Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron sparks anger after claiming Afrikaans facing oblivion

Hollywood actor criticised by South Africans after saying settler language ‘not very helpful’

Jason Burke in Johannesburg

17, Nov, 2022 @7:34 PM

The School for Good and Evil review – Netflix’s Harry Potter rip-off is a disaster

An adaptation of a YA favourite about two opposing fairytale schools is overlong, bland and utterly devoid of magic

Charles Bramesco

19, Oct, 2022 @1:24 PM

‘I want my work to be invisible’: Hollywood’s prosthetics maestros share their secrets

How makeup masters lay the foundation for award-worthy performances, from transforming Bradley Cooper into Bernstein to helping Brendan Fraser play a very obese man in The Whale

Phil Hoad

16, Sep, 2022 @7:00 AM

Harry and Meghan add voices to fierce critique of west’s Covid vaccine policies

Pair join Gordon Brown and 127 others in attack on ‘self-defeating nationalism, pharmaceutical monopolies and inequality’

Sarah Johnson

11, Mar, 2022 @12:01 AM

Dog skulls, choof tea and amputation: here’s what the new Mad Max book doesn’t tell you

Kyle Buchanan’s new authorised account of Mad Max: Fury Road is a detailed illustration of a challenging shoot. Guardian Australia’s film critic Luke Buckmaster, who has also written a book about Mad Max, reflects on another side to George Miller’s world

Luke Buckmaster

25, Feb, 2022 @7:00 AM

Lights! Camera! Infraction! Mad Max shows why Hollywood indulges bad behaviour

Charlize Theron felt so threatened by Mad Max co-star Tom Hardy that she asked for a female producer as protection. Yet the industry still relies on film sets being lawless bubbles where you question macho posturing at your peril

Ryan Gilbey

24, Feb, 2022 @6:33 PM

Charlize Theron ‘felt so threatened’ by Tom Hardy making Mad Max she required on-set protection

New book details allegations of unprofessional behaviour and aggression during making of George Miller’s 2015 blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road

Catherine Shoard

23, Feb, 2022 @12:41 PM

Netflix’s 2022 preview trailer is a ghoulish nightmare of coerced A-listers | Stuart Heritage

The streamer’s frenzied look at the year ahead breaks the fourth wall mid-scenes to turn major stars into reticent marketing tools

Stuart Heritage

03, Feb, 2022 @5:54 PM

The Addams Family 2 review – not ooky, nor kooky, just the smell of a rotting franchise

The sequel is as hopeless as the first feature-length animated Addams Family, an eyeball-achingly bright and manic kids movie

Cath Clarke

08, Oct, 2021 @6:00 AM

Amanda Gorman and Kate Winslet join advocates urging Biden to protect Afghan women

Sheryl Sandberg, Charlize Theron and Diane von Furstenburg among dozens who signed open letter

Maya Yang

20, Aug, 2021 @9:10 PM

Fast & Furious 9 review – Vin Diesel back at the wheel of an overheated vehicle

The road-racing franchise’s latest spectacular outing is as big and stupid as before – and that’s no bad thing

Simran Hans

27, Jun, 2021 @10:00 AM

Fast & Furious 9 review – Vin Diesel and crew kick Isaac Newton’s ass

The gang are back for another bout of deafening and magnificently silly, gravity-defying action, leaving plot logic in the dust and driving their cars into space

Peter Bradshaw

25, Jun, 2021 @6:00 AM