DVDs and downloads: True Detective, Lone Survivor, The Monuments Men and more
Guy Lodge reviews the southern gothic cop drama, Peter Berg's gruelling military drama, George Clooney's second world war caper and the rest of the week's big releases
May 2014
The Queensberry rules
The portrayal of boxers in film: clever political parables or clichéd bores
The Queensberry Rules: Most boxing movies rely on the same tropes – the poverty-stricken fighter with talent, heart and one chance to escape the gutter – but why do these stories continue to excite us?
February 2014
Another view
A boxer's view on Grudge Match
Interview by Laura Barnett
Boxer Frank 'Wise Guy' Buglioni tallies the points and renders his verdict on the De Niro-Stallone comedy about two fighting rivals
January 2014
Grudge Match – review
Stallone and De Niro creak through an ageing boxing romp that should have been stopped in the first round, writes Mark Kermode
This week's new films
Inside Llewyn Davis, August: Osage County, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit: this week's new films
Inside Llewyn Davis | August: Osage County | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | Teenage | Fonzy | Grudge Match | The General | Dark Days | Jai Ho
Grudge Match – review
Fine to rip off Rocky, but to wilfully recall Raging Bull – and trash it – is just awful. A preposterous, worthless mediocrity, finds Peter Bradshaw
October 2012
Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone to fight it out in Grudge Match
Boxing stars of Raging Bull and Rocky will go toe-to-toe in director Peter Segal's forthcoming film
