Charm, comedy, hit film after hit film – there was a point when the Hollywood star seemed to have it all. And then he lost his way. Can he recover it?
September 2015
Box office analysis: US
US box office: The Perfect Guy scores $26.7m to beat M Night Shyamalan's The Visit
Thriller about a successful woman who begins a romance with a dangerous new lover narrowly outpaces new horror by Sixth Sense director to hit No 1
February 2015
Will Smith: 'A thing got broken in my mind' following After Earth flop
The actor says he radically rerouted his career path following the failure of sci-fi blockbuster After Earth, and is now ready to ‘find more danger in my artistic choices’
July 2014
Fifty Shades of Grey trailer most viewed of 2014
Promo for Sam Taylor-Johnson's film of EL James's erotic novel has notched up 36.4m views on YouTube so far, writes Ben Child
June 2013
The Guardian film show
The Guardian Film Show: After Earth, Behind the Candelabra, The Iceman and Thérèse Desqueyroux - video review
Reel review
After Earth - video review
The Guardian Film Show
The Guardian Film Show: After Earth, Behind the Candelabra, The Iceman and Thérèse Desqueyroux - audio
Film talk
After Earth: interview with director M Night Shyamalan - video
