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Not to be a downer, but a great finale does not necessarily make a good series!
January 24, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Not to be a downer, but a great finale does not necessarily make a good series!
Regrettably, this is not written by the singer behind 2 Times. A missed opportunity.
January 19, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Regrettably, this is not written by the singer behind 2 Times. A missed opportunity.
2020: A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood
2021: Quo Vadis, Aida?
2022: Flee
2023: The Fabelmans
2024: The Holdovers
2025: One Battle After Another
2021: Quo Vadis, Aida?
2022: Flee
2023: The Fabelmans
2024: The Holdovers
2025: One Battle After Another
Halfway through the decade! What are your favourite films each year so far?
2020: I’m Thinking of Ending Things
2021: Memoria
2022: Pacifiction
2023: Eureka
2024: Queer
2025: The Ice Tower
2020: I’m Thinking of Ending Things
2021: Memoria
2022: Pacifiction
2023: Eureka
2024: Queer
2025: The Ice Tower
January 2, 2026 at 3:15 PM
2020: A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood
2021: Quo Vadis, Aida?
2022: Flee
2023: The Fabelmans
2024: The Holdovers
2025: One Battle After Another
2021: Quo Vadis, Aida?
2022: Flee
2023: The Fabelmans
2024: The Holdovers
2025: One Battle After Another
Harry Styles said ‘excuse me’ whilst out jogging once.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Harry Styles said ‘excuse me’ whilst out jogging once.
We love a late contender for Film of the Year! Whilst I appreciated the wild swings of Worst Person in the World, Sentimental Value may well be Joachim Trier’s best, and most devastating film yet.
December 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
We love a late contender for Film of the Year! Whilst I appreciated the wild swings of Worst Person in the World, Sentimental Value may well be Joachim Trier’s best, and most devastating film yet.
Ghostface’s real power was being able to recreate Maureen Prescott’s voice postmortem for his voice change device in Scream 3.
December 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Ghostface’s real power was being able to recreate Maureen Prescott’s voice postmortem for his voice change device in Scream 3.
I fear it would just be endless ‘what if’ recasting scenarios. Show me the Reese Witherspoon Gone Girl! The Meryl Streep/Goldie Hawn Thelma & Louise! The Will Smith Matrix!
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I fear it would just be endless ‘what if’ recasting scenarios. Show me the Reese Witherspoon Gone Girl! The Meryl Streep/Goldie Hawn Thelma & Louise! The Will Smith Matrix!
As a community, we need to better distinguish between ‘is good in this piece of bad product’ and ‘deserves to be awarded the best of the entire year.’
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
As a community, we need to better distinguish between ‘is good in this piece of bad product’ and ‘deserves to be awarded the best of the entire year.’
Was honestly not prepared for what a surprisingly electric finale The Morning Show had this year! If you're interested in a Reese Witherspoon's gulag montage, or Jennifer Aniston acting rings around an entirely zoned-out Marion Cotillard, then do I have the show for you!
November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Was honestly not prepared for what a surprisingly electric finale The Morning Show had this year! If you're interested in a Reese Witherspoon's gulag montage, or Jennifer Aniston acting rings around an entirely zoned-out Marion Cotillard, then do I have the show for you!
Does The Guardian know what a cameo is?
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Does The Guardian know what a cameo is?
So many!
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Let The Right One In
Manila in the Claws of Light
All the President’s Men
Millennium Actress
Tea and Sympathy
Harakiri
Frankie and Johnny
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Let The Right One In
Manila in the Claws of Light
All the President’s Men
Millennium Actress
Tea and Sympathy
Harakiri
Frankie and Johnny
What is the best movie not from this year that you’ve seen this year? Bonus points if you say why
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
So many!
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Let The Right One In
Manila in the Claws of Light
All the President’s Men
Millennium Actress
Tea and Sympathy
Harakiri
Frankie and Johnny
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Let The Right One In
Manila in the Claws of Light
All the President’s Men
Millennium Actress
Tea and Sympathy
Harakiri
Frankie and Johnny
Do you think anyone writing about TV for the Guardian has ever actually watched a TV show? The state of TV criticism generally in the UK - where it often feels like the critic has barely skimmed the show - is so strange to me.
November 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Do you think anyone writing about TV for the Guardian has ever actually watched a TV show? The state of TV criticism generally in the UK - where it often feels like the critic has barely skimmed the show - is so strange to me.
Imagine finally being big enough to bag a Saint Laurent dress and they hand you a trash bag.
October 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Imagine finally being big enough to bag a Saint Laurent dress and they hand you a trash bag.
I for one am excited for Charlie Puth's Ray of Light.
October 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I for one am excited for Charlie Puth's Ray of Light.
Happy ‘gay men falling over themselves to let you know how much they hate Taylor Swift’ Day to all who celebrate!
October 3, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Happy ‘gay men falling over themselves to let you know how much they hate Taylor Swift’ Day to all who celebrate!
Does anyone else lie awake at night wondering, in the world of The Morning Show, who won Best Actress at the Oscars in 2005 and 2007?
September 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Does anyone else lie awake at night wondering, in the world of The Morning Show, who won Best Actress at the Oscars in 2005 and 2007?
ANOTHER ONE
Why is Holly Willoughby advertising MRI scans too??
September 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
ANOTHER ONE
Nothing to see here, just double Oscar-winner / Annette Bening’ mortal enemy, Hilary Swank doing spon con for MRI machines.
September 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Nothing to see here, just double Oscar-winner / Annette Bening’ mortal enemy, Hilary Swank doing spon con for MRI machines.
The second-hand embarrassment I receive watching people’s Letterboxd Top 4 is honestly staggering.
September 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The second-hand embarrassment I receive watching people’s Letterboxd Top 4 is honestly staggering.
Between Discovery Channel on the Hayley Williams album and Before You Break My Heart on the JADE album, maybe it's time to press the pause button on samples, eh?
September 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Between Discovery Channel on the Hayley Williams album and Before You Break My Heart on the JADE album, maybe it's time to press the pause button on samples, eh?
Finally a great episode of Alien: Earth, and not for nothing the first that actually embraces the franchise’s horror origins rather than use it as window dressing for Noah Hawley’s more cerebral, bloodless dystopia.
September 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Finally a great episode of Alien: Earth, and not for nothing the first that actually embraces the franchise’s horror origins rather than use it as window dressing for Noah Hawley’s more cerebral, bloodless dystopia.
Watching Pump Up The Volume for the first time (surprisingly great, sincere, anti-authoritarian) and Christian Slater really was the original slutty lil glasses wearer.
September 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Watching Pump Up The Volume for the first time (surprisingly great, sincere, anti-authoritarian) and Christian Slater really was the original slutty lil glasses wearer.
I think we all need to brace ourselves for the idea that 9 film roles or whatever for someone who has never acted before might have been an overreach.
August 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I think we all need to brace ourselves for the idea that 9 film roles or whatever for someone who has never acted before might have been an overreach.