Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 review – a big-hearted emotional rollercoaster
Ranked
All Vin Diesel’s film performances – ranked!
September 2021
Guardians of the Galaxy: where video games and Marvel truly align
Square Enix’s take on the squabbling, Avengers-adjacent crew is a winning mix of action-adventure and character-led drama – and beautifully rendered
January 2020
Beatles' Abbey Road tops US bestselling vinyl LPs of the 2010s
Lana Del Rey’s Born to Die is the only album made in the 2010s to feature in the US Top 10 vinyl sales of the decade
March 2019
James Gunn reinstated as Guardians of the Galaxy 3 director after Disney firing
Writer-director, 51, had been removed from the Marvel film after offensive tweets were discovered last year
November 2018
From X-Men to Deadpool: Stan Lee's Marvel movie cameos – in pictures
The chairman and face of Marvel Comics’ first cameo was in a Hulk TV movie in 1989. Since 2000 the Stan Lee cameo has become a feature of each film
August 2018
How Marvel film director James Gunn was demonised by the alt-right
Seb Patrick
The Guardians of the Galaxy director was fired after old, offensive tweets came to light. But who was behind the revelations, asks film journalist Seb Patrick
July 2018
Guardians of the Galaxy cast signs open letter in support of James Gunn
Stars like Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Bradley Cooper released a joint statement calling for the director’s reinstatement after Disney fired him over offensive past tweets
Week in geek
Who will rescue Guardians of the Galaxy after James Gunn's sacking?
Now the director has been axed, doubt hangs over the future of the superhero space romp
Was James Gunn the first undeserving victim of Hollywood’s new zero-tolerance policy?
Dave Bautista defends fired Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn
Disney fires Guardians of the Galaxy franchise director after offensive tweets
March 2018
Steve Rose on film
From Tomb Raider to A Wrinkle in Time: why Hollywood has daddy issues
Whether it’s a traumatic childhood that spurs on a hero or the drive for adventure, the trope of the absent father has long been a catalyst for cinema
May 2017
How Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 heralds Marvel's weird new world
'There are gay characters in the Marvel Universe': Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 cast and crew interviewed – video
April 2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 review – funny sequel suffers from pinballing pointlessness
The Marvel superhero gang are back together – including Vin Diesel’s Baby Groot alongside Chris Pratt’s Quill – and while there’s plenty of comedy, it doesn’t really go anywhere
Film blog
Can Guardians of the Galaxy avoid the perils of the threequel?
Even before the second instalment of the franchise is out, director James Gunn is facing up to difficulties of a third outing for Marvel’s oddball superheroes
Blockbusters assemble: can the mega movie survive the digital era?
From Star Wars sequels to superhero franchises, blockbusters still rule the film industry. But with Amazon and Netflix tearing up the release schedules, are they on shaky ground?
February 2017
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
January 2017
Week in geek
Branching out: has Marvel planted the seeds of a solo Groot movie?
With Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, the studio continues to find new ways for the tree-like alien to deliver the same three words. But might his own spin-off be a step too far?
