Brave new worlds: what can we learn from film's utopian visions?
From eco fantasies to dystopian nightmares, cinema has long explored how life might be different. Our post-lockdown existence could look to them for pointers
May 2017
Reports of my death
Clive James: ‘The Death Star is threatening me with a lethal dose of boredom’
All the special effects are bigger now, but you can’t bring on another Han Solo just by pressing a button
August 2015
The film quiz
Summer blockbusters 2015: how much can you remember? - quiz
The sun has retired and the ice cream has melted. Which means this year’s city-saving, helicopter-crashing, cinematic universe-expanding multiplex-fillers have come to an end. Were you paying attention? (spoiler warning)
June 2015
Box office analysis: UK
Jurassic World success drives monster audiences before Spectre and Star Wars
The year began with pundits predicting record-breaking numbers for a trio of blockbusters – Avengers: Age of Ultron, Spectre and Star Wars – one of which the returning dinosaurs have already squashed
Disney set to lose up to $140m on Tomorrowland
Loss would be biggest since studio’s $150m financial misfire The Lone Ranger in 2013 and John Carter’s $200m loss in 2012
Box office analysis: UK
The Spy who everyone loved: Melissa McCarthy comedy tops UK box office
Box office analysis: UK
Dwayne Johnson cracks the disaster movie as San Andreas hits the UK
Box office analysis: US
San Andreas rocks US, but Cameron Crowe does not have audiences at Aloha
May 2015
Box office analysis: UK
Pitch Perfect 2 and Mad Max: Fury Road continue UK box office domination
Box office analysis: global
Tomorrowland's flop recalls past Disney disaster movies
Worrying future for Tomorrowland as it tops US box office with weak $40.7m
Tomorrowland: A World Beyond review – a gorgeous, flawed utopia
Tomorrowland: how Walt Disney’s strange utopia shaped the world of tomorrow
Box office analysis: UK
Pitch Perfect 2 outsings Mad Max: Fury Road at the UK box office
First look review
Tomorrowland review - George Clooney is Mr Incredible in world-saver adventure
George Clooney: society must elect politicians who can make things better
March 2015
Film blog
Tomorrowland today: watch the trailer for George Clooney's sci-fi blockbuster
Grumpy futurist George enlists a teen delinquent to help save the world of tomorrow in the trailer for Brad Bird’s sci-fi adventure
February 2013
Hugh Laurie dices with villain role in Tomorrowland
British actor may play opposite George Clooney in Disney's new sci-fi film, with Incredibles director Brad Bird
