Freelance review – John Cena fun in kind of pulpy action-comedy Arnie used to make
Cena and Alison Brie bring the genre up to date, with the pair comically adept enough to rescue this rescue mission from being a lame duck
February 2023
Pump Up the Volume: can Christian Slater’s teen movie become a musical hit like Heathers?
The 1990 film about high-school rebellion, featuring a jaded late-night DJ, could find a fresh theatre audience in this new age of disillusionment
April 2022
A moment that changed me
A moment that changed me: a film director gave me the push I needed to finish my novel
I was desperate to finish my book but couldn’t afford a computer. Then a man I barely knew stepped in …
December 2020
Teenage kicks
The Avalanches' teenage obsessions: 'I cried hearing Strawberry Fields Forever'
With the release of their new album this month, the Australian psych-poppers reminisce about BMX bikes, Christian Slater and Morrissey’s potent melancholy
November 2020
Tristram Kenton at the Guardian
Nicole! Gwyneth! Orlando! Hollywood stars on the West End stage – in pictures
Gillian Anderson, Jessica Lange, Jack Lemmon, James Earl Jones … Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton has captured the biggest names as they tread the boards in London
September 2019
Brief letters
Oxymoron alert as German economic slowdown accelerates
Brief letters: Oxymoron corner | Front-page news | Charity shop ethics | Churchill’s imitators | Clare in the Community
October 2018
Double trouble: the hard life of the movie doppelganger
From the poor man’s Tom Hardy to a ‘king-sized’ Marilyn Monroe, Hollywood can’t resist cloning its stars. It rarely ends well …
August 2018
Heathers review – cool kids cult hit even more surreal 30 years on
The legacy of Heathers 30 years on: 'Donald Trump is like a big Heather'
November 2017
Robert Glenister freezes on stage during West End performance
Glengarry Glen Ross review – Christian Slater is top dog among cut-throat conmen
September 2017
The Wife review – Glenn Close is unreadably brilliant as author's spouse plunged in late-life crisis
As the apparently-perfect wife of a Nobel prize-winning writer, Close gives arguably her best ever performance in an adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s novel
December 2016
2017 Golden Globes: full list of nominations
Here’s who’s up for the awards for the cream of TV and film in Hollywood
October 2016
James Franco's gay porn drama: 'He loves his scandalous stories'
King Cobra director Justin Kelly talks about his film based on Brent Corrigan’s career and how far Franco, who plays a porn producer, was willing to go on screen
July 2016
How to catch up on … Mr Robot
The world of hackers, paranoia and opioid abuse was one of last summer’s surprise hits. Here’s our guide in Elliot’s journey ahead of season two
June 2016
Mr Robot: what we know about season two
The cast has expanded and the creator will direct every episode – so stand by for something even more warped and hallucinatory
April 2016
Review anything
Proms, Kevin Costner's "English" accent, a smiley face, the onion – we review anything
First look review
King Cobra review: James Franco at his lurid best in gay porn shocker
January 2016
Christian Slater: Harrison Ford smooched me at the Golden Globes
The Star Wars star ‘proceeded to pretty much smooch the heck out of my face,’ Slater says, after he won a Golden Globe for acclaimed TV show Mr Robot
December 2015
Best TV of 2015
Best TV of 2015: No 7 – Mr Robot
Amazon Prime’s sleeper hit is a mesmerising, trippy tale of hacktivism and corporate evil that plays fast and loose with the truth
