By recreating it, Ready Player One does The Shining a disservice
Seeing new characters trespassing all over the footage means the new world of VR still looks suspiciously like same old,…
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Death Wish and beyond: the bloody history of vigilante movies
The typical movie vigilante shares traits with the Trump voter: a white, middle-aged, middle-class male who regards himself as endangered.
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How Vivienne Westwood and the Slits changed the male face of punk
Punk’s inability to contain women, and their subsequent erasure, has been part of its hegemonic celebration by guys of a…
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A Wrinkle in Time is too confusing for kids – but too simplistic for adults
A movie rich in diversity fails to match it in terms of imagination.
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Public ensure Star Wars: The Last Jedi wins big at the 2018 Empire Awards
Steven Spielberg attended, with an acceptance speech applauding #TimesUp and celebrating the magic of the movie theatre.
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Ruben Östlund’s film The Square hammers home the point that we are all still animals
Each thread and simian guest star shows how little distance there is between the civilised and the primitive.
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Why superhero films should follow Wonder Woman’s lead and have female villains
Bring on the bad.
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US comedies’ new favourite formula: a suburban lead in a high-octane action setting
From Date Night to Horrible Bosses to Bad Neighbours to Game Night. Is anyone else noticing a pattern?
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