Red Eye: Wes Craven’s flight from hell is piloted brilliantly from start to end
Cillian Murphy may not rate it now, but this is arguably the most underrated film in the Scream director’s oeuvre
April 2024
Mary Jane review – Rachel McAdams makes a magnetic Broadway debut
The Oscar nominee is a captivating emotional anchor in this drama about a mother coping with her child’s health problems
January 2024
Saturday Night Live recap
Saturday Night Live: Jacob Elordi hosts an underwhelming start to 2024
Jeremy Strong, Alicia Keys and The Wiz: biggest Broadway shows of 2024
July 2023
Stream team
Game Night: a snot-laughing comical masterpiece that improves on every rewatch
With its whipfast joke ratio, physical comedy and undeniable ensemble cast, this goofy, rollicking ride should be considered part of the US canon
May 2023
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret review – warm, emotionally agile Judy Blume adaptation
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret review – Judy Blume’s classic pre-teen tale retold
April 2023
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret review – Judy Blume adaptation is a winner
Rachel McAdams turned down a string of huge movies – and we should all be thankful
Stuart Heritage
May 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness review – one for diehard Marvel fans
Self-referential in the extreme, this latest outing for dimension-hopping Benedict Cumberbatch is a largely joyless affair
October 2021
Stream team
Disobedience: Rachels Weisz and McAdams bring a forbidden love back to life
A woman’s prodigal return to the Orthodox Jewish community of her youth rekindles more than just old friendships
April 2021
Oscar-nominated Savan Kotecha: 'I’m the most boring person in the world'
Musical comedy Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga acted as a mid-pandemic balm. It also saved its chief lyricist from a songwriting rut
June 2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga review – too timid for satire
Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams hit a flat note in Netflix’s brand-approved ‘spoof’ of the much-loved carnival of kitsch
May 2020
My favourite film aged 12
My favourite film aged 12: The Notebook
Continuing our series revisiting childhood movie passions, we look at a romance that could’ve been schlock, if not for Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling’s chemistry
April 2020
My favourite film aged 12
My favourite film aged 12: Mean Girls
Continuing our series in which writers revisit childhood movie passions, we revisit Tina Fey’s endlessly quotable teen comedy – or was it really a horror?
January 2019
The Notebook: hit romantic drama to be turned into Broadway musical
Hugely popular film starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams is to be given the song and dance treatment
December 2018
Disobedience review – textbook forbidden love with Rachel Weisz and McAdams
Strong performances from Weisz and McAdams lift Sebastián Lelio’s relentlessly drab adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s novel set in Orthodox Jewish north London
May 2018
Cher is Meryl Streep's mum – and five more age-impossible casting choices
There are just three years between the two stars of Mamma Mia 2, yet one apparently gave birth to the other. Cinema has a proud history of credulity-challenging families
April 2018
The best coming of age films
Fetch happens: why Mean Girls is the perfect teen movie
James Toback will not face sexual abuse charges due to time limits, LA prosecutor says
