Terminator vs Rocky? What's next for the versus movie?
The monstrous success of monster smackdown Godzilla vs Kong may bring back a subgenre of movies that pit one famous character against another
March 2021
Godzilla vs Kong review – duelling monsters make for one hell of a show
The two titans take each other on in a goofy and hugely enjoyable action adventure that delivers the big dumb thrills many of us have been craving
January 2021
Godzilla vs Kong: the big dumb action movie we've been waiting for?
The trailer for the monster match-up promises bad dialogue and convoluted mythology, but also two giant creatures fighting until the death
August 2017
Film blog
Everything that's wrong with 'everything that's wrong with' YouTube film critiques
Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts is right to take exception to the hyper-critical video that pulled apart his film. Such pedantry is neither clever nor incisive
April 2017
Box office analysis: UK
Shia LaBeouf's new film makes £7 at UK box office, as Beauty and the Beast holds sway
Belle beats Smurfs and The Boss Baby, but Ghost in the Shell and Free Fire lose out, and LaBeouf’s Man Down manages a not-so-magnificent £7
March 2017
Box office analysis: UK
Beauty and the Beast magic helps UK box office survive the spring sunshine
Box office analysis: US
Beauty and the Beast still Belle of the box-office ball, while CHiPs lacks sauce
Kong: Skull Island – why do Hollywood blockbusters have such Trump-like politics?
James Robert Douglas
Box office analysis: UK
Kong: Skull Island is king of the UK box office
Box office analysis: US
Kong climbs to top of the box office as Logan claws way to second place
Kong: Skull Island review – unsubtle adventure
Now you've seen it
Kong: Skull Island – Vietnam, giant spiders and Godzilla. Discuss with spoilers
Five of the best… new films
Elle and Logan: the best films out now in the UK
'Man is not infallible': Tom Hiddleston and Samuel L Jackson on Kong: Skull Island – video
Kong: Skull Island review – only de-evolution can explain this zestless mashup
February 2017
Welcome to Skull Island: on set with Tom Hiddleston and the biggest King Kong ever
The director and cast of Kong: Skull Island, including Brie Larson and Samuel L Jackson, discuss filming opposite an 85ft ape – while using as little green screen as possible
November 2016
Trailer park
Kong: Skull Island: trailer for Tom Hiddleston's epic ape adventure – video
This forthcoming disaster movie is set in the 1970s and follows a team of explorers who set out to assess an uncharted island in the Pacific – which happens to be the home of a massive angry gorilla
August 2016
Don't call it a reboot: how 'remake' became a dirty word in Hollywood
Studios are scrambling for new ways to describe their regurgitated fare, but will painting the old wagon with fresh paint stop the wheels falling off?
July 2016
Trailer park
Brie Larson and Tom Hiddleston go ape in trailer for Kong: Skull Island – video
Deadpan John Goodman is king of Kong: Skull Island Comic-Con panel
