Well, that was a year. Skydance merged with Paramount. Paramount and Netflix battled it out to buy Warner. AI and streaming dominance continue to be live topics. The Oscars announced they’ll stream ...

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 ...

A warm, witty, and star-studded cosy crime caper that charms more than it chills — and we wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s hard to find a cosier UK crime series than Richard Osman’s The Thursday ...

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 ...

It’s a dangerous thing, moving to a small town. Or a cove. Lakeside communities aren’t much safer either—especially if someone there has a suspiciously keen interest in crosswords. In places like ...

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 ...

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.

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.