Forrest Gump review – Tom Hanks’ chocolate box hero still gets under your skin
Forrest Gump at 30: a wildly popular movie that remains as light as a feather
February 2023
‘We’re going through a big revolution’: how AI is de-ageing stars on screen
Stars like Tom Hanks and Harrison Ford are being rendered younger digitally but voices in the industry express concern about where we might be heading
September 2022
Pinocchio review – Zemeckis and Hanks reunite for well-made yet cold remake
A live-action take on the classic animation has effective visual moments and an impactful turn from Tom Hanks but never quite justifies its existence
October 2020
The Witches review – Roald Dahl reboot fails to cast the original's magic spell
Robert Zemeckis’s retelling of the wicked children’s story feels more grumpy than scary, while its comedy veers between frantic and strained
April 2020
The classic film I've never seen
I've never seen ... Back to the Future
This 80s gem throws up some strange messages for a family film, but its mind-bending meta-mania is a joy to watch under lockdown
January 2020
2020 culture preview
Star debuts and happy returns: theatre, dance and comedy in 2020
Tom Stoppard gets personal, Cush Jumbo does Hamlet, Hollywood names bring everything from tragedy to comedy … plus dance confronts shame and there’s standup open heart surgery
December 2019
The most anticipated movies of 2020
The most exciting movies of 2020 – family films
Mulan fights her way out of controversy, Pixar jams with a jazz Coco and Keanu Reeves stars opposite SpongeBob Squarepants in next year’s most promising kids’ flicks
May 2019
Great Scott! Back to the Future returns as a musical for 2020
Time-travel film’s co-creator to write dialogue while Olly Dobson takes Marty McFly role
January 2019
And the nominees aren't: the Oscarbait films that failed in 2019
While Roma and The Favourite might be leading the race, there’s a list of major prospects that struggled to turn buzz into votes
December 2018
Welcome to Marwen review – misjudged doll drama
Welcome to Marwen review: Steve Carell on icky form in straightwashed misfire
November 2018
Back to the Future – the reboot everybody wants but no one thinks is a good idea
Director Robert Zemeckis has tried to put an end to another outing for Marty McFly but 71% of Americans are clamouring for a remake. And what the people want, the people will get
November 2016
Film talk
Marion Cotillard on starring with Brad Pitt in Allied: 'Chemistry creates itself' – video interview
The star of new wartime thriller Allied joins director Robert Zemeckis to talk about the crucial ingredients of on-screen chemistry
Marion Cotillard on global reaction to the US election: 'Fear is winning'
Star of second world war thriller calls for artists to defend free speech, while her director Robert Zemeckis says the Trump years will be boon for TV and film industry
Allied review – Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard fail to find Blitz spirit
Robert Zemeckis lacks his usual fizz in this tourist visit to a heritage-wartime past, in which Pitt and Cotillard look and act like strangers
October 2016
Trailer park
Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard as second world war spies in trailer for Allied – video
Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard play wartime spies in Casablanca and London who have to act as husband and wife as they embark on a deadly mission behind enemy lines
August 2016
Trailer park
Allied: Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard in teaser for second world war thriller – video
A second world war thriller that has Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard star as assassins
July 2016
Film blog
Festival fever: 40 films we predict will premiere at Venice, Toronto and Telluride
New films from Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Hanks, Emily Blunt and Amy Adams are set to be unveiled at the upcoming festivals. Here’s our run-down of what to expect
October 2015
Film blog
Welcome to the flophouse! This year's films that no one wanted to see
A disastrous weekend at the US box office highlights a year that’s boasted a string of catastrophic flops without a defined audience
