Apocalypse nowadays: the new wave of films about the end of the world
Armageddon once delivered megabuck thrills and horror, but now it’s become a component of satires, family drama and cartoon romps
January 2017
Deadpool most pirated film of 2016 ahead of Batman v Superman
Superhero movies dominate list of illegal downloads as box-office takings for Warcraft and Independence Day: Resurgence are dented
November 2016
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
Independence Day: Resurgence; Looking: The Complete Series and the Movie; Chevalier; The Wait and more – review
Roland Emmerich’s second stab at an alien invasion has even more action than the original, while Juliette Binoche proves she’s cinema’s greatest mourner
August 2016
Where have all the summer blockbusters gone?
The latest crop of big-budget summer films have fared dismally because the big studios are betting more money on fewer films. A flop is now a very expensive flop
July 2016
Box office analysis: UK
Ghostbusters blasts Ice Age at the UK box office
Paul Feig’s all-female reboot tops the chart in its first week as the Ice Age animation franchise tests audience loyalty with a fifth outing
Box office analysis: UK
The Secret Life of Pets beats Tarzan to the top of the tree at UK box office
Family-friendly animation still at No 1 ahead of Lord Greystoke, the Now You See Me crew and Ab Fab’s still fizzing Edina and Patsy
Box office analysis: UK
Ab Fab ad campaign makes Edina and Patsy toast of UK box office
TV spinoff Absolutely Fabulous and action comedy Central Intelligence snapping at the heels of the family friendly animation
The CGI monsters of Independence Day will never haunt the imagination
Catherine Shoard
The best horror films suggest threat and withhold bogeymen. Give me a card-and-goo Alien, not the virtual-reality beasties of the Independence Day sequel
Independence Day: Resurgence campaign under fire for bombed street views
The website promoting the sequel Independence Day: Resurgence has been cricticised for its disturbingly realistic Street View-style images
The Guardian's Film Weekly
Remainder reviewed and Independence Day 2's bombed street promo – the Dailies film podcast
Trailer park
Independence Day: Resurgence: aliens return in trailer for sci-fi sequel – video
Film blog
Why Independence Day: Resurgence's gay couple are denied a close encounter
