The Guardian Culture

Just when you thought it was safe … the shark movie is back for more

Shark Week arrives in an overstuffed period for the film genre even if nothing will ever rival the greatest of them allTracy Jordan, Tracy Morgan’s character on 30 Rock, once advised a friend to live every week like it’s Shark Week. In 2026, Hollywood has finally taken these sage words to heart.Though Discovery Channel is only observing its annual Shark Week of shark-themed programming for the customary seven days, shark movies have been enjoying a yearlong renaissance – in terms of volume, if n

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The Guardian Culture

The Mermaid Mask review – the funniest underwater murder mystery you can play

PC, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2, PS5; SFB GamesDetective Grimoire is at it again in the long-awaited new entry to this stylish series of comedy whodunnitsIn a boom time for mystery games, the Detective Grimoire series stands out for its style and sense of humour. The Mermaid Mask continues to build upon the formula laid down in Secret of the Swamp and polished in Tangle Tower, and while there is still room for further improvements this sequel is worth the seven years’ wait.This time, the casually c

entertainment  16h ago

Hollywood Reporter

How the World Cup Boosted Canal+ Results

"Our increased scale is starting to deliver,” CEO Maxime Saada said about the acquired African pay TV giant MultiChoice, which posted its best subscriber acquisition month in South Africa in a decade.

entertainment  16h ago

The Guardian Culture

‘The Messi of ballet’: Marianela Núñez, the Buenos Aires bombshell shaking up British dance

The superlative Royal Ballet star finally has her own show. She talks about fabulous footwork, her Argentina-inspired leotard – and why she named her cat after a certain footballerMarianela Núñez is talking about football. This is before the World Cup final, after England’s game with Argentina. “That was a hard position for me!” she says. Núñez moved to England from Buenos Aires aged 15 and has danced with the Royal Ballet for 28 years. She’s a British citizen, but her loyalties are clear: check

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Variety

Lee Chang-dong’s Venice and Toronto-Bound ‘Possible Love’ Sets Theatrical Release Dates Ahead of Netflix Bow

Lee Chang-dong’s “Possible Love” will open in Korean theaters September 23, followed by select theatrical releases in Australia Oct. 22 and in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland and Japan Oct. 23, before streaming globally on Netflix starting November 6. The film’s world premiere will be at the Venice Film Festival and North American Premiere at […]

entertainment  17h ago

The Guardian Culture

‘He made Damien Hirst look like a sideshow’: the bloodsplash horrors of Gunther von Hagens

The German scientist showman turned corpses into gruesome entertainment and scored a global hit – but he sidestepped the moral questions truly great art asksGunther von Hagens, the inventor of “plastination”, will be remembered as the man who killed off 1990s shock art. He certainly plastinated any reputation Damien Hirst had as a disturbing artist of mortality.When this German scientist turned showman made a popular bloodsplash around the world in the latter half of the 90s, Hirst was still pic

entertainment  17h ago

Variety

‘Kill Jackie,’ Starring a Glamorous, Lethal Catherine Zeta-Jones, Acquired by Warner Bros. Discovery for HBO Max (EXCLUSIVE)  

Warner Bros. Discovery has acquired revenge thriller “Kill Jackie,” starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, for HBO Max in Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, France and Belgium. The deal takes in two of HBO’s most established streaming markets, the Nordics and Spain, where SVOD services HBO Nordics and HBO España launched as far back as 2012 […]

entertainment  17h ago

The Guardian Culture

Underdogs by Louise Powell review – a powerful debut with plenty of northern soul

A bereaved father and son bond over greyhound racing in an east Durham town in terminal declineThe adjoining villages of Easington and Easington Colliery in the coalfields of east Durham make the perfect case study of the shift from England’s industrial boomtime to terminal decline. Twenty miles from a major town or city, they’ve been left to languish ever since Thatcher went to war with the industry that made them. If you want to understand why the white working class feel abandoned today, go t

entertainment  17h ago

The Guardian Culture

Tinsman Road review – found footage haunted horror as a film-maker searches for his sister haunts

The soundscape of Robbie Banfitch’s latest low-budget film is key to the creepy mood, in a story of a disappeared girl and her brother’s attempts to find out moreThe latest feature from ultra-low-budget film-maker Robbie Banfitch (after The Outwaters and White Light) sees him wearing many hats; he is the film’s director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor and lead actor, multitasking truly above and beyond the call of duty. The result is a reasonably impressive achievement: a sad li

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The Guardian Culture

Life in the Teutonic Order: inside an Italian monastery – in pictures

Roland Reinstadler gained access to the cloistered Lanegg monastery in South Tyrol, documenting the traditions, rituals and daily lives of its priests and nuns Continue reading...

