Film

The 17-year-old boy was charged with possessing the weapon as well as nine wraps of Class A drugs after he was arrested on February 6

Growing up, my understanding of Robert Rodriguez films consisted solely of Spy Kids. I did not watch Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn or subsequently Sin City or Machete. I suppose his work is a cultural blind spot for me but in truth I felt let down by Spy Kids, the less than impressed 10-year-old I was. So upon viewing Alita: Battle Angel, I did so with some trepidation. Was Rodriguez going to let me down again as he has 18 years ago...

Big Hollywood names want to shoot the blockbuster on Salisbury Plain but local groups say building work could impact on historic features and rare species

Paul Parker installed the life-size figure of an AT-ST, which featured in Return of the Jedi, in his field by the A38 near Ashburton, Devon

Film lovers are clamouring for movies based on David Bowie, Bob Marley and Frank Sinatra, according to a survey. After the success of 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody, based on rock group Queen, researchers polled the British public to find out what other musical stories they’d like to see on the silver screen. Other dream rock star biopics which appear in the top 10 wishlist include those of Kurt Cobain, Madonna and Stevie Wonder. Robbie Williams’ colourful career was the seventh most-wanted...

Dean DeBlois has done it again! One of the most noticeable and remarkable things about the How to train your Dragon franchise is its ability to make adults realise their inner child and come into touch with those feelings once again. Furthermore, the animation captivatingly brings to life a world where dragons actually exist, and leaves us dreaming we were Berkians living in the village of Berk. Let’s face it, with dragons as adorable as Toothless, who wouldn’t want to be a...

Dave Holden is an instructor at the Intergalactic Saber Masters

The Copacabana nightclub, 1962. The rugged chief bouncer Tony 'The Lip' Vallelonga finds himself out of work while the club is refurbished, and agrees to drive concert pianist Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) across country for his upcoming tour. Snags to this arrangement are that not only is Don a genteel, particular man, he is also an African-American who will be travelling through the American Deep South. Tony must rely on the Green Book for Negro Travellers to get Don...

Vice opens not in an office of government but with the sight of a young Dick Cheney being called over by the police for drink driving. Having already dropped out of Yale, he spent most of his early twenties drinking and working as an electricity maintenance worker. Fearful that his life was going nowhere, his wife Lynne (Amy Adams) demands that he cleans up his act and by 1969 he was interning in the White House. Initially under the tutelage...