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The ninth and, if a long-held pledge is to be believed, penultimate film from Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood has been shrouded in great secrecy. So what is it? A love letter to late-’60s Tinseltown? The story of a fading actor and his stuntman? A restaging of …

“What is your fascination with my forbidden closet of mystery?” asks an exasperated Chief Wiggum of his son Ralph in The Simpsons. The same could be said by Conjuring Universe heroes Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) about their clearly haunted “artefact room”. Their mistake? Bringing home the …

Thirty-one years since the original Child’s Play, the film that spawned six sequels and gave the world Chucky the killer doll, the franchise gets a slick and satisfying update. Directed by Norway’s Lars Klevberg, this reboot/remake ditches the brought-to-life-by-voodoo angle. Instead, we have a story of artificial intelligence gone haywire. …

“We only have a few hours to live up to this hero shit,” says Jessica Jones halfway through her third season. Talk about an on the-nose comment: for its final outing (on Netflix, at least), showrunner Melissa Rosenberg’s Marvel adaptation faces the task of providing a send-off for both the …

“Let’s try this again, shall we?” sighs Agent H (Chris Hemsworth) as he prepares to dispatch an extraterrestrial threat in Men In Black: International. It’s a line that sums up the thinking behind the latest incarnation of the aliens-among-us franchise, a spin-off/reboot that – despite boasting new leads, a new …

Well, that’s it. Game of Thrones is over after eight years, and I don’t blame you if Game of Thrones season 8 leaves a slightly bad taste in your mouth. While it has its good moments, most of this season is simply too rushed, with characters taking minutes to make …

Well, that’s it. Game of Thrones is over after eight years, and I don’t blame you if Game of Thrones season 8 leaves a slightly bad taste in your mouth. While it has its good moments, most of this season is simply too rushed, with characters taking minutes to make …

Well, that’s it. Game of Thrones is over after eight years, and I don’t blame you if Game of Thrones season 8 leaves a slightly bad taste in your mouth. While it has its good moments, most of this season is simply too rushed, with characters taking minutes to make …

Sekiro (opens in new tab): Shadows Die Twice makes you rethink everything you know about boss fights. My plan for beating the Guardian Ape was to stay well away from its foot stomps and ground smashes, occasionally sprinting in for a few quick strikes. It worked up to a point …

With the end in sight, Star Trek Discovery season 2 (opens in new tab) stops messing around and gets down to business with a revelatory episode about the Star Trek Discovery Red Angel (opens in new tab), which moves the story forward, but leaves more than a few plot holes …