Vue: Cinema chain loses over £90m despite Deadpool & Wolverine boost Business Cinema chain Vue lost more than £90m last year as the success of Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine failed to boost its bottom line. The business has posted a pre-tax loss of £91.8m for the 12 months to 30 November, 2024, having also lost £73.7m in the prior year. The latest total comes [...]
The Last Showgirl film review: Pamela Anderson as you’ve never seen her Life&Style For over thirty years, Pamela Anderson has been a pop culture curiosity. The embodiment of 90s raunch thanks to her role in Baywatch, the star’s legacy has been pored over in numerous documentaries and TV shows. Here, she shows a more serious side in the drama The Last Showgirl. She plays Shelly, a 57-year-old Vegas [...]
The 25 best things to do in London in 2025, from theatre to films and bonkers events Life&Style Theatre, film, exhibitions, barmy events: here are the best 25 things to do in London in 2025 Another new year and, Dry January aside, there’s plenty to be excited for. Yes, our capital is stepping up to mark a quarter of a century since the millennium bug (feel old yet?) with oodles of brilliant new [...]
Our film editor’s 15 best movies of 2024, from Dune to Poor Things December 21, 2024 It’s been a hugely significant year for the movies: Hollywood got back to work after the 2023 strikes, the superhero genre continued to nosedive and nostalgic sequels were all the rage. As the year wraps up, City AM Film Editor Victoria Luxford picks her 15 best movies of the year. The Holdovers (January) Destined to [...]
Piece By Piece review: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in soulless Christmas filler by Amazon November 8, 2024 Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson can’t save this soulless Christmas comedy It’s early November, which in Hollywood means the countdown to Christmas has begun. Hoping to kick start the cheer is action comedy Red One. Sadly, it’s as exciting as finding a lump of coal in your stocking. Dwayne Johnson – star of what feels like [...]
Cush Jumbo: On playing Hamlet and choosing which cake to eat October 3, 2024 There are two types of people: those who already know about Cush Jumbo, one of the finest British actors of her generation, and those who are soon to find out. The star of wildly successful TV shows including The Good Wife, Criminal Record and Deadwater Fell, Jumbo cemented her A-List credentials when she became the [...]
Facilities at ADF: ‘Momentum is returning’ to to UK film market after strikes September 16, 2024 Film and TV production trailer provider Facilities by ADF has reported a “resilient market performance” despite a turbulent year in the film industry due to the Hollywood writers and actors strike. In an update to markets, the leading provider of premium serviced production facilities to the UK film and high-end television industry, including the Crown, [...]
Working Title: Production giant behind new Bridget Jones film ‘significantly impacted’ by Hollywood strikes July 15, 2024 The UK arm of Working Title, the production giant behind Lord of the Rings, Love Actually and British cult classics Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, has weathered a challenging year after being "significantly impacted" by the Hollywood writers strike, according to newly-filed documents.
Yimbys unite! How the planning regime is holding back the UK film industry June 19, 2024 A council's moronic decision to block Marlow Film Studios not only hurts our film industry - it holds back our economy, Jess Jones argues
Vue moves into distribution as its latest efforts to replenish limited film supply June 16, 2024 Vue International is moving into film distribution as the cinema operator looks to replenish its lack of supply caused by the 'unprecedented' Hollywood strikes.