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Mary Poppins, The BFG and Spectre: your complete Christmas film guide

The best festive films, from the classic The Grand Budapest Hotel, to modern favourites such as Up and Brooklyn, plus the creepy baby from Twilight and everything in between

Paul Howlett and Phil Harrison

15, Dec, 2018 @10:00 AM

La La Land, Hidden Figures and films that squeezed happiness out of 2016

A number of 2016’s biggest blockbusters reflected the pessimism of our time – but luckily a few titles balanced it out with a generally upbeat outlook

Guy Lodge

23, Dec, 2016 @1:00 PM

Rogue One opens well in the UK – but not quite as well as Fantastic Beasts

Star Wars spin-off claims biggest opening of the year as rereleased James Stewart classic It’s a Wonderful Life crashes back into the festive chart

Charles Gant

20, Dec, 2016 @5:03 PM

The best films of 2016 so far

As we approach the final months of 2016, it’s time to look back at the films our critics have so far rated the finest

Andrew Pulver and Alan Evans

28, Nov, 2016 @3:31 PM

eOne shares plunge as first-half profits tumble

Entertainment One, owner of Peppa Pig and film distributor, reports profit slump but hopes to recoup losses in second half

Mark Sweney

22, Nov, 2016 @2:44 PM

The Girl on the Train beats Bridget Jones's Baby – and Gone Girl – in UK

Thriller starring Emily Blunt grabs the top spot with £6.9m in takings, trumping Gone Girl’s opening, while Louis Theroux’s My Scientology Movie reports rapid sellouts

Charles Gant

11, Oct, 2016 @4:12 PM

Bridget Jones's Baby still the daddy in UK as Finding Dory hits motherlode

Third big-screen outing for Helen Fielding’s much-loved comic creation holds on to the top spot thanks to rapturous word of mouth, with Disney’s animation continued to get tills ringing

Charles Gant

27, Sep, 2016 @12:44 PM

Don't Breathe spooks Ben-Hur's horses at the UK box office

Sausage Party still on the top shelf as the housebound horror hit and galloping Roman epic give chase

Charles Gant

13, Sep, 2016 @4:20 PM

A Monster Calls review: Liam Neeson's tree offers pre-teen bereavement therapy

This family weepie about a boy who imagines a monster to cope with the impending loss of his mother tugs at the heartstrings and aims for wonder – but still comes up a little short

Nigel M Smith

11, Sep, 2016 @7:24 AM

Sausage Party pushes Finding Dory off top of UK box office

Seth Rogen animation proves irresistible fare to audiences, while latest movies from Noel Clarke and Woody Allen also open strongly

Catherine Shoard

05, Sep, 2016 @4:00 PM

Suicide Squad still supreme at the UK box office

DC Comics’ rampaging antiheroes hold Dory, Bourne and The BFG at bay for a second week as Zac Efron’s Wedding Dates edges into the Top 5

Charles Gant

16, Aug, 2016 @3:14 PM

Crime pays: DC's Suicide Squad tops UK box office with £11.25m

Despite the disapproval of critics, the supervillain film had the third biggest opening of the year, and dwarfed the takings of the other films in the UK chart

Charles Gant

09, Aug, 2016 @2:06 PM