The Guardian view on Jack Reacher: enduring appeal
January 2020
Tom Gauld on the enduring appeal of Jack Reacher – cartoon
What will Lee Child’s intrepid hero get up to in his next 11 books?
August 2018
Lee Child set to adapt Jack Reacher novels for TV (but with a taller star)
As he prepares to make his archive public, the thriller writer explains why fans didn’t like Tom Cruise’s role on the big screen
June 2017
Film blog
Hit the road, Jack Reacher: why Tom Cruise should ditch the goody two-shoes act
Cruise plays the hero with a megawatt smile yet again in The Mummy. But a survey of his less likable characters reveals an actor born to play the baddie
April 2017
Dwayne Johnson: I was turned down for Jack Reacher in favour of Tom Cruise
The actor has revealed he went for the role of Lee Child’s hulking detective, which Cruise ultimately won despite lacking the size of the original character
October 2016
Box office analysis: UK
I, Daniel Blake scores impressive result at UK box office as Trolls takes top spot
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back author Lee Child: 'It's a very fertile avenue for political statement' – video interview
Box office analysis: US
Tyler Perry's Madea beats Tom Cruise's Jack Reacher at US box office
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back review – pecs, punchups and popcorn galore
June 2016
Viral video chart
Viral video: Ricky Gervais mimics the stars, and Ronaldo loses his cool
The Office comedian does impressions from Robert de Niro to Kim Kardashian, plus Selena Gomez does Carpool Karaoke, in our online video chart
August 2015
Tom Cruise is indestructible: a Jack Reacher sequel is in the works
Following the success of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Paramount has confirmed a sequel to 2012’s much less successful Cruise action vehicle
July 2015
Timothy Spall's clenched bottom in Mr Turner tops list of complaints
Scene in which Spall’s (clothed) character has sex in Mike Leigh biopic helped make Mr Turner movie about which British Board of Film Classification received most complaints
July 2014
Tom Cruise's Jack Reacher is BBFC's most complained about movie of 2013
Twenty-six people wrote to British Board of Film Classification to protest against 12A certificate despite violence, over 100 fewer than raised similar issues over 2012's A Woman in Black
December 2013
Tom Cruise on board Jack Reacher sequel
Once thought unlikely to happen, a Jack Reacher follow-up is slated to adapt the recently publlshed Never Go Back
April 2013
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
Jack Reacher film gives New Zealand viewer too little bang for his buck
January 2013
Film blog
No Jack Reacher sequel? How else will Tom Cruise rescue this ridiculous film?
Stuart Heritage: It might seem like Mission: Impossible but give Tom Cruise another 15 years and he might make Paramount its money back
December 2012
The Guardian film show
The Guardian Film Show: Life of Pi, The Impossible and Jack Reacher - video reviews
