A knowingly nostalgic encore that hits some big laughs but leans heavily on goodwill. It’s a verifiable fact that This Is Spinal Tap is not a mockumentary, as it’s so cruelly labelled, but an ...

A grimly compelling dystopian tale that blends relentless tension with Stephen King’s mastery of raw human endurance. Dystopian fiction has a very different flavour in 2025. In THE LONG WALK, adapted ...

Kid Koala’s wordless debut is a tender, visually striking tale of connection across distance. Eric San — better known to the world as Kid Koala — is a DJ and multimedia artist who has toured ...

Welcome back to Inconstant Reader, the feature column that explores Stephen King’s books in the order they were published — sort of! Warning: this palaver contains spoilers, ya ken? “Roland of Gilead ...

Released 25 years ago, X-Men was the serious, streamlined leap that set the stage for a new era of superhero cinema. A new millennium was upon us. Having survived the ravages of Y2K and The Phantom ...

Each month, hundreds of comics are released to stores for the hungry masses of fans around the world. To stand out on the shelves, you have to put the great art up front. You can judge a book by its ...

I first saw Back to the Future in cinemas in 1985 at the tender age of six. It wasn’t my first movie, and clearly not my last, but something changed in me that day. My density had brought me to it. In ...

Discover the best films of 2025 so far — from blockbusters to indie gems. Plus, see what’s coming next and your most popular reads of the year.

A thunderous, hallucinatory odyssey that channels grief, rage and ecstasy into something raw and unforgettable. Few films this year match the sheer intensity of the first ten minutes of Óliver Laxe’s ...

The year is 1985. The sun is setting on the Roger Moore era of the James Bond franchise—though daylight savings seems to have pushed that dusk back a few more years. After a cold open that sees Bond ...

For the better part of the last fifty years, Stephen King has maintained his dominance over horror and popular literature — and 2025 shows no signs of slowing. With both fresh books and more screen ...

A stylish but muddled sequel that trades noir charm for sun-drenched chaos, offering big hats, beautiful backdrops, and far less intrigue. With its mixture of dark comedy and noirish leanings, Paul ...