Thirty Seconds to Mars review – Jared Leto gives half-empty arena his full attention
The Hollywood actor may not be the world’s greatest rock star, but his committed, fan-friendly performance has charm
November 2023
The attention seeker’s attention seeker: Jared Leto climbs the Empire State Building
His band is going on tour so how else to publicise it than by ascending the New York landmark? Or has the method actor found a new motivation?
July 2023
Haunted Mansion review – Disney theme-park chiller is joyless Halloween merch
Lakeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson and Jamie Lee Curtis cannot save this laborious story of a creepy old dwelling and the awful Hatbox Ghost
May 2023
The designers of Jared Leto’s Met Gala look: ‘He wanted it to be like a real cat’
Feline fashion rules Met Gala 2023 as Doja Cat and Jared Leto honour Lagerfeld
January 2023
Week in geek
Jared Leto and Disney are going ahead with Tron 3. We have to ask: what’s the point?
The franchise’s last outing in 2010 was a dud, and the actor has Oscar pedigree when not preoccupied with his band. It’s all rather mysterious
October 2022
Jared Leto says he’s not interested in skincare – while selling $97 eye cream
Collared: Jared Leto to play Chanel supremo Karl Lagerfeld in biopic
September 2022
Darling, you were dreadful! The best (and worst) big-screen performances of all time
‘I want my work to be invisible’: Hollywood’s prosthetics maestros share their secrets
June 2022
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
Streaming: Morbius and the best films about modern-day vampires
From Jared Leto’s biochemist in the Marvel film to the avenging feminist in A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
May 2022
Same old true story: why have TV shows turned into Wikipedia entries?
An overstuffed season of fact-based dramas, from Winning Time to Under the Banner of Heaven to The Staircase, has been more miss than hit
April 2022
Morbius review – insipid Marvel misfire
Jared Leto and Matt Smith vamp it up in an incoherent superhero bore
March 2022
Hustle harder: how TV became obsessed with stories of workism
Shows such as WeCrashed, Super Pumped and The Dropout all retell recent stories of millennial work-life balance going wrong
Morbius review – ludicrously pointless Jekyll and Hyde vampire-monster yarn
Jared Leto and Matt Smith are an outstanding doctor and his evil nemesis respectively, both grappling with the power to change into an evil demon
Razzies: Diana the Musical named worst film at the awards
TV review
WeCrashed review – prepare to boggle at Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway’s toxic billionaires
The seven best shows to stream this week
Top Boy to WeCrashed: the seven best shows to stream this week
January 2022
Screen Actors Guild nominations: Succession, Ted Lasso and House of Gucci rule
The Sag awards, which honour both film and TV, are seen as an indicator of Oscar success
November 2021
Mark Kermode's film of the week
House of Gucci review – Lady Gaga steers a steely path through the madness
Gaga rules in Ridley Scott’s at times ridiculous drama based on the true-life sagas of the Italian fashion dynasty
