A monster calls: why the ‘horror universe’ is an idea whose time has come
Two innovative production houses are reinvigorating horror films. Is this the beginning of a Marvel-style expansion of the genre?
January 2019
Week in geek
It's alive! Can Universal's star-less monster movies rise from the crypt?
The Hollywood studio’s stable of horror classics should be ripe for reinvention. The key to its Dark Universe surely lies in the hands of emerging talent
January 2018
Razzies 2018 – Transformers: The Last Knight leads worst films nominations
The Mummy and Fifty Shades Darker are also key contenders for the Golden Raspberry awards, as nominations for Hollywood’s annual list of bad movies are announced
August 2017
Box office massacre: how Hollywood flopped this summer
A string of disappointing movies – both critically and commercially – have led to damaging financial implications. So what exactly went wrong?
July 2017
Box office analysis: UK
Despicable Me 3 overtakes Transformers and Baby Driver at UK box office
Blockbuster animation sequel easily knocks Transformers: The Last Knight off the top spot, earning the biggest opening for an animation since Minions
June 2017
Box office analysis: UK
Transformers: The Last Knight wreaks metallic mayhem at UK box office
Box office analysis: UK
Wonder Woman battles blue skies as UK filmgoers ditch box office for beach
Box office analysis: UK
The Mummy is buried by Wonder Woman at the UK box office
Week in geek
Oh Mummy! Why Universal's Dark Universe already seems cursed
The Mummy review – cursed by cliche
Five of the best… new films
My Cousin Rachel and Norman: this week’s best films in the UK
Film blog
Hit the road, Jack Reacher: why Tom Cruise should ditch the goody two-shoes act
The Mummy review – Tom Cruise returns in poorly bandaged corpse reviver
December 2016
Film blog
Strain man: how a botched trailer reveals the true depths of Tom Cruise's talent
A leaked trailer for The Mummy with sound effects removed lays bare its star’s grunts, shrieks and yelps. His commitment to the cause should be treasured
Film blog
Five things we learned from the first trailer for The Mummy
Tom Cruise is top gun in the new Universal monsters cinematic universe, but he has a beastly side, and Russell Crowe’s Jekyll is just as shadowy
Trailer park
The Mummy trailer: watch Tom Cruise die in monster reboot – video
The first in Universal’s planned series of new monster movies, The Mummy stars Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe and is released on 9 June
November 2015
Tom Cruise 'in talks' for reboot of The Mummy
Actor set to join a remake of The Mummy, which will kick off a new slate of monster movies based on the horror films of the past
