Presumed Innocent: Jake Gyllenhaal is at his all-time least charismatic in this sluggish legal thriller
The combined efforts of JJ Abrams and the star actor are all a bit charmless. It’s the remake of a Harrison Ford film nobody wanted
July 2023
The Hot Wheels movie will be ‘emotional, grounded and gritty’. Why?
Stuart Heritage
Keen to chuck its entire back catalogue at the big screen, Mattel has JJ Abrams working on a deadly earnest drama inspired by tiny cars. Can someone find the brakes?
April 2023
The biggest new moneymaking scheme for Hollywood stars? Doing nothing
Arwa Mahdawi
Phoebe Waller-Bridge has received $60m from Amazon without making a new show, and it appears she’s not alone
September 2022
Week in geek
The Star Wars sequel trilogy was a galactic mess. Who should take the blame?
Rian Johnson has defended his contribution to the incoherent series – and he’s right: it wasn’t his fault they were an incoherent failure
June 2022
JJ Abrams’ sci-fi series that was to be filmed in Northern Ireland cancelled
Production of Demimonde halted due to dispute between network HBO and director
March 2022
‘A better deal than the Oscars’: the party celebrating the Irish in Hollywood
Jamie Dornan and Kenneth Branagh were honored at this year’s Oscar Wilde awards amid excitement over Belfast
August 2021
‘Our fascination is rooted in hope’: why we’re so obsessed with UFOs
In a JJ Abrams-produced docuseries, the possible existence of alien life is given a serious and exhaustive examination
March 2021
Other lives
Arif Hussein obituary
Other lives: Film producer, screenwriter and actor whose latest work, on refugees, is in production with Steven Spielberg and JJ Abrams
Hear me out
Hear me out: why Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker isn't a bad movie
The latest in our series of writers defending unloved films is a defense of JJ Abrams’s troubled sci-fi sequel
Week in geek
Marvel's next wave of heroes will tear up tradition in the name of progress
Boundaries are being razed with Natalie Portman cast as Thor and Ta-Nehisi Coates set to write a black Superman film
November 2020
Week in geek
Would George Lucas's Star Wars sequels have been better than Disney's?
It was a relief to many fans when the creator of Jar Jar Binks lost control of the space saga but his vision for the films that followed made a lot of sense
July 2020
'Women are so much more than the way we look': Brittany O’Grady on Apple TV's Little Voice
The cast and creators of the musical drama on how it explores life for women in the music industry juggling jobs, low pay and teeny, tiny living spaces
May 2020
Week in geek
Can Taika Waititi revive the cosmic sweep of classic Star Wars?
Excellent film-maker that he is, Watiti seems to fit the Marvel blueprint far more easily than he does Star Wars’ more venerable, old-school template
December 2019
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker review – may the ninth be with you…
JJ Abrams proves a safe pair of hands in this crowd-pleasing but unadventurous finale to the latest trilogy of the space opera
Cats review – will haunt viewers for generations
No amount of A-list stars can save Tom Hooper’s dire adaptation
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker review – a thrilling, fun-filled, light-speed finale
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker fan review with spoilers: 'The thrill is tangible'
Week in geek
Kylo who? Mysteries that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker must solve
November 2019
Names in the news
John Boyega: I’m not sure forgetfulness was in the Star Wars script
Rebecca Nicholson
Week in geek
Live and kicking: why Superman is still relevant to modern filmgoers
