Movie Review

Christopher Nolan's film is the latest of countless retellings – in opera, poetry, comics and video games. And the epic's own history is as complicated as its hero's voyage

The new movie, The Death of Robin Hood, insists its weary, violent outlaw is the real man behind the myth, buried by centuries of sanitising. But the medieval Robin was a moral compass, not a villain

Cinema may have a lesson or two to teach us about how society can work together and collectively overcome shared threats like a pandemic

Filmmakers just love the vivid drama of Ancient Rome. But which screen visions of the ancient superpower do our history experts rate the best?

Russia’s ban on the movie reveals how much the Kremlin fears losing its grip on power

The latest Marvel movie adaption, Black Panther, arrives in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement with its own take on global Civil Rights - with a pan-African twist

Blade Runner 2049, like the original, is about what it means to be human. But the ethical implications of cloning could prophesize an ethically fraught future

If you are scared witless by the Alien movies then read no further, these six animals are just as creepy and they’re here on Earth

The discovery of life on another planet is becoming more likely - so the movie Life isn’t purely fiction

Finally, we have some evidence that DC’s superhero juggernaut is changing course, but it’s moving very slowly