Insider art: Vatican sets up Biennale pavilion at Venice women’s jail
Pope Francis to attend installation that includes short film featuring Zoë Saldaña and Giudecca inmates
March 2024
Seascape: the state of our oceans
Kate Winslet, Sigourney Weaver and Zoe Saldana do underwater photoshoot for ocean conservation charity
Stars of Avatar: The Way of Water photographed in baroque style by Christy Lee Rogers to raise money for ocean conservation
July 2023
TV review
Special Ops: Lioness review – like a female Mission Impossible
Zoe Saldana and Nicole Kidman lead a starry cast in this drama about an elite all-woman unit of marines. It’s absolute nonsense, but it’s solid, action-packed entertainment
April 2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 review – James Gunn’s fun and energetic threequel
Chris Pratt has fully grown into a hunky action-lead, but Dave Bautista’s beefy Drax is the scene stealer as he flexes his comedy chops
December 2022
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Avatar: The Way of Water review – a thunderously underwhelming damp squib of a return
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Avatar: The Way of Water review – a soggy, twee, trillion-dollar screensaver
November 2022
James Cameron releases extended trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water
New footage from the sequel to the highest-grossing movie of all time has been released on YouTube
September 2022
Avatar review – James Cameron’s laboriously silly blockbuster shows its age
Ahead of the release of new chapter, the first in the franchise yields little – even the much-vaunted tech is old hat
May 2022
Avatar: The Way of Water: first trailer for blockbuster sequel released
James Cameron’s much-anticipated follow-up to his record-breaking sci-fi adventure will finally hit cinemas this Christmas
March 2022
The Adam Project review – Ryan Reynolds quips through thin Netflix sci-fi
The time travel adventure, from Free Guy director Shawn Levy, sees the actor recycling his witty, and often wearying, nice guy schtick
March 2021
Hear me out
Hear me out: why Crossroads isn't a bad movie
Continuing our series of writers sticking up for films hated by the majority is a defence of Britney Spears’s entertaining 2002 star vehicle
August 2020
Zoe Saldana apologises for playing Nina Simone in controversial biopic
Actor previously defended her role in the film but now says ‘somebody else should tell her story’
July 2018
Guardians of the Galaxy cast signs open letter in support of James Gunn
Stars like Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Bradley Cooper released a joint statement calling for the director’s reinstatement after Disney fired him over offensive past tweets
May 2018
Post-Infinity War: what's next for the Avengers?
Marvel’s big budget team-up is poised to be the fastest film to earn $1bn globally, pleasing fans and critics. But after a shocking finale, what can we expect in the fourth chapter?
April 2018
I Kill Giants review – a ginormous waste of time
This trashy family fantasy – in which a lonely girl hunts giants in a handily creepy forest – confuses fake jeopardy with drama
April 2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 review – funny sequel suffers from pinballing pointlessness
The Marvel superhero gang are back together – including Vin Diesel’s Baby Groot alongside Chris Pratt’s Quill – and while there’s plenty of comedy, it doesn’t really go anywhere
January 2017
Live by Night: how the gangster film went from top of the world to sleeping with the fishes
Live By Night review: Ben Affleck's mob drama is nearly kiss of death
December 2016
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 trailer starring Baby Groot – video
Just over two years since Marvel released Guardians of the Galaxy, the franchise heralds its return with its band of interstellar travellers
October 2016
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2: first teaser trailer debuts online
The studio has released the first trailer for James Gunn’s forthcoming sequel to his blockbuster that was the highest grossing film in the US in 2014
