Movies

A “masterpiece” gangster film with one of the most iconic endings ever is streaming now in the UK. Scarface (1983) tells the story of Tony Montana (played by Al Pacino), a Cuban refugee who arrives in Miami, Florida, at the start of the decade during a boom in the illegal …

The opening scenes of this film indicate it may be akin to Stephen Graham’s acclaimed recent work in Adolescence,as an obnoxious and out-of-control yob runs riot and terrorises people along with his friends. However, within a few minutes, it is obvious this is the anti-Adolescence, as we meet the said …

If the title of this movie sounds familiar, it’s probably because it is not dissimilar to the 2018 documentary about this real-life event. Dead Man’s Line chronicled a 1977 Indianapolis hostage crisis involving Tony Kiritsis, who believed he had been swindled by his mortgage company. He had mortgaged land he …

Scarlet Johansson plays an alien in disguise (Image: Studio Canal/A24) Who’s to say what movies are the best of all time? Many a publication has risen to the challenge, including the UK’s own British Film Institute (BFI). Sight and Sound, the BFI’s magazine, has conducted a poll of the greatest …

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is a more or less satisfying continuation to one of the stand-out ‘final girl’ thrillers of the past decade. Seven years in the making, directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, collectively known as Radio Silence, return after creating one of the most iconic …

If you’re looking for a heartbreaking film that will keep you gripped for its whole run time, there’s one you should add to your list. The film tells the story of a Jewish-Hungarian concentration camp prisoner who sets out to give a child he mistook for his son a proper …

A brand new true crime documentary arriving on Netflix will scrutinise the case of the “hell on wheels” killer. The Crash will be available on the platform from May 15 and originates from the production company responsible for some of the service’s most watched titles. According to the synopsis, the …

Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) faces off with Feyd-Rautha (Austin Butler) in Dune Part Two (Image: SCU/Warner Bros) Dune, first released in 1965 by American author Frank Herbert, and its sequels are rightly held up as among the greatest science fiction stories ever written. There have been a couple of attempts …

A classic Hollywood film starring Marilyn Monroe has become the latest to be slapped with a stricter classification rating. Some Like It Hot, a crime caper from 1959, starring Marilyn alongside Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon, has been upgraded from a U, meaning “universal”, to a PG, advising parental guidance. …

An ‘incredibly moving’ documentary about Amy Winehouse is available to stream now just as her ex-husband sheds light on their tumultuous relationship. The Grammy Award-winning singer tragically died from alcohol poisoning on 23 July 2011, aged 27. Before her untimely death, Amy had become known for her deeply moving songs …