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The Fabelmans is director Steven Spielberg’s magnum opus. The family found at the heart of this painfully personal and stunningly emotional feature stands in for Spielberg’s own, as the Oscar-winning filmmaker turns his camera back on his adolescence to examine – through his unique, masterful lens – the hardships and triumphs that led to him becoming one of our greatest filmmakers. The film is an homage to Spielberg’s two religions: Judaism and Film. It clarifies the enormous hold that each one has on the man, as well as…

20. Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts (2005)Arctic Monkeys skilfully navigated the path from observers of everyday life to success on a scale that means you no longer have an everyday life to observe. Nevertheless, a certain parochial charm was lost along the way, as evidenced by this early B-side, a sharp, barkingly funny tale of secondary school romantic woe.19. Pretty Visitors (2009)Alex Turner’s lyrics understandably attract the most attention, but Matt Helders’ taut, explosively powerful drumming is Arctic Monkeys’…

Image via Sony Pictures Classics The world may know Hugh Jackman as X-Men‘s Wolverine, but don’t forget that he’s a talented actor and a triple threat. In saying that, this well-loved received a 10-minute standing ovation at the 2022 Venice Film Festival in his role in the new film, The Son, directed by Florian Zeller A recent video on social media is going around, showing when Jackman received a standing ovation after the film ended. He then faced the audience and gestured his thanks as it showed that people…

Image: Sony Marvel movies are full of excellent acting performances, with the MCU alone boasting the likes of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, and of course, Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa – not to mention the wider Marvel movies with Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Ian McKellen as Magneto, or Wesley Snipes’ Blade. Each of them excelled in their roles, but one fan has picked a phase four performance that they think eclipses all of them: Yup, it’s Tom Holland in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Holland…

The Oscars don’t always get it right. There have been many notable injustices since the first ceremony took place in 1929, but surely none more surprising than the absence of Alfred Hitchcock’s name from the list of winners.The man responsible for some of the greatest films ever made, and who committed many of cinema’s most deathless images to celluloid, never won an Academy Award despite being nominated for best director on five occasions: Rebecca in 1940, Lifeboat in 1944, Spellbound in 1945, Rear Window in 1954 and…

20. Sensational (2016)Williams is a far better lyricist than he has been given credit for. Tucked away on The Heavy Entertainment Show, Sensational is a witty, incisive skewering of the occasionally fraught relationship between artist and audience: “I love you ’cause you love me, and I wish that you could always stay. Now go away.”19. Candy (2012)Most of Williams’s oeuvre has improved with age – the quality of his big hits is easier to appreciate now that they are not omnipresent – but Candy, co-written with Gary Barlow,…

David Tennant took on one of his darkest roles to date when he played Dennis Nilsen – the notorious “Muswell Hill Murderer” who killed at least 12 young boys and men in North London from 1978 to 1983 – in ITV’s Des.Tennant was the latest in a long line of actors to dramatise the lives of some of the world’s most prolific murderers – and it’s easy to see why such a part would be appealing. Playing a serial killer allows an actor to show their range and move away from being typecast. For those who’ve gone before them, such…

Every evening around the world trillions of zooplankton, many smaller than a grain of rice, hover hundreds of feet below the surface of the sea, waiting for their signal. Scientists long considered these tiny animals to be drifters, passive specks suspended in the ocean, moved by the whims of tides and currents. And yet, just before the sun disappears, the swarms begin to rise on a clandestine journey to the surface. As they climb, clusters of other zooplankton join in: copepods, salps, krill and fish larvae. The…

Zac Efron is about to make another debut on the big and small screen.Today, Apple TV+ released the official trailer for The Greatest Beer Run Ever, a new drama/comedy film starring Efron. The film is based on the book The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty and War (opens in new tab).Hailing from Skydance Media, screenplay is adapted by Peter Farrelly, Brian Currie and Pete Jones, and is based on the book The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty and War, by Joanna Molloy and John…

x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqxziDlZOIo Actor Zac Efron has been stretching himself as an actor since he exited the Disney family as a child. He has played a serial killer, been in a musical film, and, now, is taking part in a movie about The Greatest Beer Run Ever, which really did occur. Today Apple TV Plus dropped a trailer for the project on YouTube. It will also run in theaters and on the platform at the end of next month. It tells the story of U.S. Marine Corps veteran John Donohue who, while working…