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Things can always get worse – and here’s a Blippi movie to prove it
Was there ever a cheaper looking film than Blippi’s Big Dino Adventure? Children may be thrilled by the prospect, but they are foolish and need protecting. As do the parents → Read More
TV tonight: teenagers go on the run in a gory but gleefully silly thriller
An eight-part thriller starts on a cold open road. Plus: dispatches from celebrity sofas, and the Hampton Court garden festival. Here’s what to watch this evening → Read More
The Hot Wheels movie will be ‘emotional, grounded and gritty’. Why?
Keen to chuck its entire back catalogue at the big screen, Mattel has JJ Abrams working on a deadly earnest drama inspired by tiny cars. Can someone find the brakes? → Read More
TV tonight: Ellie Simmonds’s deeply moving search for her birth mother
The swimmer reveals how she was given up for adoption shortly after she was born. Plus: an investigation into the costs of renewable energy. Here’s what to watch this evening → Read More
Running, jumping, looking: is the new Mission Impossible the Tom Cruisiest film Tom Cruise has ever made?
Will the actor’s latest release deliver all of our favourite Tom Cruise moves and save the summer box office? → Read More
TV tonight: Nora from Queens is back, still dissatisfied and still a delight
Awkwafina’s millennial returns for a third series – and a scolding from her grandma. Plus: Joanna Lumley finds enchantment where there is patently none. Here’s what to watch this evening → Read More
TV tonight: Ross Kemp is a dodgy copper in a new CCTV thriller series
All is not what it seems in this Channel 5 drama. Plus, Bake Off: The Professionals is back. Here’s what to watch this evening → Read More
‘My body wasn’t up for the task’: the TV stars who film their scenes alone
From The Mandalorian to And Just Like That, big-name actors don’t always want a big ensemble shoot. Be it green screen or overdubbed dialogue, they’re finding ways around it → Read More
TV tonight: a haunting series about the evacuation of Kabul – from the people who were there
Never-before-seen footage shows the terrifying reality of what happened in 2021. Plus: Jon Snow reflects on his incredible career. Here’s what to watch this evening → Read More
Liam Neeson’s onscreen kids will explode if he stops driving. Plus ça change
The trailer for Retribution has been released. Can the latest episode of Liam Neeson: Unlucky Dad break the mould? → Read More
Wham! to Prisoner’s Daughter: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
The hair! The bangers! The larky new documentary about the 80s pop marvels! Plus, it’s Brian Cox’s first post-Succession project – and he’s playing another dad almost as bad as Logan Roy → Read More
The best films about AI – ranked!
Will artificial intelligence destroy humanity? That remains to be seen. For now, gen up on the dangers and delights with this selection of movies → Read More
Terrible ideas, tedious shows, zero talent: Meghan and Harry’s trainwreck podcast career
From Prince Harry’s deluded plan to interview Putin to a Meghan Markle podcast so insufferable Taylor Swift refused to appear, it’s been one disaster after another. No wonder they’ve been canned → Read More
Feel Chris Hemsworth’s sweat: has Netflix made the strangest billboard ever?
For action sequel Extraction 2, the streamer has created a giant poster which allows people the opportunity to touch the A-lister’s sweaty face → Read More
Lashings and ginger beer: how safe are the Famous Five with Nicolas Winding Refn?
The Danish director of Bronson and Pusher is to ‘reimagine’ Enid Blyton’s stories for a ‘progressive new audience’. Does this mean Anne will vomit up an eyeball? → Read More
Academy, take action: why there should be an Oscar for best stunts
The director of John Wick: Chapter 4 has revealed that he is in discussions with the Academy to officially recognise the power of action sequences – and it couldn’t happen quickly enough → Read More
A sunset, a helicopter and Hayley Atwell’s nan: how Tom Cruise ruined romance
The age-defying, stunt-performing, cake-disseminating superstar has raised the bar once again when it comes to grand gestures. It’s time for the rest of us to step up – or give up → Read More
Bite the hand that streams! Charlie Brooker is trolling Netflix – and it’s breathtaking
Black Mirror had become a grim, horrid dud … until Brooker used the new season to lash out at his bankrollers like a petulant child. Is this the ultimate act of self-sabotage? → Read More
Does the world really need a $4,650 Indiana Jones bag?
Luxury leather bags inspired by Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s character in the new Dial of Destiny movie are the latest collaboration between fashion and film – but this time fans can fawn over Indy discreetly → Read More
Boyd Holbrook: ‘You know what I’m striving for? The perfect performance’
The Kentucky-born actor has a talent for playing violent wrong ‘uns. It’s taken him from Logan and The Sandman to the new Indiana Jones film – but now his eyes are on an even bigger prize → Read More