Forest Whitaker
Big George Foreman review – a heavy-handed boxing biopic
George Tillman Jr’s faith-centric drama plods through Foreman’s uplifting journey from troubled child to comeback king
Wendy Ide
30, Apr, 2023 @11:30 AM
Big George Foreman review – from heavyweight star to born again and back
Flattering biopic zooms entertainingly through an extraordinary, switchback career
Peter Bradshaw
27, Apr, 2023 @4:30 AM
Respect review – an overly reverential homage to Aretha
Personally approved by Franklin, Jennifer Hudson captures the queen of soul’s star power, but this biopic is too well behaved to do its extraordinary subject justice
Mark Kermode
12, Sep, 2021 @7:00 AM
Respect review – one-note Aretha Franklin chronicle follows every biopic beat
Jennifer Hudson plays the soul legend, but this biopic reduces the complexity of her upbringing and artistry to corny life lessons
Peter Bradshaw
09, Sep, 2021 @12:00 PM
Respect review – Aretha Franklin biopic sings the same old tune
Jennifer Hudson tries her best with a disappointingly rote retread through cliches of a well-worn genre
Charles Bramesco
09, Aug, 2021 @2:22 PM
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey review – stridently festive toyshop musical
A toy inventor rekindles his lost passion in this exhausting Netflix musical
Wendy Ide
14, Nov, 2020 @3:00 PM
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey review – a sugar rush of steampunk joy
Netflix’s festive fantasy about a kid and her inventor granddad is pure infectious energy – and with exquisite detail
Cath Clarke
12, Nov, 2020 @1:00 PM
Finding Steve McQueen review – heist comedy can't locate its charisma
The story of a real-life bank robbery by a lookalike of the Bullitt star gets a pretty shallow and unmemorable treatment
Cath Clarke
11, Nov, 2020 @2:00 PM
How It Ends review – the end of the world is a bore in dull Netflix thriller
Theo James and Forest Whitaker give subpar performances in a frustratingly pedestrian tale of a mysterious catastrophe
Jordan Hoffman
13, Jul, 2018 @7:01 AM
Black Panther review – Marvel's thrilling vision of the afrofuture
The latest big-screen superhero story is a subversive and uproarious action-adventure, in which African stereotypes are upended and history is rewritten
Peter Bradshaw
06, Feb, 2018 @5:00 PM
How we made The Crying Game
Miranda Richardson: ‘I got some flak off IRA sympathisers. They thought my portrayal of a terrorist was unflattering’
Interviews by Jack Watkins
21, Feb, 2017 @7:00 AM
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story review – back to the retro future
Felicity Jones fronts the resistance against the Empire in a convincing spin-off that blends nostalgia with cutting-edge CGI
Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
19, Dec, 2016 @10:38 AM
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