7 h. ago BRIAN VINER: Will Scarlett Johansson be the next victim of The Exorcist curse?

Heads swivelled at last week's news that Scarlett Johansson is to appear in a 'radical' new version of The Exorcist. Mine did, anyway.

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38 h. ago NBC risks Olympic backlash as it reveals BRITISH pop star Dua Lipa as the face of Team USA

Having rolled out ads with Hollywood stars Scarlett Johansson and Glen Powell as well as rapper Snoop Dogg, it was Dua Lipa's turn to star in a short commercial for the network.

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55 h. ago BRIAN VINER reviews Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery: Smart, hilarious, gloriously acted... it's the best one yet

The first Knives Out in 2019 was so much fun that, inevitably, the critical knives came out when its 2022 follow-up, Glass Onion , failed to live up to expectations.

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3 d. ago Sisu is like an insanely violent Clint Eastwood revenge film...set in rural Finland. Film critic Brian Viner reviews

Like Clint, our hero Aatami doesn't say much. In fact, he doesn't say anything at all; just roars with anger now and then. And the villain bears more than a passing resemblance to Lee Van Cleef.

Culture

5 d. ago Scarlett Johansson to star in Mike Flanagan’s The Exorcist reboot

Forthcoming film a ‘radical new take’ set in original Exorcist universe

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6 d. ago The four trending hairstyles for the party season – and how to get them

From the return of the side part to Sixties updos

Society

9 d. ago BRIAN VINER reviews Sisu: Road to revenge... it's violent but exhilaratingly bonkers

Nobody can ever convince me that predictive text-messaging doesn't have a sense of humour.

Politics

1 week ago BRIAN VINER: Is Christmas Karma the worst festive movie of all time?

Scarcely able to believe how ghastly it was after last week's screening with fellow critics in London, on Tuesday afternoon I went to the Odeon in Hereford to endure it again.

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1 week ago BRIAN VINER reviews Christmas Karma: This spectacularly dreadful offering will empty cinemas quicker than an outbreak of dysentery!

Scarcely able to believe how ghastly it was after last week's screening with fellow critics in London, on Tuesday afternoon I went to the Odeon in Hereford to endure it again.

Science

1 week ago BRIAN VINER reviews Wicked: For Good: Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are magnificent in this extravagantly sumptuous sequel

Like last year's film, this one is extravagantly sumptuous on the eye.

Politics

2 w. ago The 25 best movies of this century, as selected by BRIAN VINER: From blockbusters to little

We're a quarter of the way through the 21st century, which seems like an appropriate time to list the century's 25 greatest feature films so far.

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2 w. ago BRIAN VINER reviews The Running Man: A deadly game of traitors and faithfuls (with a billion dollar prize)

BRIAN VINER: This version of The Running Man is not a straight remake, although there's a wink to the original with big Arnie on the US banknotes known as 'new' dollars.

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3 w. ago BRIAN VINER reviews Nicholas Hytner's The Choral: Too many duff notes in this sub

This week's good news is that Alan Bennett, now aged 91, has written a new original screenplay.

Politics

3 w. ago Wicked star Jonathan Bailey becomes first ever openly gay man to be named People's Sexiest Man Alive

The 37-year-old English actor is having a massive year as he recently starred alongside Scarlett Johansson in Jurassic World Rebirth and later this year can be seen in Wicked: For Good.

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3 w. ago Wicked and Jurassic World Rebirth actor Jonathan Bailey named People's Sexiest Man Alive

The 37-year-old English actor is having a massive year as he recently starred alongside Scarlett Johansson in Jurassic World Rebirth and later this year can be seen in Wicked: For Good.

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3 w. ago She was on Baywatch and acted with Scarlett Johansson... can you guess who she is?

She is best known for her breakout role as the sultry Soviet spy in the 1985 comedy classic Spies Like Us opposite Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase.

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