15 h. ago Ebony & Ivory review – definitely not Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder in silly, surreal indie comedy

A pop icon and a musical legend meet on the Mull of Kintyre in 1981 and dress up as sheep in Jim Hosking’s daft, deadpan offeringJim Hosking is the wacky deadpan surrealist of indie cinema who has now created another bizarre stoner comedy, a two-hander and a bit lower budget than his earlier works such as The Greasy Strangler and An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn. It is like an epic-length Mitchell and Webb sketch in fact, the kind of film you find yourself laughing along to, just a bit, in a spirit of throwing in the towel – a spirit of not quite being able to believe that two actors, mugging and gurning at each other, really are saying these same lines to one other, over and over again.The setting is Mull of Kintyre in 1981, and a pop star called Paul, with a strangely familiar but also entirely ersatz Liverpool accent, is welcoming a visitor, who arrives implausibly by rowing boat through the choppy grey sea. This is a blind Black pop legend called Stevie, who appears nonetheless...

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54 h. ago Inside Stephen Graham's ethnicity as Adolescence star gives emotional Emmys speech

Stephen Graham was presented with the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his role in Netflix’s Adolescence.

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4 d. ago Lucky Lottery ticketholder becomes millionaire while 15 players win £100k

Each prize was boosted in the weekend rolldown and Wednesday’s jackpot is an estimated £2 million.

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4 d. ago Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale ending from Lady Mary’s fate to mid

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale has finally arrived in cinemas and sees the beloved period drama come to a close

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5 d. ago The Wrong Paris review – Netflix Bachelor romcom makes few right choices

Miranda Cosgrove plays a woman involved in some reality show drama in another of the streamer’s many low-grade background watchesOne could argue that The Bachelor, the ABC reality juggernaut that has reified Christian-lite dating norms for 27 seasons, should be considered scripted content. The connections can be genuine, and the feelings often real, but the situations are contrived and manipulated, a pioneering brand of deliberately saccharine, hokey and ridiculous in the name of love and for the sake of entertainment. Watching The Bachelor and its spinoffs, as I occasionally have over its two-plus-decade run, is to be baffled, frustrated, annoyed and ultimately hooked. The show, with its in-group rituals and shocking sincerity, casts a strange spell over its contestants and its viewers; if you stick through one episode, you’re liable to start caring about what happens.No such spell exists for The Wrong Paris, Netflix’s latest attempt to build an in-house Hallmark Channel, in which ...

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7 d. ago Netflix now streaming 'one of greatest films of the decade' as viewers gripped

A TikTok user has named one of the "greatest films" of the decade - and it's available to watch on Netflix. The drama movie has been described as "raw" and "emotional"

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7 d. ago Netflix viewers are 'gripped' after watching 'greatest film of the decade'

One of the greatest films of the decade is apparently now on Netflix after a TikTok reviewer shed light on the movie in a recent post – and it's just over 90 minutes long

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1 week ago Horror movie hailed as 'top notch in every way' finally arrives on Netflix

The American supernatural horror movie follows a troubled security guard named Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson) who begins working at an abandoned pizzeria.

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1 week ago Cillian Murphy shows off dramatic new look as he steps out at red carpet premiere

Cillian Murphy looked dramatically different with yet another change of hairstyle as he attended the world premiere of his upcoming Netflix movie Steve in Canada

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2 w. ago Netflix is about to remove a large number of films and TV shows

You’ll want to watch many of these before they disappear

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2 w. ago 'Outstanding' Matt Damon film with dazzling Rotten Tomatoes score now on Netflix

One of Matt Damon's most iconic films has landed back on Netflix after a long hiatus and fans can finally stream the movie, which is considered one of the best ever made

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2 w. ago Tennis fan dubbed 'most hated man in America' for stealing boy's cap at US Open finally breaks his silence with grovelling apology

Internet sleuths unmasked the millionaire CEO 'jerk' at the weekend after a viral video appeared to show him swiping the memento intended for a child by US Open tennis star Kamil Majchrzak.

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2 w. ago New on Netflix in September, including return of cult series after three years

Every movie and TV show to add to your watchlist over next 30 days

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2 w. ago New on Netflix in September, including belated return of chilling sci

Every movie and TV show to add to your watchlist over next 30 days

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2 w. ago KPop Demon Hunters fans insist Netflix follows these 5 demands for confirmed sequel

Netflix and Sony Pictures are currently moving forward on a sequel to their biggest film of the year, KPop Demon Hunters

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2 w. ago What’s leaving Netflix in September 2025, including fan favourite US drama

Netflix removes a large section of titles each month and, depending where you are in the world, you won’t be warned.

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2 w. ago Women’s Rugby World Cup needs jeopardy to stay in Monday morning conversations | Andy Bull

One-sided nature of matches so far is a problem and structural change is needed but there has still been plenty to enjoyAfter all these years of asking for more, it’s churlish to complain when the Women’s Rugby World Cup delivered so much in one weekend. England’s victory pulled in two-and-half million prime time viewers on the BBC, 85,000 fans turned out across the four grounds, including a record-breaking 42,000 crowd in Sunderland, five hat-tricks, four packed fan zones, free concerts, and all those fireworks. It had almost everything anyone could have wanted. Almost. The one thing missing was a tight finish. The closest of the eight games was settled by three tries and change.The success of the World Cup isn’t just going to be measured by what happens on the weekends, but in the days in between them. World Rugby wants people to be talking about this tournament when they go into work on Monday morning. And for that to happen it needs some jeopardy. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Six great reads: the Revenge Porn Helpline, revolutionary architecture and how Netflix ruined movies

Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the past seven days Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Netflix quietly adds 'gritty and gruesome' period drama compared to Kill Bill

Netflix has just added a movie that is a historical epic like no other

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2 w. ago Moving Christmas film with 'completely insane' cast has Netflix release date unveiled

Netflix has announced the release date for an upcoming Christmas film, directed by Kate Winslet and written by her son.

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