14 h. ago The next JK Rowling just clinched a megabucks deal with Disney to adapt her fantasy series for film

Katherine Rundell’s Impossible Creatures will become a film franchise and is set to become a hit like Harry Potter

Economics

16 h. ago Tron: Ares branded ‘a new low for Disney’ in scathing reviews after 15

Disney's new science-fiction blockbuster has been branded one of the worst films of the year in scathing reviews

Politics

35 h. ago Tron: Ares review – The worst film of the year and a new low for Disney

The music’s great, but this Jared Leto vehicle is otherwise an ethically dubious, horribly written nadir in franchise slop

Politics

35 h. ago Tron: Ares review – even Gillian Anderson can’t slap this mind

Pointless threequel delivers a leaden cameo from a white-robed Jeff Bridges and an irritating turn from Jared Leto as a hipster-haired humanoid The matrix of pointlessness is reloaded in this mind-bendingly dull sci-fi, more a screensaver than an actual film. It’s a threequel to the original movie Tron from 1982, a film that was mould-breaking and boldly pioneering for its day in a way that eludes this one and its predecessor Tron Legacy from 2010. Tron: Ares (almost) comes to life just once – when Evan Peters gets a smack in the face from Gillian Anderson playing his mum, in an old-fashioned bit of analogue reality. That’s a bit of firm parenting you might feel like handing out to every producer involved in this film, and it’s sad to see the estimable Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith being made to look so lifeless.The situation now is that an evil AI corporation with the unsubtly gangster-ish name of Dillinger has become a rival to the virtual reality firm Encom, originally set up ...

Science

60 h. ago Tributes pour in from Rivals cast in honour of Dame Jilly Cooper

The author, who was known for her ‘bonkbusters’ including Riders, Rivals and Polo, died unexpectedly Sunday morning after a fall.

Politics

7 d. ago Gillan Anderson commands attention in a black leather gown as she joins glam co

Gillan Anderson commands attention in a black leather gown as she joins glam co-star Jodie Turner Smith at the Tron: Ares preview night in London  Daily Mail

Politics

8 d. ago Mr Blake at Your Service review – John Malkovich does worst French accent ever in baffling comedy misfire

Gilles Legardinie’s broad dramedy set in a chateau, co-starring Fanny Ardant and Émilie Dequenne, is an ordeal to watch. Sacré bleu! This truly bizarre film has a substantial reserve of goodwill to draw on: among its blue-chip cast are John Malkovich and Fanny Ardant, and it’s also the final film of the Belgian star Émilie Dequenne, famous for winning the best actress award at Cannes for her nonprofessional debut in Rosetta in 1999, who sadly died of cancer in March at the age of 43. It is a broad and baffling dramedy, directed by the bestselling French author Gilles Legardinier, and adapted from his 2012 novel Complètement Cramé! (Completely Burnt Out!).Malkovich plays a wealthy grieving widower called Andrew Blake, supposedly from England, who, to ease his broken heart, takes a job as a butler in a French chateau whose owner (Ardant) has fallen on hard times. It is a sentimental journey for him, as many years ago he first met his French wife, Diane, in the chateau’s sumptuous grou...

Events

1 week ago Ryder Cup venue was blasted 'worst course I've ever played' in scathing review

Action is underway at the Ryder Cup from Bethpage State Park in New York, but the Black Course, currently hosting the biennial event, once came under intense fire from one Ian Poulter

Politics

1 week ago Disney investors demand details into company’s Jimmy Kimmel suspension

Shareholders want ABC owner to turn over documents related to decision to temporarily suspend late-night showA group of Disney investors is asking the company to turn over documents related to the company’s decision to temporarily suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show, amid charges the media company may have been “complicit in succumbing” to media censorship.The investors, composed of lawyers for the American Federation of Teachers and Reporters Without Borders, noted that Disney’s stock “suffered significant declines in response to the company’s abrupt decision to suspend Mr. Kimmel and his show”, it said in a letter to Disney. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago Disney sparks fury as it unveils first look at 'chilling' new psychological thriller

The upcoming release stars Maika Monroe and Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Science

2 w. ago Disney sparks backlash as it unveils 'chilling' new film with Longlegs star

Viewers have been left fuming over the fresh trailer

Politics

2 w. ago The rise and fall of Disney: how the company found then lost its backbone

Recent storm over Kimmel’s suspension is latest black mark for corporation that has been abandoning diversity and inclusivityThe Walt Disney Company is probably hoping that upon viewing the new trailer for the upcoming Star Wars film The Mandalorian and Grogu, audiences feel a swell of nostalgia. No, not for 1977, when Star Wars was fresh and wondrous; after all, Disney didn’t even own it then. Not even for a decade ago, when the company brought the film series roaring back with 2015’s The Force Awakens, still the highest-grossing movie in US box office history. Rather, the trailer, consciously or not, hopes to transport viewers, and presumably profits, back to the halcyon days of 2019.They would probably settle for any time before their brief but tumultuous suspension of Jimmy Kimmel from ABC became national news. But 2019 would be preferable. That year, Disney’s exercised almost unprecedented box office domination, boasting an astonishing seven of the year’s 10 biggest hits – and ...

Politics

2 w. ago Is Swiped based on a true story? Inside the inspiration for empowering Lily James movie

Here’s everything we know about the inspiring new Disney+ film exploring the business side of online dating starring Lily James

Politics

3 w. ago Demi Lovato to rejoin Jonas Brothers on Camp Rock – but with very different job

A third Camp Rock film has been confirmed by Disney but Demi Lovato, who shot to global fame in the leading role of Mitchie Torres, will not be a part of the cast

Society

3 w. ago 'One of the best movies' lands on Disney+ just months after cinema release

Disney Plus has added a heartwarming film that fans say is a 'must watch'

Culture

3 w. ago 'Delightful' Pixar film 'perfect for families' hits Disney+ just months after cinema release

The project didn't perform well at the box office in spite of having strong reviews

Events

4 w. ago Jonas Brothers fans ‘so excited’ as boyband stars in first major film in 15 years

The Jonas Brothers have shared a teaser trailer for their upcoming Disney+ film, which will see the trio star as versions of themselves.

Culture

4 w. ago Gigi Hadid says she took singing lessons during fashion month to audition for Disney film

Supermodel says she was ‘really proud’ of her audition for proposed Tangled live-action remake

Culture