Cinema chain Vue eyes blockbuster £1.5bn sale or listing Retail Vue is bringing in bankers to oversee a float or sale which could value the cinema titan at as much as £1.5bn, according to reports. The British cinema chain, helmed by Canadian founder Tim Richards, has been interviewing banks in recent days as it pencils in the formal appointment of advisors later this year. Vue [...]
The Devil Wears Prada 2 review: Meryl Streep is funnier than ever Life&Style The Devil Wears Prada 2 with Meryl Streep review and star rating: ★★★★ The fashion got us hooked, but it was the memes that helped The Devil Wears Prada endure for almost two decades. Asides such as “Florals for spring? Groundbreaking” and “Everybody wants to be us,” delivered by Meryl Streep’s monstrous editor Miranda Priestly, [...]
Everyman boss departs with immediate effect weeks after profit warning Business The boss of luxury cinema chain Everyman Media Group has stepped down weeks after warning over sales and profits following poor box office trading. Shareholders were informed on Monday morning that Alex Scrimgeour was stepping down as chief executive with immediate effect, with current non-executive director Farah Golant to take over on an interim basis [...]
Everyman: Shares in luxury cinema rise after revenue spikes July 28, 2025 Shares in Everyman spiked nearly five per cent morning after the upmarket cinema group reported double digit profit growth. The chain, which has 48 venues across the UK, told markets this morning that revenue in the first half of 2025 rose 21 per cent to £56.5m. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose [...]
Vue: Cinema chain loses over £90m despite Deadpool & Wolverine boost April 28, 2025 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 [...]
Death of a Unicorn film review: don’t deep this A24 comedy-horror April 4, 2025 Ever since it premiered at SXSW last month, Death Of A Unicorn has been generating buzz. Produced by studio du jour A24, who brought us offbeat classics like Heretic and Everything Everywhere All At Once, it is an interesting prospect. But at a time when riskier stories have struggled to find an audience, is it [...]
Iconic cinema in Chelsea put on the market March 13, 2025 An iconic Grade II ex-cinema in Chelsea has been put on the market, with potential to turn it into a hotel, housing or a member’s club. The closure of the cinema, which Hugh Grant called “strangely unbearable”, sparked headlines last year. The site, which originally opened in 1930 as the Forum Theatre, became the 26th [...]
Keke Palmer and SZA are charming in One Of Them Days March 6, 2025 In January, adult comedy One Of Them Days provided the first box office shock of 2025 when it beat big budget horror Wolf Man in its opening weekend in The US. A light-hearted LA story that proved popular with locals seeking relief from the city’s January wildfires, it now comes to UK screens hoping to [...]
Oscar nominated I’m Still Here review: a moving portrait of resilience February 20, 2025 I’m Still Here review and star rating: ★★★★ I’m Still Here has become the most successful film made in Brazil since the pandemic, and has garnered three Oscar nominations. Based on a true story, the film follows the Paiva family, whose patriarch Rubens is a politician fighting against the authoritarian government of the early 1970s. [...]
Captain America: Brave New World proves superhero movies need to end now February 20, 2025 Captain America: Brave New World review and star rating: ★★ Hollywood’s biggest franchise is at a turning point. In the six years and 11 movies since the all-conquering Avengers: Endgame, few entries in the franchise have felt like a genuine event. It’s partly the arrival of lesser-known new heroes, but also the sheer fatigue that [...]