
BRIAN VINER reviews Mufasa: The Lion King: Spectacular, but this Lion King isn’t a whisker on the original
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (U, 70 mins) Mustafa: The Lion King (PG, 118 mins) Verdict: Does the job Amazingly, three decades have pᴀssed since we first…

An absorbing and triumphant biopic focusing on Bob Dylan’s arrival in New York: BRIAN VINER reviews A Complete Unknown
A Complete Unknown (15, 140 minutes) Verdict: A triumphant Bob Dylan biopic Bob Dylan fans will instantly recognise the тιтle of James Mangold’s splendid biopic, in which the great…

The oddly erotic, holiday box office hit drenched in bloody dread: BRIAN VINER’S review of the nightmarish new Dracula movie
When a new year in the cinema begins with a film as steeped in horror as Nosferatu, as saturated in dread, it feels worryingly like a harbinger of…

BRIAN VINER reviews A Real Pain: A masterpiece from the heir to Woody Allen
Babygirl (18, 114 minutes) A Real Pain (15, 90 minutes) Verdict: Truly wonderful Jesse Eisenberg has said that he was inspired to write A Real Pain after coming…

ALISON BOSHOFF: Damian Lewis leads backlash by unpaid cast of Jimmy Carr’s Downton spoof
Trump won’t force me out, says Domingo Disaster and recriminations flew on the set of Downton Abbey spoof Fackham Hall, written by comic Jimmy Carr and starring Damian…

ALISON BOSHOFF: Are the stars finally about to align for Mamma Mia 3?
Extreme dad dancing Mamma Mia! Here they (finally) go again. Producer Judy Craymer has been talking for nearly five years about making Mamma Mia 3 – following the…

Devastated Mandy Moore takes refuge with A-list friend in Beverly Hills after losing family home in LA fires
Devastated Mandy Moore has turned to an A-list friend for help after losing her family home in the LA fires. The This Is Us star, 40, her husband Taylor…

Cyndi Lauper fans fiercely defend 71-year-old singer over ’embarrᴀssing’ viral performance
Cyndi Lauper’s fans stepped in to fiercely defend the iconic singer after her recent performance went viral for all the wrong reasons. An account on X recently shared a…

Southern Charm’s Paige DeSorbo seen with mystery man weeks after shock Craig Conover split
Just weeks after breaking the news of her shock split from Craig Conover, Paige DeSorbo has been spotted hanging out with a mystery man. The Instagram fan account,…

Warner Bros. donates $15 million and Sony Pictures adds another $5 million to benefit LA fire relief efforts
Two of Los Angeles’ biggest movie studios are plunking down millions to help the city recover from the wildfires that have ravaged the region. Warner Bros. has pledged…