Christmas Day TV: why the new Wallace and Gromit is today’s must-watch film December 25, 2024 A British Christmas tradition returns in Aardman’s Wallace and Gromit, the animated duo that have warmed our hearts since their first appearance 35 years ago. There’s been little from the witless inventor and his canine chum ever since 2008’s A Matter of Loaf and Death, but a new deal with Netflix has seen them ride again. [...]
Better Man: Robbie Williams biopic is a Christmas must-watch December 24, 2024 Think about Jamie Foxx studying Ray Charles for 2004 Oscar winner Ray, or Rami Malek transforming into Freddie Mercury for Bohemian Rhapsody: there are some excellent musical biopics. But for Better Man, the story of Robbie Williams, the singer took a different route, eschewing a lookalike for a CGI ape. Yes, you read that correctly. [...]
Reflecting on Saltburn a year later with Sadie Soverall: ‘We shot so much more!’ December 23, 2024 As Saltburn celebrates its first anniversary, we reflect on the film’s success with Sadie Soverall, the only actor to have romantic scenes with Jacob Elordi and Barry Keoghan It has been almost exactly a year ago since Saltburn blew a hole in TikTok – and our sartorial perspectives – to become the most talked-about film [...]
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 [...]
The James Earl Jones tribute is the only good bit in Mufasa: Lion King December 20, 2024 There’s no creative explanation as to why we are getting a follow-up to 2019’s remake of The Lion King. But John Favreau’s reinterpretation of the 1994 classic made over $1billion five years ago, making another film a certainty. Mufasa: Lion King hits cinemas in time for Christmas. Positioned as both a prequel and sequel, the [...]
From Roger Moore With Love: Steve Coogan stars in odd tribute December 11, 2024 Seven years after his passing, the life of the third and most prolific James Bond actor is brought to the screen in From Roger Moore With Love. Steve Coogan plays Roger Moore as if he were narrating his own life, reading from old interviews and memoirs to imagine what the actor would say were he [...]
Queer film review: Daniel Craig shines in Luca Guadagnino drama December 11, 2024 One of the headline acts of this year’s London Film Festival, Queer offers a side to Daniel Craig that you will definitely not have seen before. Adapted from the novella by William S. Burroughs, he plays Lee, an American ex-pat living in 1950s Mexico City, having fled New Orleans due to his drug addiction. Content [...]
Unstoppable: Jharrel Jerome goes the distance in athletics drama December 4, 2024 Tales of sporting bravery are as old as The Hollywood Hills, but there’s still an audience for movies that celebrate the art of going the distance. Unstoppable is the latest to that list, drawing from the autobiography of athlete Anthony Robles. Played by Moonlight’s Jharrel Jerome, the film follows Robles’ trials chasing his dream to [...]
Rumours is the political farce the world needs right now December 4, 2024 There may not feel like a lot to laugh about in the political world at the moment, but the dry humour in bizarre horror-comedy Rumours may hit the target. Set during a fiction conference, the leaders of the G7 countries set about trying to form a press release regarding an unknown crisis. Suddenly, they find [...]
Nightbitch review: Amy Adams plays a dog in motherhood horror December 4, 2024 Motherhood has been portrayed in various ways on screen, but few films will go to the same extremes as new drama Nightbitch. Amy Adams stars as Mother, a woman who has left behind a life as a successful artist in order to become a stay-at-home mum to Baby, a toddler with no shortage of energy. [...]