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JK Simmons

June 2024

  • A mystical creature with horns looks menacingly at Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson

    Will The Rock’s Red One be the worst Christmas movie ever?

    The trailer for Amazon’s reportedly troubled $250m action-comedy shows that it might just be weightless action mush

May 2024

  • JK Simmons in You Can't Run Forever

    You Can’t Run Forever review – ice cold killer JK Simmons main draw in horror-thriller

    The Whiplash star commits himself to the role of rampage killer on a motorbike rampage that ultimately lacks forward momentum

November 2023

  • JK Simmons and Olivia William in Counterparts

    Stream team
    Counterpart: this cerebral, rip-roaring spy-fi series forces us to look in the mirror

  • Calling all the heroes … Invincible season two.

    TV review
    Invincible review – far and away the best superhero show on TV

September 2023

  • Rally Road Racers

    Rally Road Racers review – animated-animal wacky races tries hard to be relatable

    A slow loris hero longs to be a racing driver and his dreams take him everywhere from an a-ha video pastiche to a bewildering Brexit satire

May 2022

  • Chip, voiced by John Mulaney and Dale, voiced by Andy Samberg. The film is infinitely better than it had any right to be.

    Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers review – surprisingly sharp Disney+ update

  • From left: Love, Death & Robots; The Future Diary; Night Sky; Tokyo Vice; Now & Then.

    The seven best shows to stream this week
    Tokyo Vice to Night Sky: the seven best shows to stream this week

December 2021

  • Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem in Being the Ricardos.

    Being the Ricardos review – Nicole Kidman makes light comedy look like hard work in Lucille Ball biopic

    Aaron Sorkin’s ingeniously structured but weirdly mannered film offers an exhausting peek behind the scenes on I Love Lucy

July 2021

  • Chris Pratt in The Tomorrow War

    The Tomorrow War review – time stretches in Chris Pratt’s alien-invasion sci-fi

    Pratt plays a teacher turned pre-emptive conscript for a future war with aliens in this overlong and derivative actioner

April 2021

  • Time travel … Cristin Milioti and Andy Samberg in Palm Springs

    Palm Springs review – ingenious time-loop romance you'll hope never ends

    With Covid having turned all our lives into Groundhog Day, it’s perfect timing for this razor-sharp take on the genre

February 2020

  • Hannah Beachler, the first African American to win an Oscar for best production design, at the 2019 Academy Awards.

    Oscars speeches expected to be more 'direct, forceful and correct'

    Winners and presenters pressured to provide memorable moments at Sunday’s Academy Awards, while previous winners weigh in on what makes a good acceptance speech

November 2019

  • Chadwick Boseman in 21 Bridges.

    21 Bridges review – Chadwick Boseman takes Manhattan

  • Klaus Netflix press publicity film still

    Klaus review – animated arctic adventure with a warm heart

January 2019

  • 2018, THE FRONT RUNNER<br>HUGH JACKMAN Character(s): Gary Hart Film 'THE FRONT RUNNER' (2018) Directed By JASON REITMAN 31 August 2018 SAY96704 Allstar/SONY PICTURES RELEASING **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of SONY PICTURES RELEASING and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To SONY PICTURES RELEASING is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    The Front Runner review – evasive account of Gary Hart's downfall

    Hugh Jackman stars as the US Democrat whose presidential ambitions were scuppered by allegations of misbehaviour on board the Monkey Business

December 2018

  • For Your Consideration Event For Starz's "Counterpart" And "Howards End" - Inside<br>LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 23: Actor J.K. Simmons attends the For Your Consideration Event For Starz's "Counterpart" And "Howards End" at LACMA on May 23, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Greg Doherty/Getty Images)

    JK Simmons: 'I still get emotional – how could the universe be so unfair?'

    As Hollywood’s go-to character actor for kindly dads and stoic cops, Simmons was used to being overlooked for the big roles. But since winning an Oscar, he finally gets to play the lead – twice

September 2018

  • Hugh Jackman in The Front Runner (2018) Film still from TIFF

    First look review
    The Front Runner review – Hugh Jackman makes headlines in nuanced drama

    Starring as disgraced US senator Gary Hart, the Oscar nominee delivers a thoughtful performance in a film about morality in both politics and the newsroom

March 2018

  • The Bachelors film still

    The Bachelors review – father joins son on a queasy quest for romance

    In Kurt Voelker’s contrived and syrupy heartwarmer, JK Simmons plays a widower making a fresh start in a new city with his teenage boy

January 2018

  • JK Simmons, left, in Renegades.

    Renegades review – ho-hum gung-ho actioner about US special forces

    JK Simmons gives ballast to this Luc Besson-produced film set in Sarajevo in 1995, but it still resembles an egregiously average TV movie

June 2017

  • Rock Dog film still

    Rock Dog review – off-key Sing knock-off makes up the numbers

    A guitar-playing Tibetan mastiff must prove himself in this shonky, haphazard animation that clearly couldn’t afford to get Jack Black involved

November 2016

  • Patriots Day

    First look review
    Patriots Day review: Boston marathon bombing movie is tense yet respectful

    The latest collaboration between Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg is a moving and compelling homage to a city and its spirit, as well as a gripping procedural
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