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At a time when Black actors were forced into submissive or inarticulate roles, the actor showed strength moving through hostile white spaces with dignity

And the 2021 Braddies go to … Peter Bradshaw’s film picks of the year

From Petite Maman to The Father to The Lost Daughter, our critic lists his top films of 2021 – and surveys the year in cinema. Have your say in the comments

James Bond sees off Spider-Man as UK box office earnings almost double

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Out of tune: why are audiences staying away from the movie musical?

West Side Story, Dear Evan Hansen and In the Heights have all been box office flops this year, which has led to a questioning of the genre’s place in Hollywood

And the 2021 Braddies go to … Peter Bradshaw’s film picks of the year

From Petite Maman to The Father to The Lost Daughter, our critic lists his top films of 2021 – and surveys the year in cinema. Have your say in the comments

Spider-Man star Tom Holland, 25, considers acting exit in ‘midlife crisis’

Actor mulls over return to roots in dancing, while promoting latest Marvel instalment

Spider-Man: No Way Home breaks UK record for advance ticket sales

Odeon has sold more than 200,000 tickets for the film in the first seven days since release

Cineworld revenues pass pre-Covid levels thanks to Bond, Dune and Venom

Cinema operator’s shares are biggest riser on FTSE 250 as UK and Ireland box offices recover

Jennifer Lawrence defends Leonardo DiCaprio’s higher pay for Don’t Look Up

Despite their equal billing on the forthcoming Adam McKay disaster comedy, Lawrence says she is ‘extremely fortunate and happy with my deal’

Cineworld revenues pass pre-Covid levels thanks to Bond, Dune and Venom

Cinema operator’s shares are biggest riser on FTSE 250 as UK and Ireland box offices recover

One small step, once every few years: when will Roland Emmerich stop going to space?

The director has mastered the art of making the same film – about Earth’s imminent collapse – over and over, yet box office figures suggest cinemagoers can’t get enough

Red Notice review – Netflix’s biggest film to date offers little reward

Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and a spectacularly annoying Ryan Reynolds quip, steal and double-cross in a disposable, and ludicrously expensive, action comedy

Will the Dune sequel be the ultimate anti-blockbuster?

Part two of Denis Villeneuve’s space saga has been confirmed – and it’s likely to disappoint anyone hoping for Hollywood feelgood vibesThis article contains spoilers for Dune and its sequelIt might easily have been the 21st century’s answer to Ralph Bakshi’s unfinished The Lord of the Rings, left dangling for the rest of eternity.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife review – a slimy, stinking corpse of a sequel

Jason Reitman takes over his father’s franchise and immediately tanks it with a tonally misjudged blend of pandering fan service and bizarrely played-straight spectacle

No Time to Die: James Bond film smashes box office records

Daniel Craig’s final outing as 007 has made £88m in the 54 countries worldwide in which it has launched

Bond is back. Where’s he going next?

He’s a lucrative cultural export – and as unreconstructed as secret agents come.

Lens win in Marseille and set their sights on European football

Lens missed out on the Europa Conference League by a single point last season. They want to put that right this campaign

‘Bondmania’: cinemas hire extra staff for No Time To Die release

Daniel Craig’s delayed last outing expected to be second-biggest Bond film in UK box offices, after SkyfallHow long can James Bond resist the call of a TV spin-off?Daniel Craig’s last outing as 007 is expected to be the biggest opening weekend at the British box office since Avengers: Endgame more than two years ago, as cinemas hire hundreds of extra staff to cope with “Bondmania”.

How long can James Bond resist the call of a TV spin-off?

Experts say it would make sense to expand 007’s appeal into fresh media but Barbara Broccoli resists call‘Bondmania’: cinemas hire extra staff ahead of No Time To Die releaseJames Bond’s next mission should be a TV spin-off as 007 contemplates his future in the streaming era, according to experts, but the secret agent’s gatekeepers are wary of moving away from the multiplex.

Cinemas trust in Bond bounce as No Time to Die tickets go on sale

Daniel Craig’s last outing as beloved spy inspires box office confidence after trials of pandemic

Don’t Breathe 2 review – dull and dingy home invasion horror sequel

A follow-up to 2016’s sleeper smash reunites us with the murderous blind antihero yet fails to recapture even the slightest bit of tension

Marvel and DC face backlash over pay: ‘They sent a thank you note and $5,000 – the movie made $1bn’

As the comics giants make billions from their storylines and characters, writers and artists are speaking out about their struggles for fair payment

Spider-Man: No Way Home rumours could mean this is the multiverse’s last hurrah

Everyone from Jamie Foxx to Tobey Maguire could show their faces in the latest MCU party – which might mean a radical change of direction for Spidey

‘We are pretty bruised’: UK cinemas bounce back from Covid closures

Admissions are almost at pre-pandemic levels despite fears that streaming would wreck business

Hear me out: why More American Graffiti isn’t a bad movie

The latest in our series of writers defending unloved films is a defense of a sequel with more to it than people originally saw

Thomas Vinterberg: ‘There is a great need for the uncontrollable – but little room for it today’

The Danish director’s new Oscar-winning film Another Round is about a group of teachers who dedicate themselves to getting drunk. He talks about losing control, patching up his friendship with Lars von Trier and the death of his daughter

Hear me out: why Ishtar isn’t a bad movie

The latest in our series of writers defending maligned films is an ode to Elaine May’s lambasted 1987 flop starring Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It review – slick threequel magics up scares

The latest tale involving the real-life paranormal investigator couple is a handsomely made, if often overly self-serious, addition to the popular franchise

Lindsay Lohan Will Tap Into Inner Mean Girl For Netflix Christmas Film

Lindsay Lohan is making good on her pledge to revive her acting career with a new Hollywood project.

