on the map. A vision that originated from the actor’s talks with pupils in Southwark has grown into a far-reaching network that aims to empower the next generation of Black filmmakers. The initiative bringsContinue Reading
With A-list actors narrating and a host of new productions of old favorites, it’s a great time to get into audiobooks. Here are some of the best around.Continue Reading
D ark times are ahead for the town of Hawkins, Indiana in the new trailer for Stranger Things. Netflix dropped its hotly-anticipated trailer for the fourth season of the hit show on Tuesday, and it looks set to be just as tense as the previous three. In the trailer, weContinue Reading
Review at a glance R obert Eggers’ follow-up to The Witch and The Lighthouse is the ultra-violent Viking saga you never knew you needed. Though not quite as authentic as the 38 year-old American’s previous work, and certainly not as crazy (those hoping for more giant mermaid vaginas will beContinue Reading
F or the record, Johnny Flynn is not being lined up as the next James Bond. In preparation for his latest role as the author Ian Fleming in new spy thriller Operation Mincemeat, the actor tells me that he spent a lot of time watching old Bond movies. Now thatContinue Reading
