Category: Science fiction and fantasy films

‘Every role I do, I’m going to be a Black man first’: David Jonsson on winning Baftas, rebooting Alien and leaving TV’s hottest show

He went from being the east London boy who was expelled from school to becoming the Bafta award‑winning star of Alien: Romulus. Ahead of his prison drama Wasteman, David Jonsson discusses the pressures of being a leading...

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‘I don’t know how anyone takes themselves seriously in this job’: Hollywood hotshot Glen Powell talks to Marina Hyde

He’s an old-fashioned movie star in a digital age, making box-office smashes like Top Gun: Maverick, Twisters and Anyone But You. Now he’s lining up projects with everyone from Ron Howard to Edgar Wright. Could he be...

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Tron: Ares review – even Gillian Anderson can’t slap this mind-bendingly dull sci-fi into shape

Pointless threequel delivers a leaden cameo from a white-robed Jeff Bridges and an irritating turn from Jared Leto as a hipster-haired humanoid The matrix of pointlessness is reloaded in this mind-bendingly dull sci-fi, more a...

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‘The film wouldn’t even be made today’: the story behind Back to the Future at 40

The time travel comedy was a surprise smash in 1985 and remains a Hollywood touchpoint and as it reaches a major anniversary, those who made it share their memoriesThe actor Lea Thompson has had a distinguished screen career but...

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Jurassic World Rebirth review – Scarlett Johansson runs show as near-extinct franchise roars back to life

The latest instalment marks a return to form after some recent duds, with all the expected Spielberg-style set pieces and excellent romantic chemistry between the leadsWhat a comeback. The Jurassic World film series had looked...

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Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning star of stage and screen, dies aged 89

In a career that began in the 1950s, her roles ranged from Desdemona to Miss Jean Brodie, Virginia Woolf and Minerva McGonagallMaggie Smith, the prolific, multi-award-winning actor whose work ranged from The Prime of Miss Jean...

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James Earl Jones, revered actor and voice of Star Wars’ Darth Vader, dies aged 93

American actor starred in films including The Great White Hope and won two Tony awards in prolific stage careerJames Earl Jones, the actor whose beautifully sonorous tones gave voice to Star Wars’ principal villain Darth...

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Donald Sutherland, Don’t Look Now and Hunger Games actor, dies aged 88

The prolific actor appeared in more than 190 films and TV shows and was a vocal anti-war activistDonald Sutherland: a life in picturesDonald Sutherland, whose acting career spanned six decades and included starring in such...

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