5 h. ago The Studio review – Seth Rogen’s Hollywood satire is fast, furious and beautifully fun

An unimpeachably brilliant cast, plus astonishing guest stars (Efron! Theron! Scorsese!) create wonderful chaos in this tale of a movie studio executive’s calamitous attempts to climb the greasy poleThe war between art and commerce is an ancient and bloody one. The chair of Continental Studios, Griffin Mill (Bryan Cranston) is keen to deliver a decisive blow with the hammer of his newly acquired IP. Because “if Warner Bros can make a billion dollars off the plastic tits of a pussyless doll, we should be able to make TWO billion off the legacy brand of Kool-Aid.” He has just fired his long-serving studio head, Patty Leigh (Catherine O’Hara), for her preference for art and is on the verge of promoting studio executive Matt Remick (Seth Rogen) to the big job. What’s a guy – even if he is a devoted cinephile who dreams of adding his contribution to the illustrious roll call of meaningful movies, even if Patty has been his friend and mentor for years – to do? He kisses the ring, takes th...

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3 d. ago A bridge too far! Network Rail surrender after war movie star Edward Fox spoke out over controversial railway crossing in his hometown

The actor (pictured), 87, has spent nearly a decade fighting plans, proposed in 2017, to build a 'hideous' modern foot bridge over the Grade II-listed Victorian station in Wareham, Dorset.

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9 d. ago Blake Lively shares loved up snap with husband Ryan Reynolds amid Justin Baldoni legal war as her new movie receives scathing reviews

The Hollywood couple smiled in the snap as Ryan wrapped up in a striped jumper and blue Wrexham lager beanie hat while Blake, 37, rested her head on his shoulder.

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1 week ago Netflix film with forgotten Hollywood star labelled 'greatest war movie ever made'

Black Hawk Down is a 2001 war film that is streaming on Netflix and stars Tom Hardy, Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett and Jason Isaacs and has been hailed as one of the greatest war movies ever made

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2 w. ago The best movies to stream on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, and more

From Anora to Moana 2 to Civil War, these are the best movies to stream now from the comfort of your home

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3 w. ago More than two in three would appreciate being checked on when struggling – poll

The survey of 2,085 UK adults was commissioned by charity Samaritans.

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4 w. ago WWE icon Dave Bautista begs Netflix for Gears of War update and says 'get it together'

Dave Bautista has been attached to a Gears of War movie for years, but now the former WWE Champion is pushing Netflix to get the ball rolling on the project once and for all

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4 w. ago ‘I’m sitting on the side that’s launching bombs’: author Omar El Akkad on the hypocrisy of the west

The award-winning writer’s new book contends with how the war on Gaza shattered his fragile faith in the so-called free worldThe ugly truth of American violence has never been plainer | Omar El AkkadOmar El Akkad grew up believing in an idealized America. Born in Egypt, raised in Qatar, and transplanted as a teenager to Canada, the writer saw the west for its freedoms – a place where, unlike at home, he could check out a William S Burroughs book from the library and where the naked baby on the cover of the Nirvana album he had on repeat hadn’t been blacked out by a censor.He’d go on to build a career as a reporter with the Globe and Mail, covering the US occupation of Afghanistan, the prison at Guantánamo Bay and the Arab uprisings of 2010-2011, before moving to the US and publishing two award-winning novels – American War, an account of a future US ravaged by war and climate disaster, and What Strange Paradise, a story of a Syrian boy who survives a shipwreck off Greece. Continue r...

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