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Rebel Wilson’s latest film withdrawn as actor lashes producers
Wilson has accused the producers of her directorial debut film of “viciousness”.
- by Helen Pitt
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There’s no flying cow, but this Twister sequel is still highly ridiculous
Forget the sexual tension, Twisters is at its best when Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones are dodging an inventive variety of heavy objects.
- by Sandra Hall
★★
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Emma Stone returns for another wacky film, but sadly this is no Poor Things
If the filmmaker’s much-praised, award-winning Poor Things was the main meal, Kinds of Kindness is the offcuts.
- by Robert Moran
★★
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Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum’s NASA comedy fails to take off
As a marketing whiz and an astronaut, the stars have zero chemistry in the wildly overextended and flat rom-com Fly Me to the Moon.
- by Jake Wilson
‘We had $0 in the bank account’: How a little Australian thriller went from zero to hero
It was a film festival hit, but for the writers and directors behind Birdeater, it was four years of rain, sweat and tears.
- by Louise Rugendyke
The Twisters reboot has no right being this good
And charismatic star Anthony Ramos is a key part of its winning equation.
- by Robert Moran
Brad Pitt as an F1 driver? The race to make the perfect driving movie
Hollywood has gained a new obsession over the past five years: movies about Formula 1 racing.
- by Nell Geraets
Feel like everyone is smoking on screen again? You’re not alone
From Austin Butler in The Bikeriders to Josh O’Connor in Challengers, cigarettes have been inescapable at the cinema recently. What’s driving the revival?
- by Meg Watson
★★½
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Sorry, but Kevin Costner’s new western is both incomplete and dull
The Oscar winner has returned to directing after 20 years, but Horizon – set to be one of four – is exposition-heavy and a three-hour-long trek to nowhere.
- by Jake Wilson
Age-gap romantic comedies are back. Here’s why that’s good – and bad
Older women have been dating younger men on-screen for decades. What do these movies tend to have in common?
- by Nell Geraets
The darkness that drove one of Hollywood’s brightest stars
Faye Dunaway was a luminous beauty and an incredibly powerful performer, but mental illness was the engine that drove her, a new documentary reveals.
- by Karl Quinn
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