Chiwetel Ejiofor

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy review – Lifestyle porn? Check. Cackling friends? Check. Easily the best film in the series? Check

The latest episode is connected to the greater sadnesses of life, not to mention properly funny

Wed Feb 12 2025 - 09:00

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness: Marvel-by-numbers

Review: Swirling psychedelia can’t hide the limitations of this disappointment

Tue May 03 2022 - 04:20

Saoirse Ronan and Daniel Day-Lewis on ‘greatest 21st-century actors’ list

But hang on: what’s Keanu Reeves doing here? And really hang on: where’s Meryl Streep?

Thu Nov 26 2020 - 14:30

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Angelina Jolie isn’t cruel enough

Review: A dreary, woke subplot sends Maleficent to a hidden kingdom to express herself

Tue Oct 15 2019 - 14:00

The Lion King: Ruined by slavish devotion to the original

Review: It’s technically remarkable but the characters are weak and the story a carbon copy

Tue Jul 16 2019 - 10:15

The Lion King: Disney reveals first full-length trailer

The Lion King trailer gives fans first glimpse of villain Scar, stunning scenery of Africa and some talking wildlife

Wed Apr 10 2019 - 18:52

Lion King: First teaser trailer for live-action remake released

Beyoncé and Donald Glover feature as voices of Nala and Simba in film directed by Jon Favreau

Fri Nov 23 2018 - 12:45

The next James Bond might be black, but he won’t be Idris Elba

Elba is already too old, but a black, Asian or female actor could succeed Daniel Craig

Mon Aug 13 2018 - 15:58

Sherlock Gnomes: Fun film, pity about Johnny Depp

Review: It's a gnom com with a PR problem, as allegations hang over its lead actor

Thu May 10 2018 - 05:00

John Boyega: I don’t see myself as a celebrity

Fame and online haters don’t affect him but the Force remains strong with the Star Wars star

Sat Mar 24 2018 - 00:00

Mary Magdalene: Who are you calling a prostitute?

Review: Rooney Mara is as focused as ever in Garth Davis’s mildly revisionist biblical drama

Fri Mar 16 2018 - 05:00

Who will scavenge the flotsam from the Weinstein wreck?

Streaming services are eyeing the disgraced Weinstein Company’s valuable back catalogue

Tue Oct 24 2017 - 12:36

12 Years a Slave

Steve McQueen’s scorching drama exposes the evil behind that ‘peculiar institution’

Thu Jan 16 2014 - 15:36