Day: May 3, 2025

Thunderbolts* and Sinners are bucking box office trends (Picture: Marvel Studios/Warner Bros. Entertainment) Two new movies are set to break a 14-year strong Hollywood trend this weekend, with both Thunderbolts* and Sinners projected to break $30million (£22.6million) within the same window. Released as the latest instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thunderbolts* sees a motley crew of superhero D-listers join forces to take on corrupt politician Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus). In doing so, they find a sense of … Continue reading “Two new movies are set to break a 14-year-old Hollywood trend this weekend”

Viggo Mortensen stars in the 2022 horror film Crimes of the Future (Picture: Vertigo Films) Gruesome 2022 sci-fi horror film Crimes of the Future has been added to BBC iPlayer, allowing viewers to dig into its violent delights for the first time. Directed by body horror maestro David Cronenberg, the film is set in a bleak future where human evolution has advanced to the stage where mankind is undergoing a series of bold mutations. It stars Viggo Mortensen and Léa … Continue reading “Shocking horror movie that caused walkouts streaming now on iPlayer”

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The Ballad of Wallis Island is one of the best films of 2025, and bombards you with jokes throughout (Picture: Alistair Heap/Focus Features) I’ve been truly bowled over by one of the most relentlessly funny films I’ve seen in The Ballad of Wallis Island. I can’t stop thinking about it after watching it as the opening night film at the Sands International Film Festival last weekend. A whopping 18 years in the making, The Ballad of Wallis Island is the … Continue reading “This new British movie is one of the funniest films I’ve ever seen”