6 h. ago Cloud review – bizarre internet action thriller descends into hail of bullets

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s baffling crime farrago follows a cyber fraudster pursued by an angry gang of disappointed shoppersHere to prove once again that movies about internet crime can so easily unravel into implausible silliness is that otherwise estimable Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who has written and directed a bizarre, baffling action thriller based on the (initially interesting) idea of an online retail entrepreneur ripping off his customers and suppliers – who then seek revenge.Masaki Suda plays Ryôsuke, a guy in the rackety business of buying in bulk and selling the items individually online at a retail markup. Some of the things he buys are fake designer items, which he markets as genuine. But some are perfectly legal: collectible action figures and the like which are advertised entirely honestly. At the beginning we see him ruthlessly buying “therapy devices” from a medical business that has gone bust and then exploitatively putting them up for sale. (But wait. Even if w...

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4 d. ago TODAY'S TV WITH SARA WALLIS: A man set on fire by his uncle is treated in Love My Face

From the return of an action-packed thriller on Prime Video to naughty dogs sent to the Bad Dog Academy, our TV columnist Sara Wallis picks the best telly to watch tonight

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4 d. ago Balenciaga's bizarre $500 Zero shoe takes 'barely there' to the extreme

Balenciaga’s latest creation is dividing the internet as their bizarre foot-shaped shoe design takes minimalism to the extreme, with fashion fans questioning if they even count as footwear

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1 week ago Netflix fans keep watching action thriller that leaves viewers 'speechless' and 'yelling at screen'

It seems to have stood the test of time

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1 week ago Netflix star shares bizarre Hailey Bieber request following viral clip

Francesco Farago, of Love Is Blind and Too Hot To Handle fame, has claimed she received a bizarre request after an internet trend involving Hailey Bieber went viral

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2 w. ago Meet JESSIE MEI LI, the star of Netflix's new action thriller who says she could beat tough guy co

As a child, she'd recreate film fight scenes and then trained in martial arts as a teen. Actress JESSIE MEI LI tells Maddy Fletcher why her latest role is one she was born to play

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2 w. ago Donald Trump's tariff speech almost breaks the internet over bizarre fixation on common word

The US president became visibly gripped by a word that most Americans use without a second thought: "groceries." "Likewise, an old-fashioned term that we use: groceries," Trump mused

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2 w. ago Val Kilmer: an ethereally handsome actor who evolved into droll self

Kilmer, who has died aged 65, made his name with Top Gun and The Doors – but his exceptional talents were often under-appreciated by the mainstream film industryVal Kilmer, star of Top Gun and The Doors, dies aged 65A life in picturesWhy do some movie careers take off and others go a bit sideways? Val Kilmer was a smart actor, a looker, a terrific screen presence and in later years an under-appreciated comic performer. His finest hour as an actor came in Shane Black’s comedy action thriller Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in 2005, when he was quite superb as the camp private investigator Gay Perry Shrike: a gloriously sleek, plump performance which was transparently – and outrageously – based on Tom Ford. If only Kilmer could have started his acting life with that bravura performance, and shown the world what he could do. Instead, and at a crucial stage in his career, he was trapped in the body and face of a staggeringly beautiful young man.He could somehow never quite persuade Hollywood to acc...

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3 w. ago Donald Trump ridiculed for calling himself the 'fertilisation president'

The internet was amused by Trump’s bizarre claims

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4 w. ago The kids' TV show the BBC wants you to forget: How 'bizarre and sketchy' series Crush was scrubbed from the internet after viewers fumed 'how did anyone think this was okay?!'

From Peppa Pig to Horrible Histories via Balamory, Tracy Beaker and The Sarah Jane Adventures, the Noughties youth were glued to their screens from the moment they got back from school.

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4 w. ago 'Near perfect' action thriller that's better than Taken or John Wick and leaves viewers crying

Film fans keep debating which is the best film

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