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The best sports films are less about sport than sportspeople. As the calibre of filmmakers – J.J. Abrams, Stephen Frears, Jay Roach – also planning movies about Lance Armstrong suggests, Alex Gibney’s documentary has a corker in cycling’s fallen angel. It might have been good enough had Gibney made his …

Lara Croft is dead. This time, she was ripped apart by wolves. Death has also come in a variety of other forms: boulders, bear traps, spikes to the throat–each over-the-top execution a display of vulnerability. These shocking moments are heavy-handed with their message, but it comes across loud and clear: …

The casting news for Warner Bros’ new live-action Peter Pan movie keeps on coming: the studio has announced that Hugh Jackman has said “aye aye” to playing Blackbeard in the film. The Wolverine (opens in new tab) star joins Garrett Hedlund, who it was announced last week will be playing …

The game releases might be slow at the start of the year, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty to read about from the gaming industry. This week, we analyze Nintendo’s strategic options in the wake of the Wii U’s disturbingly low sales numbers, get a close look at the …

In the wake of Quentin Tarantino’s decision to shelve his next movie (opens in new tab) , Western The Hateful Eight , after its script leaked, new details about the project have surfaced online. According to The Wrap , the script for The Hateful Eight is split into five chapters, …

Marvel has taken advantage of the Warner Bros’ delayed Batman Vs Superman (opens in new tab) movie and moved up the release of Ant-Man (opens in new tab) to 17 July 2015. Edgar Wright’s comic-book adaptation of Ant-Man , starring Paul Rudd as the title character, with Michael Douglas recently …

Hang Wire book review . Usually, the scariest thing about a circus is the clowns. Not in Adam Christopher’s world. There, the scariest thing about the circus is the vintage carousel, where kids ride on bizarre and hideous monsters – closely followed by the pagan dance troupe, and then maybe …

Another trailer for Gareth Evans’ unrelenting martial arts sequel The Raid 2 has landed on the interwebs, and with it comes another look at the film’s incredibly fast-paced fist-fighting. Whereas the first film took place almost entirely within one tower block, this follow-up opens out the action to the whole …

More than any other festival, Sundance has acted as the launchpad for some of the most interesting, cool and uniquely voiced directors of modern cinema. This year, it could just be writer and first time director Maya Forbes who kickstarts her major movie career, thanks to the sweet, warm, funny …

No hard feelings might’ve been a more appropriate title for this unpunchy dramedy. Not only do the combatants fail to muster much animosity for one another, they also seem incapable of incurring anyone else’s wrath, regardless of their cock-ups. What good is a boxing flick that’s unkeen on conflict? The …