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Annabelle

July 2019

  • Annabelle Comes Home.

    The queen of evil dolls: why Annabelle's work ethic makes her a great role model

    Amid the glut of bad films about possessed toys, kids can learn a lot from Annabelle – the devil doll with an impressive can-do attitude

June 2019

  • A still from Annabelle Comes Home

    Annabelle Comes Home review – creaky funhouse horror threequel

    The Conjuring universe offers up another handsomely made yet astonishingly empty chapter about the havoc-wreaking demonic doll

September 2018

  • The Nun

    The Nun review – a clueless Conjuring cash-in that summons zero scares

    This tedious prequel follows a team of clerics to Romania, where they unexpectedly encounter every cliche in the book

May 2018

  • Prometheus; Solo: A Star Wars Story; Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

    Steve Rose on film
    Solo: A Star Wars Story – why prequels are killing the art of storytelling

    They have become Hollywood’s favourite franchise-saver, but are they any substitute for a story well told?

September 2017

  • Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise in It.

    Horrorwood! Will the new golden age of scary movies save cinema?

    It’s been a disappointing year at the box office – which means the huge success of It, Get Out and other horrors have made the genre more vital than ever. So how did these once-fringe films move to the heart of the mainstream?

August 2017

  • Mark Rylance in Dunkirk.

    Box office analysis: UK
    Dunkirk digs in at top of the UK box office as The Nut Job 2 proves a shell of the original

  • Annabelle: Creation

    Annabelle: Creation review – same old devil doll, same old cliches

November 2014

  • Anne Hathaway in Interstellar

    Box office analysis: global
    Global box office: has the Christopher Nolan backlash hurt Interstellar?

  • A scene from Mr Turner

    Box office analysis: UK
    Mr Turner makes a big impression at the UK box office

October 2014

  • Blair Witch Project film still

    Film blog
    Halloween 2014: where will the next big movie fright come from?

  • Fury

    Box office analysis: UK
    Choppy waters for Serena as Fury storms UK box office

  • Northern Soul

    Box office analysis: UK
    Northern Soul is a surprise top 10 hit at the UK box office as the Turtles roll in

  • Annabelle

    I predict a riot: French cinemas axe Annabelle screenings after unrest

  • Box office analysis: UK
    Gone Girl remains UK No 1 as The Maze Runner gallops to second place

  • US box office: Gone Girl still here while The Judge goes down

  • Annabelle review – horror with unsubtle nods to Rosemary’s Baby

  • Annabelle review – laziest devil-doll in movie history

  • Box office analysis: global
    Global box office: horror spin-off Annabelle gives Asia satanic panic

  • Gone Girl scares up $38m to top US box office and stalk past horror prequel Annabelle

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