Baywatch: ‘action-packed’ reboot set for the small screen
The hugely successful beach-set drama is returning to television after underwhelming response to 2017 movie
May 2019
Ask Hadley
Pamela Anderson’s Assange blanket conceals the truth of his detention
The actor’s cloak did the talking when she visited the Wikileaks founder in prison. But slogans should be cautiously deployed
September 2017
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
King Arthur; Baywatch; The Red Turtle; 3 Hearts and more – review
Guy Ritchie’s sword-and-sorcery epic and a remake of a 90s camp classic fall flat while there are delights for young and old alike elsewhere
July 2017
Film blog
Big in Albania … countries that gave film flops a second life
Box office analysis: UK
Despicable Me 3 overtakes Transformers and Baby Driver at UK box office
June 2017
Box office analysis: UK
Transformers: The Last Knight wreaks metallic mayhem at UK box office
Fifth instalment of the rampaging-robots franchise topples Wonder Woman, while Diane Keaton lights up Hampstead in a kooky romance
Box office analysis: UK
Wonder Woman battles blue skies as UK filmgoers ditch box office for beach
Indie films Churchill and Gifted make modest big-screen debuts, as scorching temperatures lead to lowest weekend takings of last year
Box office analysis: UK
Wonder Woman shakes off female superhero curse to top UK box office
Comic-book adventure outruns Baywatch, while My Life As a Courgette struggles to compete with another animated film, The Red Turtle
May 2017
Baywatch review – not waving, but drowning
A big-screen action comedy revival of the TV lifeguards show flashes plenty of flesh but not much else
Baywatch on TV was soapy, surfy and silly. But the new film is just soggy
Rebecca Nicholson
The TV series was a product of the 90s, billing itself just as easy entertainment with essential slo-mo shots. Remaking it now has drowned its charm
Baywatch review – alpha-male chest-off is not worth the Hasselhoff
Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron go chest to chest in a limp big-screen update of the 90s TV show that doesn’t have the wit or stamina to stay afloat
February 2017
From 21 Jump Street to Baywatch and CHiPs: how Hollywood remade the remake
The new wave of 80s TV remakes delights in an ironic self-awareness – but when every recognisable brand has been plundered, what next for Hollywood’s directors?
Trailer review
Cars, bras and bald men: 10 takeaways from the Super Bowl movie trailers
Forget sport, Super Bowl LI was a chance to see tasters of all the movies you’ll watch this year. If you like guns, robots, aliens, sci-fi, pirates and budgie-smugglers, that is
Super Bowl ads: a guide to new TV and film trailers
From Transformers: The Last Knight to Stranger Things, the big game brought with it a set of fresh ads for a host of forthcoming blockbusters and shows
December 2016
Women's sport, space probes and protests – reasons to look forward to 2017
The turbulence of this year might seem set to continue well into the next, but there are good things to come too. From mass protests to comfort telly, there’s something for everyone – and lie-ins are positively encouraged
Film blog
The most exciting comedy films of 2017
In the first of a 10-part series, we run through the films we are most looking forward to next year. First up: comedy
Trailer review
Baywatch trailer – the Rock, Efron and lots of babes. It's going to be a smash
Trailer park
Baywatch trailer: lifeguard movie with Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron – video
Baywatch trailer: The Rock, Zac Efron and slo-mo swimsuit jogs in first look
June 2016
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David Hasselhoff: ‘Knight Rider has come true – driverless cars, scanners and blueprints’
The Baywatch star might be used to being ferried about by talking cars – but nothing could prepare him for a night out in Blackpool
