Movies

Although you may not set out to watch one of the most depressing movies ever made, sometimes you are just in that kind of mood. There are so many movies that deal with difficult or emotional topics, that it’s pretty gut-wretching to put this list together. So, strap yourself in …

Funnyman Judd Apatow has made a career out of blending humour and honesty, his movies skimming a big bag of dick jokes across the surface of waters that run deep and dark. The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People, This Is 40… all swirl with emotional currents that tug at …

Will Smith refused to leave the Oscars when asked, the Academy has said. At the 94th Academy Awards, Smith slapped Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith and G.I. Jane. The protagonist of that movie has a shaved head, and Pinkett Smith suffers from alopecia. …

There was pandemonium both online and at the Dolby Theatre when Will Smith stepped on stage and slapped Chris Rock during the Oscars 2022. No one could quite believe what they saw – even those who organized the event. The Hollywood Reporter (opens in new tab) has published a dispatch …

At a recent event enshrining Benedict Cumberbatch on the Walk of Fame, Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige remarked the actor has “become the anchor of the Marvel Cinematic Universe”. As the all-conquering comic-mythos embraces the limitless possibility of the multiverse across Marvel Phase 4, master of the mystic arts …

Top Gun: Maverick has been a long time coming. Now, though, 36 years after the original flew into cinemas, Maverick returns. “Originally, I wasn’t interested in doing a sequel,” star and producer Tom Cruise tells Total Film magazine (opens in new tab) in the new issue, featuring Top Gun on …

At 50 years old, The Godfather remains one of the greatest movies of all time. There’s not exactly a whole lot new to say about the iconic film that hasn’t already been said, yet Francis Ford Coppola continues to speak passionately and incisively about his masterwork. In a new clip, …

The first trailer for Where the Crawdads Sing has dropped, promising a high-stakes drama of love, loss, and murder. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Delia Owens, the movie takes place over the course of 17 years in the ’50s and ’60s and follows Kya (Daisy …

Morbius star Jared Leto has teased the Marvel multiverse in the upcoming movie.  In the film, Leto plays the title character, who is a doctor suffering from a rare blood disease. While trying to discover a cure for his condition, Michael Morbius accidentally transforms himself into a living vampire.  “Morbius …

The streaming wars are weird. Just when you think a Netflix original like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre will reign atop the charts for a few weeks, a random Bill Murray comedy from 2014 comes along and becomes the most-streamed Netflix movie. Nielsen has released its latest streaming numbers, and while …