2025 was a year of great movies, both in terms of blockbuster tentpoles and auteur prestige pictures. And though writer/director James Gunn‘s Superman may not be the most-likely candidate for above-the-line awards this season, and it won’t wind up being the year’s top box office earner, it captured our hearts and our imaginations like nothing […]

When it comes to the horror genre, 2025 will go down as two things: the home of some of the 2020s’ best horror films and the year that housed a ton of bloody horror movies featuring knockoff versions of the very first iteration of Mickey Mouse. There weren’t many major horror movies that totally missed […]

Hollywood has never been in a more precarious position than it has of late, following the shock news that Netflix is officially set to buy Warner Bros. But even if the future of moviedom as we know it is uncertain, what is certain is that 2025 was a great year for the silver screen. How […]

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Yeah, maybe, if Frankenstein is a romcom. I’m so glad someone asked me this. The question of what classifies as a Christmas movie and whether the Bruce Willis action movie counts as one is […]

At The Game Awards this year, Nintendo and Illumination surprised fans with another look at the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy Movie. It features Bowser Jr. taking on Mario and Luigi in a very brief teaser. Some not-so-pleasant introductions are exchanged, and before you know it, the younger Bowser is smashing everything in sight. Fortunately, Luigi […]

Get ready to feel nostalgic (Picture: Getty/Shutterstock/Metro.co.uk) It’s true that everything that was once fashionable comes back around again – and the same can be said about your favourite films. Some of the biggest movies of the 90s and 00s are coming back to the big screen, but not exactly as you remember them. After […]

2025 has seen the release of many great movies, including several record-breaking titles from around the world. But more so than usual, this year has seen the release of a number of truly surprising films that have broken all expectations… in a good way, of course. In fact, some of the biggest movies of 2025 […]

2026 has the potential to be a truly great year for movies, both in terms of critical reception and commercial reception. Horror has 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Scream 7, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, Evil Dead Burn, Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil, and Clayface. On the drama front there’s Wuthering Heights, Othello, […]

Some – but not many – action movies are perfect. If you want a rundown of some of those, you’re really only going to get a couple of examples, because if you call too many things perfect (and if you suggest certain movies are perfect to certain people), you can get people angry. So, there’s […]

For those who watched Zootopia 2 and are craving more movies that blend clever world-building, heart, humor, and meaningful themes, there is plenty more where it came from. The sequel expands the vibrant, diverse metropolis of Zootopia and deepens Judy (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick’s (Jason Bateman) journey, leaving many viewers eager for more stories that […]