The Matrix review – barnstorming sci-fi still calling our reality into question
TV review
Clipped review – basketball scandal makes for captivating small screen drama
April 2024
Warner Bros announces new Matrix movie helmed by Drew Goddard
Writer of The Martian, Cloverfield and World War Z will write and direct fifth film in seminal cyberpunk franchise
April 2022
American Buffalo review – David Mamet returns to Broadway with a thud
All the Old Knives review – Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton add class to CIA spy drama
June 2021
The Ice Road review – Liam Neeson slums through Netflix B-movie
Week in geek
Take the red pill and hire Laurence: can the Matrix work without Fishburne’s Morpheus?
January 2021
Ranked
The 20 best music biopics - ranked!
As the David Bowie biopic Stardust is released, we take a look through the greatest music star portrayals – from Johnny Cash and Billie Holiday to Ian Curtis and Ray Charles
October 2020
Quick bye: I watched all of Quibi’s ‘quick bites’ so you never have to
The streaming service offered nuggets of TV fit for the commute – and then we stopped going to the office. Now it’s folding, but were any of its shows worth watching?
May 2020
Shortcuts
Why is Elon Musk telling us to 'take the red pill'?
A cryptic tweet from the Tesla billionaire that referenced the first Matrix movie has garnered approval from Ivanka Trump – but not everyone is happy
April 2019
John Singleton: maverick director with a radical edge
Boyz N the Hood sent audiences reeling and marked the start of an uneven career for a writer-director whose films were rooted in lived experience
March 2019
The Matrix at 20: how the sci-fi gamechanger remains influential
In 1999, the sci-fi thriller became an instant pop culture phenomenon and in the years since, its influence on the industry and audiences has endured
January 2019
The Mule review – Clint Eastwood beguiles as a grumpy old drug-runner
Eastwood is the director and star of this sentimental tale of a cantankerous horticulturist who falls on hard times
December 2018
The Mule review – Clint Eastwood's drug running drama is a slow misfire
The director’s second film in a year is a strangely inelegant tale cursed with a clumsy script, uneasy politics and a lethargic pace
January 2018
Last Flag Flying review – a trio of terrific performances
Last Flag Flying review – Richard Linklater's treacly trip goes nowhere
February 2017
John Wick: Chapter 2 review – adrenaline-pumping perfection
Pod complex
Bronzeville – glossy podcast drama starring Laurence Fishburne
The best new releases to watch during Black History Month
Madiba review – Nelson Mandela miniseries almost lives up to the legend