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The Guardian Culture

Holly Willoughby Together review – a marginally less agonising With Love, Meghan

The former This Morning host has done a Meghan, rebranding herself as a cookery guru with a YouTube show that veers from agonisingly dull courgette slicing to sweary banter. Somehow, in spite of it all, I am rooting for herHolly Willoughby is a woman in search of a fresh start. Her stint on This Morning ended messily, with her response to the Phillip Schofield scandal – the infamous “Are you OK? I hope so” monologue – making her a figure of public mockery. Subsequent attempts to relaunch her car

entertainment  19h ago

The Guardian Culture

Wham! 10 Days in China review – pop meets politics in George and Andrew’s great leap east

The duo’s groundbreaking 1985 tour reveals a strange collision of pop stardom and communism, a re-edit of Lindsay Anderson’s efforts that got him firedHere is a documentary that has a very important story to tell, maybe more important than it feels comfortable admitting. It’s about two separate subjects – or maybe three: Wham!, China and film-maker Lindsay Anderson. A superpower nervously edging towards western-style openness, a pop band nervously doing what needed to be done to make it big in t

entertainment  19h ago

The Guardian Culture

Upland by Ed Douglas review – a glorious survey of Britain’s high places

The writer and climber brings colour and carnival to his account of a country and people shaped by its mountainsIt comes as a shock to learn that Britain’s uplands were not always rocky, covered with coarse grass and suitable only for sheep. About 54,000 years ago – a mere blink in geological time – this island’s high places were teeming with nature. Lushly forested peaks, crags and gorges were home to megafauna including mammoth, woolly rhinoceros and giant elk. The one sour note in this elevat

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Hollywood Reporter

Locarno Films About (In)Famous People: From an Ex- Florida Prison Inmate to Albert Serra on Ingrid Caven

The Swiss fest also features a doc on Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio, the stories of filmmakers who chronicled life in Lebanon and Germany, and a fiction feature on Heinrich Himmler's massage therapist.

entertainment  19h ago

Variety

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ First Reactions: Tom Holland Has ‘Never Been Better’ in a Sequel That Ditches ‘Multiverse Tedium’ and Delivers a ‘Grounded Spider-Man Tale’

“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” has finally been unveiled to members of the film press, who are calling Tom Holland’s fourth standalone movie “a grounded Spider-Man tale” that is “thrilling, heartfelt and confidently character driven.” Fandango correspondent Erik Davis shared a glowing review on X, writing that Destin Daniel Cretton’s sequel “feels deeper, more thoughtful and […]

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The Guardian Culture

TV tonight: True Blood meets Eurovision in an outrageous vampire romp

Sam Reid revels in the role as Lestat, a glam rock prince of darkness. Plus: Shabaz ‘King of the Povos’ Ali meets a billionaire. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, BBC TwoTrue Blood meets Eurovision in this ludicrously camp vampire drama. This is the third series of Interview with the Vampire but it takes a new turn, now set in 2025 with the spotlight on blood-sucking glam rocker Lestat – played so erotically by Sam Reid that he can pull off lines such as “MDMA and LSD: the Torvill and Dean o

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Hollywood Reporter

Tom Holland Says He’ll Play Spider-Man “For as Long as They’ll Have Me” After ‘Brand New Day’: “If This Movie Does Good, I Guess We’ll See!”

Debuting his fourth 'Spider-Man' film in L.A., Holland also admitted, "It still feels like this is my first-ever premiere for this character. It has been the gift of my life."

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Hollywood Reporter

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’: First Reactions From the Premiere

The Tom Holland and Zendaya superhero movie hits theaters on July 31.

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Hollywood Reporter

Michael B. Jordan Reacts to David Jonsson’s ‘Black Panther 3’ Casting

The Oscar winner played villain Erik Killmonger in Ryan Coogler's 2018 film and his 2022 sequel, 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. '

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Hollywood Reporter

Eva Mendes Reacts to Husband Ryan Gosling’s ‘Ghost Rider’ Casting

It was revealed at Comic-Con 2026 that the Oscar-nominated actor would be taking on the Marvel character.

entertainment  21h ago