Movies

In recent years, there have been some excellent business brand biopics from Tetris and Air to Blackberry.So when Disney+ announced one on Whitney Wolfe Herd, the co-founder of Tinder and CEO of Bumble, we had high hopes.After all, this is the story of the woman who became the world’s youngest female billionaire in 2021, when she took her dating app public.Credited with naming Tinder and sparking its popularity at American universities, her story (like Facebook movie The Social Network) features the highs of a successful start-up amid the tensions within the company.After some legal wrangling, she sets off to build a little app called Bumble, which is centred on improving the female experience.A fascinating and inspiring story, yet the new film Swiped, which is loosely based on her tale,...

Netflix viewers will be happy to learn that a war film starring Game of Thrones' star Richard Madden is available to stream on the platform. The film has been hailed by fans as both "phenomenal" and a "masterpiece". Released in 2019, 1917 is a British war film directed and produced by Sam Mendes, who co-wrote it with Krysty Wilson-Cairns. It is partially inspired by stories told to Mendes by his paternal grandfather Alfred about his service during World War 1. The film also stars George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth, Adrian Scarborough, and Benedict Cumberbatch.The film follows a pair of British soldiers, played by George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman, on their mission to deliver an important message to call off a doomed offensive...

Acclaimed novelist Stephen King is one of those celebrities who is very active on X. This week, he randomly revealed in a post his 10 favourite movies, in no particular order. The author, who turns 78 this month, mentioned that this list does not include what presumably are his four favourite adaptations of his work. Those films are Misery, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile and Stand By Me. Check out the 10 movies that made it below.

A spine-chilling thriller based on a disturbing true story has quickly become one of Netflix's most viewed titles.The Royal Hotel, despite only recently being added to the streaming giant's collection, has been steadily climbing the charts.It currently holds the fourth spot for the most watched film on the platform.This puts it just behind fresh releases such as The Thursday Murder Club and KPop Demon Hunters.There's a slight possibility that this title could ascend even further to claim the top spot, as Netflix viewers seemingly can't resist the 91-minute feature film.As per the film's synopsis, best friends Hanna and Liv are backpacking in Australia when they run out of money. In search of an adventure, Liv persuades Hanna to take a temporary live-in job at a pub called The Royal Hote...

After directing Austin Butler in 2022’s Elvis, Baz Luhrmann dove into 68 boxes of film negative buried deep inside Warner Bros’ salt mines.Much like Peter Jackson making The Beatles: Get Back with access to hours of unseen Fab Four footage from their Let It Be sessions, Baz has done the same with that of 1970s concert movies Elvis: That’s The Way It Is and Elvis on Tour.Joining forces with Jonathan Redmond, his Oscar-nominated Elvis movie editor, the pair have put together a 100 minute film that’s somewhere between a documentary and a concert movie, narrated by the King himself.EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert has screened at the Toronto Film Festival ahead of a yet-to-be-announced cinematic release date and the critics are going wild for Baz’s second tribute to the King of Rock and Roll....

If you're looking for a film that will get your heart racing and keep you on the edge of your seat, this Western delivers in every way, from tense standoffs and iconic scenes to a haunting soundtrack that builds suspense like few other films can. Directed by Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone, this epic Spaghetti Western is packed with high-stakes standoffs, sweeping desert landscapes, and morally ambiguous characters that keep you guessing until the final frame. The film scored an impressive 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and has been hailed by some as the greatest Western ever starring Clint Eastwood as Joe, a mysterious drifter and skilled gunslinger, Eli Wallach as Tuco, a cunning Mexican outlaw, and Lee Van Cleef as Angel Eyes, a ruthless and cold-blooded bounty hunter.Set during the turmoil o...

Two years ago, Sir Michael Caine starred in The Great Escaper as a World War 2 veteran, in what was expected to be his last movie.The 92-year-old had all but retired, but in a surprise turn of events, he is headed back to the big screen once again to reprise a role.According to Deadline, Vin Diesel will star in a sequel to 2015’s The Last Witch Hunter, and Caine will return as the titular actor’s priestly mentor, Dolan.The original action fantasy movie followed Diesel’s immortal witch hunter as he sought to prevent a plague from spreading across the Earth.With 18 per cent positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, fans might be wondering how Caine was persuaded to return for a sequel to the critically panned adventure. And it turns out he and his wife Shakira are “really close” with Diesel an...

A brand new show that’s being called “tremendous”, “the best crime thriller of the year” and “a new masterpiece” has just dropped and is available to stream now.Task is the new crime drama from the writer of Mare of Easttown, the widely acclaimed detective drama starring Kate Winslet, which itself has a hugely impressive 95% rating on the review aggregating website Rotten Tomatoes.Task stars Mark Ruffalo and has only been available in the UK since Monday. It is a HBO show that’s streaming in the UK on Now TV. Ruffalo plays a former priest turned FBI agent in Philadelphia tasked with investigating a series of armed break-ins at drug houses.And it’s been a hit with critics so far, which has seen it soar to 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. Greg McArthur of ScreenRant says: “Task is stunning. [Brad]...

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is set to grace our screens later this week, and anticipation is already building among fans of the ITV period drama series after the cast hinted at what's to come in the franchise and the movie has been praised by the critics, reports the Manchester Evening News.The film represents the final chapter of the franchise, with the cast stepping back into their now legendary roles for Julian Fellowes' masterpiece.Returning cast members include Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy, Joanne Froggatt, and many more.Stars from previous films, such as Dominic West and Paul Giamatti, will also be making a comeback.As the film hits cinemas, many Downton Abbey enthusiasts are eager to learn more about leadi...

When the genre of found-footage horror films was invented, this was partly due to phenomena such as The Blair Witch Project. Since then, hundreds of similar films have been made that follow a similar suspenseful style, with the main characters being camera recorders. In 2015, fans were treated to a terrifying film called The Visit, where two siblings quickly become entangled in a dangerous situation. Directed by the legendary M. Night Shyamalan, the movie follows the story of Becca and Tyler, who go on vacation to stay with their grandparents. However, their grandparents' disturbing behaviour begins to frighten them, and it is soon revealed that things aren't as they seem. The synopsis on Rotten Tomatoes teases: "Becca and Tyler head deep into Pennsylvania farm country to meet their mat...