Snow White and the depressing culture war over Disney’s ‘woke’ remake
Two years away from release, the film is already mired in controversy and confusion, with one US channel even making its own anti-woke rival movie. Is this revamp really needed?
August 2023
Heart of Stone review – uneven but enjoyable Bond-alike adventure
Elite former agents Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan and Alia Bhatt are parachuted into dazzling locations around the world in this high-action Netflix romp
Heart of Stone review – Netflix’s Mission: Impossible-esque thriller is rock solid
Gal Gadot leads the streamer’s latest ambitious franchise-starter that delivers just about enough dumb summer fun to have us curious for more
Week in geek
Amazonian prime: why Wonder Woman 3 will be the star of the new-look DC multiverse
There’s been a cull at DC under studio boss James Gunn, but Gal Gadot’s warrior princess stands tall, and her previously cancelled second sequel is back on
February 2022
Death on the Nile review – Branagh’s Poirot and co are all show
A starry cast of eccentric toffs meander downriver in this opulent but empty take on Agatha Christie’s 1937 classic
Killer comeback: the big-star Hollywood whodunnit is back again
The success of Knives Out and Murder on the Orient Express has led to a full-throated return of the keep-em-guessing murder mystery
Death on the Nile review – Kenneth Branagh makes heavy weather of Christie caper
Branagh’s spirited performance as Poirot and a big-name ensemble cast can’t keep this stale and two-dimensional whodunnit afloat
January 2022
‘I’m one of the nicer showrunners’: Joss Whedon denies misconduct allegations
Gal Gadot: Imagine video at start of pandemic was ‘in poor taste’
November 2021
Red Notice review – raiders and the lost arc
Red Notice review – Netflix’s biggest film to date offers little reward
July 2021
TV tonight
TV tonight: Gal Gadot discovers some real-life Wonder Women
Six women who are making the world a better place. Plus: a poorly alpaca and the inspiration for Hercule Poirot. Here’s what to watch this evening
March 2021
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Zack Snyder's Justice League review – four hours of geek-pleasing grandeur
Affleck and Cavill are as insipid as ever but this new cut adds operatic colour to vapid original – and a bold new ending
January 2021
Week in geek
There's no blaming studio interference for the disappointment that was Wonder Woman 1984
Wonder Woman 1984 is a smug, dishonest let-down. How very 2020
Emma Brockes
December 2020
Now you've seen it
Wonder Woman 1984: the villain, the philosophy, the outfits – discuss with spoilers
It nailed the era’s look – but what about the music? And just what is going on with Chris Pine’s character?
Wonder Woman 1984 review – the superheroine 2020 needs
Gal Gadot’s warrior queen strikes just the right tone of hope and dynamism in Patty Jenkins’s stylish, empowering sequel
Wonder Woman 1984 review – queenly Gal Gadot disarms the competition
Gadot is terrifically imposing, while Kristen Wiig is the scene-stealing antagonist in Patty Jenkins’ epically brash sequel
October 2020
Gal Gadot as Cleopatra is a backwards step for Hollywood representation
Hanna Flint
Chance goes begging to give north African actors a higher profile by playing the queen of Egypt, prolonging the debate over Hollywood’s colonisation of ethnicity
August 2020
Week in geek
Sing Hallelujah? Batfleck, Batman and Chris Pine's Steve Trevor all return at DC FanDome
A number of new projects teased by Warner Bros’ DC FanDome raise some awkward questions about crossover – but just go with the multiverse