Peter Rabbit 2 tops box office as UK’s reopened cinemas take £2m in three days

The hybrid animated sequel has taken around a third of all box office receipts so far, with returns looking promising for a summer bounceback for sector

After the Snyder Cut, all bets are off for a new Ben Affleck Batman movie

Fans are calling for a new solo outing for Batfleck, but how will that mesh with the Robert Pattinson trilogy now in production? And what about Cyborg?

Why Godzilla vs. Kong saved cinema, not Tenet

Christopher Nolan’s film baffled audiences – all they wanted in this most bewildering of years was to see a giant ape and a dinosaur going at it for 15 rounds

Black Widow headed to Disney+ as studio shakes up schedule

The Marvel adventure and Emma Stone’s Cruella will both debut in cinemas and on streaming simultaneously

Ryan Reynolds Finally Watched Green Lantern For The First Time – And Got A Surprise When He Did

Ryan Reynolds revisited one of his past films that he’d probably have preferred to forget this week, and obviously live-tweeted the whole thing.

Hear me out: why King Arthur: Legend of the Sword isn't a bad movie

The latest in our series of writers making a case for a mostly loathed movie is a defence of Guy Ritchie’s laddish take on a well-told legend

'He was a joy': when Tino Asprilla lit up Newcastle 25 years ago

The ‘octopus’ arrived from Parma in 1996, giving Newcastle fans – and clubbers at Julie’s and Legends – something to remember

Battlefield drama 1917 wins 2020 UK box office in pandemic-struck year

Sam Mendes’ first world war thriller was UK cinemas’ biggest crowdpuller as total earnings dropped by over 75% as a result of Covid restrictions

Wonder Woman 1984 box office hits a pandemic high in cinema

Blockbuster pulls in $16.7m in domestic cinema opening, the highest since theaters closed in March

Cinemas shut, movies postponed: how Covid-19 upturned film in 2020

The year started off so well – remember Parasite? – before it all got put on hold. This might be the end of cinema as we know it

The best films of 2020 in the UK, No 7: Saint Maud

Martyrdom is made thrillingly infectious in Rose Glass’s Tenet-topping psychological horror about a care nurse and her formidable patient Follow our countdown of the 50 best films of 2020What a strange, contained, audacious film this is.

Robert Downey Jr. and Don Cheadle emotionally honor Chadwick Boseman at MTV Movie & TV Awards

Chadwick Boseman received a tribute fit for a king at the MTV Movie & TV Awards: Greatest of All Time. The late Black Panther star, who died in August following a battle with colon cancer, at MTV's Sunday ceremony posthumously received the Hero for the Ages award, an honor for someone "whose heroism onscreen was only surpassed by the true hero they were off-screen." Marvel's Robert Downey Jr.

Cinemas reopen in England but streaming threatens recovery

Up to 150 expected to begin screening films before Christmas after Covid-enforced closuresCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe first of more than 150 cinemas will reopen in England this weekend in a final attempt to cash in on festive moviegoing cheer, but plans by Warner Bros to stream new films including Dune and the next Matrix sequel at the same time as theatre premieres next year threatens to undermine a post-Covid box office revival.

Black actor sues Hollywood studio over removal from Couples Retreat poster

Faizon Love files race discrimination suit against Universal alleging he was cut from poster for 2009 comedy because he was black

Heaven's Gate at 40: how we learned to love a notorious flop

Michael Cimino’s big-budget saga drew caustic reviews on release and limited box office but has experienced a reappraisal

Home Alone at 30: how the unlikely Christmas comedy has endured

No one could have predicted that a simple family film would have been such a box office smash in 1990 or that it would remain a favorite decades after

Joker 'a betrayal' of mentally ill people, says David Fincher

Mank director rails at the risk-averse production strategy of major Hollywood studios

Chris Pratt Joins the Cast of ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

In a move that shouldn’t surprise anyone, Chris Pratt’s Star Lord is joining the cast of “Thor: Love and Thunder,” according to an individual with knowledge of the project.

Kevin Costner, Diane Lane Thriller ‘Let Him Go’ Tops Election Week Box Office

Focus Features' "Let Him Go" provided a few sparks at an otherwise lifeless box office, opening over the weekend with an estimated $4.

Wesley Snipes on art, excellence and life after prison: 'I hope I came out a better person'

After a fall as dramatic as any of his film roles, Snipes is back on track, starring with Eddie Murphy in the long-awaited Coming 2 America. He discusses police brutality, Michael Jackson – and his secret society

Box Office: ‘Come Play’ Limps to $3.1 Million Debut

Audiences did not heed the title of "Come Play," a terrifying thriller from Focus Features and Amblin that debuted in U.

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Nadal survives five-setter as Shapovalov claims officials ‘100%’ favour top players

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Nadal wins 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3 at Melbourne ParkShapovalov blasts ‘corrupt’ officials for allowing timewastingAs Rafael Nadal initiated another run at the Australian Open, he was as curious about how well his game and body would serve him as anyone else.

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