Elizabeth Banks

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Elizabeth Banks in Brightburn. Photograph: Sony Pictures
Brightburn: Superhero horror makes for interesting yet frustrating viewing

You won’t need a degree in superhero studies to twig what’s going on in this interesting variation on genre conventions. Elizabeth Banks and David De(...)

Mary, Queen of Scots starring Saoirse Ronan opens January 18th
Coming soon... 50 films to look out for in 2019

 Ad Astra Ruth Negga joins Brad Pitt (lucky him, lucky her) on a mission to Neptune. Pointy-headed James Gray, the man behind The Lost City of Z,(...)

Melissa McCarthy seeks to keep her talented head above the rising tide of effluent
The Happytime Murders: steer well clear of this Melissa McCarthy film

“Show us on the puppet where this film touched you.” “It touched me here and here and [sobs] here – on my special place.” “Let the record show that th(...)

Incredibles 2: Mr Incredible struggles as a stay-at-home dad in this sequel to Pixar’s 2004 hit
Forty-two films to catch in the cinema this summer 

Lessons have been learnt. Back in 2014, some weeks after Brazil were thoroughly spanked by the Germans, Hollywood’s summer sputtered to a halt after t(...)

Pick of the summer streams
The best new films and TV on Netflix and Amazon this summer

Summertime is traditionally a wasteland for original programming, with all the best new shows stored up for winter hibernation. Summer is usually rese(...)

Morphin mightily: Becky G, Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, Ludi Lin, and RJ Cyler in Power Rangers
The Power Rangers film has arrived, and it’s surprisingly good

I bring worrying news from the first commercial showing of Power Rangers. (For some reason, we were denied a press screening.) The folk behind this la(...)

Democratic US presidential nominee Hillary Clinton appears on a video monitor streamed live from New York at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US July 26th, 2016. Photograoh: Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters
Hillary Clinton makes history by becoming Democrat nominee

Hillary Clinton capped a historic night after becoming the first woman to lead a major party into a US presidential election with a surprise appearan(...)

Republican Paul Ryan: agreed to support Donald Trump for US president weeks after saying he was not ready to back him. Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters
Paul Ryan criticises Donald Trump day after endorsing him

The newly minted detente between Donald Trump and the highest-ranking elected Republican Paul Ryan hit a rocky patch just a day after the US House of(...)

Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I review - halfway decent, then it leaves you hanging

Whether we wanted it or not (I’m saying “not”), we have, over the last five years, seen the development of a new genre of film. Harry Potter and th(...)