4 d. ago Bride Hard review – Rebel Wilson action comedy is hard to endure

The star makes for a charmless lead in a rubbishy attempt to mash a female-led wedding comedy and an action caperIn Apple’s 2023 car crash Ghosted, things went from worse to genuinely never been this bad when the sounds of Uptown Funk erupted during another shoddily choreographed action sequence. It was a marriage so heinous that one would be tempted to think it was parody had it not existed in a film so entirely devoid of humour and self-awareness. The Chris Evans/Ana de Armas vehicle became the new nadir of the action comedy, a subgenre that has been run down into the sewer by streamers, carelessly cobbling together big stars and bad quips on an almost weekly basis.But as dreadful as it was, there was something fascinatingly dreadful about it, a cacophony of bad decisions that became almost instructive to the industry in its of-the-moment awfulness. In this week’s Bride Hard, the latest tinny genre mix to get chucked at us, when Rebel Wilson’s shoddy kitchen-based fight scene is s...

Politics

7 d. ago Iranian TV presenter runs for cover as studio is hit by Israeli missiles during live broadcast

Iranian state TV said that “a number” of staff had been injured in the strike on its headquarters in Tehran

Events

8 d. ago Iran strikes Tel Aviv apartments causing multiple deaths as Israeli attacks leave Tehran 'burning'

Iran hits sites across Israel causing a number of deaths - as Israeli defence minister says ‘Tehran is burning’

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1 week ago Revealed: How Mossad commandos launched secret operations deep in Iran before Israel attack on nuclear sites

The covert missions included setting up an attack-drone base near Tehran

Events

1 week ago Westlife fans 'sobbing' as band member Mark Feehily skips anniversary shows amid severe health issues

The band are planning new music, an album, and ‘special shows’ to celebrate their 25th anniversary

Culture

1 week ago 'I am thankful to God': Woman tells how she missed doomed Air India jet by 10 minutes because of bad traffic

A woman's stroke of fate spared her from boarding the ill-fated Air India jet, delayed by just 10 minutes due to heavy traffic

Politics

1 week ago Woman who vanished from Hyde Park four months ago 'found safe and well'

Portia Vincent-Kirby, from Finchley, appeared to have ‘fallen off the earth’ after spending the evening with friends in Hyde Park on February 21

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1 week ago Former Love Island star tells court businessman accused of 'beating the c*** out of his girlfriend' at £1.5million home was 'protective and caring' when they dated

Francesca Allen , 28, offered a glowing character reference for bespoke tailor Ricky Lawrence, 33, as he stands trial for allegedly attacking former Miss Universe GB finalist Chloe Othen.

Economics

1 week ago Chris Evans says he’s ‘sad to not be back with the band’ for Avengers: Doomsday

‘I’m sure it’s going to be that much harder when it comes out,’ said the Captain America star

Politics

2 w. ago Miss Myrtle’s Garden at the Bush Theatre review: a sweet, old

Diveen Henry gives a wintrily funny performance in this moving examination of a London Jamaican clan

Politics

2 w. ago Miss Myrtle’s Garden at the Bush Theatre: 'suffused with gentle wit'

Generations of a London Jamaican clan are explored in this empathetic play

Politics

2 w. ago Scotland Yard 'increasingly concerned' for London teenager missing for three months as family issue appeal

Prince Watson, 15, was last seen on March 15 in Barnet

Events

2 w. ago Murder detectives find body in urgent searches for Colombian woman, 46, missing from Ilford

Yajaira Castro Mendez had not been seen by her family or friends who raised the alarm, police said

Events

2 w. ago 15 terrible movies directed by great actors, from Jodie Foster’s The Beaver to Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ

Remember the time Chris Evans spent his Marvel hiatus directing a romantic comedy? Of course you don’t – because it was one in a long lineage of speedily forgotten flops directed by overly indulged movie stars, writes Tom Fordy

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2 w. ago Rory McIlroy misses cut at Canadian Open after dismal second round

Masters champion continues troubled build-up to US Open after dreadful eight-over-par 78 leads to early exit at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley

Politics

2 w. ago Human remains found in search for missing teen Phoebe Bishop hours after housemates charged with murder

Police found the remains at around 2.30pm near Good Night Scrub National Park

Events

2 w. ago Human remains found in search for missing teen Pheobe Bishop hours after housemates charged with murder

Police found the remains at around 2.30pm near Good Night Scrub National Park

Events

2 w. ago Missing teen Phoebe Bishop’s housemates charged with murder one month after disappearance

James Wood, 34, and Tanika Bromley, 33, were both charged with one count of murder and two counts of interfering with a corpse

Events

2 w. ago Miss Universe GB finalist 'had bite marks, could hardly speak and could not stand up on her own' after ex attacked her and threatened to kill her and her boyfriend, court hears

Model Chloe Othen, 34, was attacked at her ex-boyfriend's £1.5milliom Knightsbridge home on October 15, 2022, after being invited over by text.

Events

2 w. ago Greg Monks: Body found in search for British man who went missing on Portugal stag do

38-year-old disappeared last month after leaving the main strip in Albufeira in the Algarve

Events