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Harrison Ford’s fifth and final film as the whip-wielding archaeologist moves at a fair crack but gets a little exhausting. To stop the latest ­superpowered ancient gadget from falling into the hands of the latest batch of Nazis, the 80-year-old actor must squeeze into burial chambers, fight goons on top …

Sequels, remakes, and spin-offs have dominated box office charts for decades. But all hit franchises need to start somewhere. So, after exhausting the Shrek and How To Train Your Dragon franchises, DreamWorks is taking the plunge with their first batch of original characters since 2019’s Abominable. The story of the …

Fans are celebrating Lana Turner’s birthday this week, the voluptuous pin-up who became Hollywood’s iconic “sweater girl.” Born on the wrong side of the tracks in small-town Wallace Idaho, Julia Jean Turner would become one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. Projecting a sultry, playful sexuality on screen, her public …

“Hello, Bookstore” is what you hear when you call Matthew Tannenbaum’s old-fashioned bookshop in Lenox, Massachusetts. Since the mid-70s, his sonorous voice has provided comfort and sage advice to generations of readers. And during the pandemic, Tannenbaum, an affable old hippy, stayed by his phone to recommend new titles, recite …

Earlier this week, Warner Bros announced Henry Cavill’s replacement as Superman, David Corenswet. For months the 29-year-old star of 2025’s Superman: Legacy was the bookies’ favourite to be the next Man of Steel. Of course, odds should be taken with a pinch of salt but this is proof that they …

Back in 2018, Queen’s Freddie Mercury biopic defied the critics going on to make over $900 million worldwide. After winning more Oscars than any other movie the following year, including Best Actor for Rami Malek, it wasn’t long before talk of a sequel started. After all, Bohemian Rhapsody concluded with …

Film studios regularly make gambles at the box office, giving budgets of hundreds of millions of dollars to movies that could be huge hits or box office bombs. The latest it seems is Warner Bros’ DC comic book movie The Flash, which had a budget of $200-220 million and currently …

Can you believe it’s been 30 years since the classic family movie Free Willy first hit cinemas? The well-received box office hit followed 11-year-old orphan Jesse as he’s forced to work at a water park where he befriends a young Orca separated from its family. The movie spawned a franchise …

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny teased in trailer WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD. In just a couple of weeks, Harrison Ford turns 81 having spent over half his life starring as Indiana Jones in five blockbuster movies. The original trilogy with its confrontations with the supernatural is much loved, although …

When the trailer for the upcoming Barbie movie hit the internet, fans of the legendary doll were ecstatic. But perhaps the most jarring sequence came at the beginning of the trailer when Barbie star Margot Robbie stepped out of her high heels without flattening her soles. In a new video …