The Iron Claw review – crowd-pleasing wrestling saga grapples with toxic masculinity
A career-best turn from Zac Efron, plus a tide of true-life triumph and tragedy, power director Sean Durkin’s bone-crunching drama
The Iron Claw review – bulked-up Zac Efron amazing sight in tragic wrestling drama
Efron, Jeremy Allen White and Harris Dickinson play the Von Erich brothers, the wrestling superstars who were battered by trauma, in and out of the ring
From Ferrari to The Iron Claw: this season’s Oscarbait movies that missed
While Oppenheimer, Poor Things and Barbie made an impression with voters, there were other big bets that didn’t quite pay off
January 2024
Real men sob in spandex: wrestling movie The Iron Claw and the power of tears
In this true-life tale of TKOs and tragedy, there are dreadful consequences for a bunch of wrestling brothers who are too scared to show their real emotions. Could it change how men cry?
December 2023
‘It felt like a Greek tragedy’: the shocking truth behind wrestling drama The Iron Claw
The Iron Claw review – underpowered drama dulls impact of real-life wrestling tragedy
November 2023
Zac Efron would be ‘honoured’ to play Matthew Perry in biopic
After finding that the Friends actor wanted Efron to play him in a film, the latter, who had already played a younger Perry in 17 Again, expressed his agreement
September 2023
From Audrey Hepburn to Zac Efron: a brief history of dubbed singing in Hollywood
Christopher Plummer isn’t the only star to discover his voice replaced in the movie’s final cut
October 2022
The Greatest Beer Run Ever review – crass Vietnam jaunt falls flat
Zac Efron goes to great lengths for a few drinks with his buddies in Peter Farrelly’s formulaic latest
September 2022
The Greatest Beer Run Ever review – Zac Efron’s charm can’t save Vietnam misfire
Green Book director Peter Farrelly makes an equally cliche-ridden follow-up, the true story of a man bringing beers to his army buddies
May 2022
Firestarter review – soggy Stephen King remake struggles to ignite
Zac Efron tries his best in an otherwise regrettable retread of the horror author’s tale of a girl with superpowers
January 2022
Gold review – Zac Efron fries in a tough and tense outback thriller
Director-actor Anthony Hayes and his famous co-star deliver strong performances but this dystopian vision becomes gratingly thin
October 2021
Dubai: A Riveting Mystery – Jessica Alba and Zac Efron’s new tourist ad continues a Captivating Saga
Tired of Tinseltown, the pair have turned instead to shilling for the UAE. Oddly, their YouTube advertorial micro-features are actually really good
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