Samuel L Jackson
A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes audiobook review – vintage crooks and conmen
Samuel L Jackson’s narration does full justice to this grimly comic novel from the mid-century master of New York crime
Fiona Sturges
08, Apr, 2022 @11:00 AM
‘This is going to be cherished’: Samuel L Jackson and Elaine May receive honorary Oscars
Liv Ullmann and Danny Glover also honoured at Governors Awards, on night when Hollywood lavishes praise on beloved stars for lifetime achievements
Lois Beckett
26, Mar, 2022 @10:58 AM
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey review – this is Samuel L Jackson’s career-best performance
Poignant, vulnerable, unsparing: the actor’s portrayal of a man with dementia in this new drama is clearly a passion project – and it carries the show
Lucy Mangan
10, Mar, 2022 @4:41 PM
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard review – a nausea whack
This action comedy sequel is even more cliched and crass than the original
Wendy Ide
20, Jun, 2021 @10:00 AM
The Long Kiss Goodnight: a masterful performance from Geena Davis obliterates nonsensical plot
Samuel L Jackson’s low-rent private eye pairs up with Davis’s schoolteacher when her former assassin identity starts violently reemerging in this 90s action thriller
Greta Parry
13, Jun, 2021 @5:30 PM
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard review – Ryan Reynolds back in a tiresome sequel
Reynolds returns as bodyguard Michael Bryce, with Samuel L Jackson as an assassin, Salma Hayek as his badass wife and Antonio Banderas as a Greek supervillain. Please stop
Peter Bradshaw
11, Jun, 2021 @3:51 PM
Samuel L Jackson’s 20 best films – ranked!
Soon to be seen in The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, the actor has a CV taking in dancing losers, choric narrators, a Bible-misquoting killer – and Marvel’s coolest middleman
Peter Bradshaw
03, Jun, 2021 @11:00 AM
Hear me out: why 2014’s Robocop isn’t a bad movie
Continuing our series of writers defending films hated by most is a tribute to the maligned remake of Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi thriller
Richard Knightwell
28, May, 2021 @6:24 AM
Spiral review – Chris Rock’s Saw reboot is torturously bad
The comedian’s attempt to reframe the gory horror franchise as a detective thriller is an ugly and embarrassingly shoddy disaster
Benjamin Lee
12, May, 2021 @5:05 PM
Unbreakable at 20: the film that finally took superheroes seriously
M Night Shyamalan’s 2000 fantasy drama showed that superhero narratives can be told with patience and a straight face which changed the genre forever
Charles Bramesco
23, Nov, 2020 @2:35 PM
Samuel L Jackson: 'A fullness comes upon me every time I land in Africa'
As their hard-hitting TV show Enslaved comes to an end, the star and his wife LaTanya Richardson talk about roots, race, revolution – and how to get rid of ‘the orange man’
Hannah J Davies
20, Oct, 2020 @5:00 AM
TV tonight: Samuel L Jackson's history of slavery
The Hollywood star teams up with writers Afua Hirsch and Simcha Jacobovici to present a harrowing story of the transatlantic slave trade. Plus: Us ends. Here’s what to watch this evening
Ammar Kalia, Ellen E Jones, Ali Catterall, Jack Seale and Paul Howlett
11, Oct, 2020 @5:00 AM
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