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Johnny Harris on Jawbone: ‘The film was always going to be about boxing and...

Having made his name playing menacing monsters in This is England and London to Brighton, the actor has written a raw drama starring Ray Winstone and Ian McShane, inspired by his earlier lifeWe’re in...

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Jawbone review – unfakeably authentic boxing story drips with blood and tears

Johnny Harris packs a powerful punch as the star and writer of this heartfelt drama inspired by his experiences as a teenage champion in the ringJohnny Harris is the tough, charismatic London actor who...

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Foxy Bingo owner fined £350,000 for misleading ads

Gambling firm GVC penalised over misleading offers as regulator announces ban on adverts that entice problem gamblersGVC, the online gambling firm behind Foxy Bingo, has been fined £350,000 for...

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The Bromley contingent: the films from London's forgotten corner

South-east London isn’t always the perfect match for the glamour of the big screen. With The Bromley Boys on the horizon, here are six brave productions that buck the trendWhen a film is set in London,...

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Hatton Garden Job v King of Thieves – which trailer steals the swag?

The ultimate one-last-job London caper now has two film treatments – the latest starring Michael Caine. We help decide which is the dog’s proverbialsYou’re busy people. Whenever two films with similar...

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British gangster classic Sexy Beast to be adapted for TV series

Ray Winstone’s retired mobster Gal Dove and Ben Kingsley’s unhinged enforcer Don Logan are being brought back to life by one of The Sopranos writing teamSexy Beast, Jonathan Glazer’s stylish and...

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After the Hatton Garden heist: 'The actors will profit more than the criminals'

When a gang of pensioners looted millions from a jewellery vault in 2015, it seemed straight out of a film – and now it’s the subject of several. What happened next for the ‘Bad Grandpas’?It took two...

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King of Thieves review – Hatton Garden crew commit daylight robbery

Michael Caine leads an all-star cast who forfeit their dignity in a caper beset by creaking parts, bad jokes and tedious storytellingAre they having a laugh? This true-crime cockney heist caper...

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King of Thieves review – old lags and old jokes

A cast of heavyweights fails to animate James Marsh’s staid retelling of the 2015 Hatton Garden heistThere is one joke in King of Thieves, and it’s that the thieves are old. That’s it – that’s the...

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The Queen’s Corgi review – palace pooch in the doghouse

Jack Whitehall voices a disgraced doggie who ends up joining a canine fight club in this mirthless animated caperThese are indeed the misadventures of one of Her Majesty’s pluckier canine companions....

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Ladies and Gentleman, the Fabulous Stains: teenage Diane Lane and Laura Dern...

This long-buried gem from 1982 about a teen-girl punk band subverts the great rock’n’roll swindle of the Sex PistolsWhen Johnny Rotten crouched on the edge of the stage in San Francisco in 1978, at the...

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Hear me out: why Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull isn't a...

The latest in our series of writers defending maligned films is a reappraisal for the fun fourth Indiana Jones adventureIt’s a wonder we got a fourth Indiana Jones film at all. Though the deal struck...

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Black Widow review – Scarlett Johansson, the Russian super spy with an...

Great fun is had in giving us the backstory to the assassin’s place in the Marvel Cinematic UniverseThe sensuous cough-syrup purr of Scarlett Johansson’s voice is something I’ve missed in lockdown; now...

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‘I enjoy how sexy she is, as long as she’s in control’: Black Widow’s Cate...

Marvel’s long-awaited spin-off is the first to be solo-directed by a woman. She discusses male domination of crews, the film’s feminism – and going from indie films to a blockbusterIt is September...

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Black Widow: the femme power, the Bond movie stylings, the gender-swapping –...

Was the Marvel stand-alone instalment a fitting send-off for Natasha Romanoff? And what about the much-vaunted return of Iron Man?What an unusual yet beguilingly brilliant Marvel movie Black Widow is....

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The Proposition: Nick Cave’s savage outback western reveals ugly truths about...

Released in 2005, this brutal tale of sibling conflict is set against the backdrop of colonial racism, violence and misogynyThe Proposition is streaming on Binge and Foxtel in Australia. For more...

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Prizefighter review – Russell Crowe and Ray Winstone in the ring for period...

Despite some serious star power on the bill, this lightweight sporting drama never gets off the ropesThere’s an interesting story to be told about Jem Belcher, the Bristol bare-knuckle prizefighter and...

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Nil By Mouth review – Gary Oldman’s overwhelming study of family violence

It’s unsurprising the actor has yet to direct another film after giving so much to this blistering debut, acted at full tilt by a remarkable castTwenty-five years ago, Gary Oldman opened an artery of...

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Ray Winstone and Gary Oldman on Nil By Mouth: ‘It’s a tough watch’

‘It’s a harrowing film, perhaps not one for a Saturday night with a pizza. But it’s stood the test of time – and that’s down to the genius of Gary Oldman’I’d briefly met Gary Oldman at film-maker Alan...

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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish review – sequel no one wanted resembles longform...

Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek and other stars squander their talents voicing harmless but pointless sequel to 2010’s Puss in BootsSomewhat mystifyingly, some top-secret algorithmic function in...

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