Argylle review – unbearably self-satisfied smirk of a spy caper from Matthew Vaughn
‘I was drunk, obviously’: the wild ways that stars bagged their big break
July 2023
Bryan Cranston leads actors’ strike rally in New York: ‘We will not allow you to take away our dignity’
Award-winning actor led a starry event with a fiery speech aimed at Disney CEO Bob Iger: ‘We will not be having our jobs taken away and given to robots’
June 2023
Bryan Cranston: ‘My dad wanted to be a star. How futile is that?’
His role as The Host in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City sees the actor return to the desert. He reflects on how Covid protected his privacy, his secrets to acting success, and how his estranged father tried to cash in on Breaking Bad
December 2022
Down the rabbit hole
What links Netflix’s Kaleidoscope to Jonathan Coe and Bryan Cranston?
A chain of connections that starts and finishes with the random-order eight-part crime thriller
August 2022
Better Call Saul: episode by episode
Better Call Saul recap: season six, episode 13 – we never want another episode of this show
Fans got everything they could have hoped for in the finale of this superlative series. Let’s just leave it at that now – we’ll always have Albuquerque
Tatiana Maslany: ‘Strong female lead? It’s a box no one fits in’
The Emmy-winning Orphan Black star on taking on tokenism – and bad guys – as She-Hulk in Marvel’s latest TV adventure
Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk: ‘Without CPR I’d have been dead in minutes’
Better Call Saul: episode by episode
Better Call Saul recap: season six, episode 11 – it’s the episode we’ve all been waiting for!
Better Call Saul has gone full Breaking Bad – so why does it feel like punishment?
June 2022
Jerry and Marge Go Large review – Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening go small
A broad, fact-based comedy about a couple who game the lottery has flashes of vicarious fun but relies too heavily on sitcom beats
April 2021
Romesh Ranganathan’s midlife crisis
Murder, tension, suspense: I’m not sure my nerves can cope with any more TV
Some shows are so relentlessly high-stakes, we have to steel ourselves to watch them
March 2021
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Your Honor; Why Is Covid Killing People of Colour? and more
Everyman-on-the-edge Bryan Cranston breaks bad as a judge; David Harewood exposes Britain’s health inequalities. Plus, Max Clifford’s sordid story, and a personal story of revenge porn
TV review
Your Honor review: perfectly fine – if you can forget about Breaking Bad
Bryan Cranston is sublime, but this tale of a good man uncovering dark truths – a la Walter White – struggles to match up to his defining work
TV tonight
TV tonight: Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston returns – as a judge
Cranston is sucked into the world of organised crime. Plus: the rapper Darren McGarvey continues his look at class. Here’s what to watch this evening
February 2021
'No parent can send their child off to die' – Peter Moffat on his searing new thriller
In Your Honor, Bryan Cranston plays a judge trying to cover up his son’s crime. Its writer thought he was unshockable – until he went to America to research its justice system
August 2020
The One And Only Ivan review – Disney's painting gorilla movie lacks colour
The true story of a silverback gorilla who lived in a mall is brought to half-life in a rushed and magic-free late summer adventure
October 2019
Now you've seen it
El Camino: is the Breaking Bad movie worth the wait? Discuss with spoilers
The long-awaited return of Jesse Pinkman has landed on Netflix, along with some other surprise characters …
August 2019
Netflix announces Breaking Bad film starring Aaron Paul
Actor to reprise his role as Jesse Pinkman in a sequel nearly six years after show’s finale
February 2019
Barbie dolls and emojis make disability part of the conversation
Karl Knights
Time and time again, a distortion that is not us appears in the mirror, says writer Karl Knights
