Crosswords & Puzzles
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Quinquagenarian rascals are still devising new ways of frustrating supposed prohibitions on frat-boy masculinity
Milly Alcock’s spirited performance makes this Superman spin-off just about tolerable. But it lacks a single fresh idea
Cinema sales have jumped by 53%, perhaps because young people stuck at home with their parents need to get out of the house
Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Théodore Pellerin and Kathleen Chalfant feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of June 19th, 2026
The Canadian actor Théodore Pellerin, star of Nino, straddles the European and North American movie worlds. With his looks, talent and nose for a good role, he should go far
Paris-set debut from Pauline Loquès bravely treats brush against mortality with a light touch
Plus: What might have come into your head before, say, Singin’ in the Rain or A Night at the Opera?
Monica Dolan plays mother and baby home historian Catherine Corless in Frank Berry’s film
Good gags are plentiful but the sense of a finger wagging throughout can’t help but temper the fun
Future generations will find the notion of texting at the cinema or theatre as unacceptable as we now regard smoking in such places
Emily Blunt, Eve Hewson, Bobby Kendall, Andri Snær Magnason and Peter Mullan feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of June 12th, 2026
Plus: What is, at time of quizzing, the highest grossing film of 2026?
The sense of adventure, experiment and risk remains
Gloomier, less sentimental and less focused than ET and Close Encounters of the Third Kind
As Disclosure Day arrives in cinemas, we rate each of the director’s 34 movies so far
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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