Movies

Having starred in the first outing of John Ford’s Cavalry trilogy in 1948’s Fort Apache, John Wayne returned to lead the director’s follow-up in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon a year later. The movie was given a budget of $1.6 million, making it one of the most expensive Westerns at …

Daniel Levy emerges from the heart-on-sleeve warmth of Schitt’s Creek, the TV show he co-created with his father Eugene, and paddles into the troubled waters of a sombre feature film directorial debut, shot on location in London and Paris. Good Grief is a bittersweet symphony to love, reminiscence and misplaced …

There’s only one MCU movie releasing in 2024, which is a first for Marvel Studios for quite some time barring the pandemic. The likes of Captain America 4 and Thunderbolts have been postponed to 2025 after a disappointing box office year for the franchise in 2023. Only Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool …

Having regretted passing on 1971’s Dirty Harry, John Wayne took a turn in a gritty cop thriller a couple of years later as McQ. Intended for Steve McQueen, hence the title, the film’s script was heavily rewritten for the 65-year-old Duke. Originally set in Seattle like Dirty Harry, the location …

Star Wars is set to head into the next chapter with Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy becoming the first woman and person of colour to direct a feature film for the franchise. However, the upcoming project is already facing backlash from conservative fans as they discovered the director sharing some poignant …

One man can make a difference in a world divided by conflict. In director James Hawes’s handsomely crafted period drama based on Barbara Winton’s biography of her humanitarian father, the difference is 86-year-old Sir Anthony Hopkins. The two-time Oscar winner elevates a stirring tale of quiet dedication in the shadow …

Daniel Levy emerges from the heart-on-sleeve warmth of Schitt’s Creek, the TV show he co-created with his father Eugene, and paddles into the troubled waters of a sombre feature film directorial debut, shot on location in London and Paris. Good Grief is a bittersweet symphony to love, reminiscence and misplaced …

There are two sides to every love story. In 2022, Moulin Rouge’s circus ringmaster Baz Luhrmann left audiences all shook up with his boisterous biopic of Elvis Presley. Lost In Translation writer-director Sofia Coppola counters with the provocative drama Priscilla. Glimpsed through 21st-century eyes, Elvis and Priscilla’s courtship, aged 24 …

J A Bayona’s Society of Snow, which hits Netflix today, is a Spanish-language retelling of the Uruguayan 1972 Andes flight disaster. The critically acclaimed movie stunned at the Venice International Film Festival last year and has been shortlisted for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars this year. On October 13, …

Last year, Ian Flemings Publications released newly censored versions of the original James Bond novels for the series’ 70th anniversary, after sensitive readers made changes to the text they deemed inappropriate for modern audiences. And now the early 007 movies are facing similar scrutiny as the British Film Institute labels …