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‘Maybe the best pumped-up sequel ever made’: James Cameron’s Aliens hits 40
The director’s more-is-more approach to the 1986 sequel gave us seat-edge action and an indelible performance from a rule-breaking Sigourney WeaverJames Cameron loves tough female characters. That seems like a [...]
Sat, Jul 18, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An overnight success after 25 years? Delicious’: Ted Lasso’s Hannah Waddingham on sexism, stunts and stardom at 51
The actor seemed destined for a long but unflashy career in musical theatre – until a role as a football club owner in the TV hit changed everything. She talks [...]
Sat, Jul 18, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
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Brenda Fricker, Oscar winner for My Left Foot, dies aged 81
The acclaimed Irish actor started her career in Coronation Street and Casualty before a string of high-profile Hollywood rolesBrenda Fricker, who became the first female Irish Oscar winner for acting [...]
Fri, Jul 17, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
Chastity, nodding and enormous pores: will women also love Nolan’s Odyssey?
Christopher Nolan’s epic adaptation has been met with almost universal acclaim – from mostly male film critics. Might women find the journey less comfortable? Long ago, almost as long ago [...]
Fri, Jul 17, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
The Hunt for Gollum is being criticised for its all-white cast. Blaming Tolkien is the wrong answer
The Lord of the Rings author’s debt to Norse mythology is simply irrelevant when it comes to the appearance of hobbits and elves on screen todayCasting has come a long [...]
Fri, Jul 17, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Greatest director out there’: Nolan fans fly into London to see The Odyssey at BFI Imax
Film fanatics arrive from US, Switzerland and Ireland for midnight premiere of director’s critically acclaimed epicOdysseus made his name by embarking on a perilous journey from Troy to Ithaca, plus [...]
Fri, Jul 17, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Some fantastic mischief lurking just around the grin’: Sam Neill by Tara Fitzgerald – a prose poem
Neill’s co-star in the 1994 comedy-drama Sirens remembers a man of rare beauty, generosity and delightBy the time I met Sam He had already assumed a kind of mythic status [...]
Fri, Jul 17, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
Heartstopper Forever review – sanitized sex scenes won’t let the Netflix lovebirds grow up
The film-length finale to the teen LGBTQ+ show has poignant moments but feels like fan service by numbersIf it were up to Kit Connor, Heartstopper would have ended quite differently. [...]
Fri, Jul 17, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘At times I felt I’d bitten off more than I could chew’: Christopher Nolan on sweeping the Oscars, making The Odyssey – and getting a puppy
How do you follow Oppenheimer? By spending £250m bringing Homer’s epic poem to the big screen in Imax. Today’s most powerful director talks big swings, trauma-bonding and the healing powers [...]
Fri, Jul 17, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A masterpiece in every way’: The Odyssey earns near universal acclaim as full reviews published
Christopher Nolan’s epic was given five stars by the Guardian, Independent and Telegraph, while the New York Times called it a ‘monumental adaptation’Christopher Nolan’s $250m Imax blockbuster version of Homer’s [...]
Thu, Jul 16, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com