Tinā: the tiny, big-hearted New Zealand movie that became a smash hit – against the odds | Film

Days after Tinā premiered in February, lead actress Anapela Polataivao’s 80-year-old aunt stood up in church and implored her congregation to see the film. “She said, ‘I’m not here because she’s my niece, I’m here because it represents us,’” says Polataivao. “I love that for the older generation, it’s gifting that to them. It’s reflecting … Read more

‘This treasure belongs to the nation’: Miriam Margolyes and Brian Cox join calls to save Wordsworth’s home | Books

Actors Brian Cox, Miriam Margolyes and Tom Conti as well as the children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce are among those calling for the home of William Wordsworth to be saved as a site of literary heritage. The Romantic poet lived at Rydal Mount in the Lake District from 1813 to his death in 1850. The property … Read more

‘It’s Fleabag’s home – the audience is unshockable’: Phoebe Waller-Bridge and more on 25 years of Soho theatre | Theatre

A fixture on London’s Dean Street for 25 years, Soho theatre has hatched plays that won Oliviers, shows that earned the Edinburgh comedy award and ideas that became TV hits. On any night, across its upstairs studio theatre, its main house and basement cabaret bar, you’ll find plays from new writers, experimentations in clowning, drag … Read more

‘If Jesus and Buddha had our work schedule, they’d have fallen out too’: boyband Five on bullying, Britney and their blockbuster return | Pop and rock

In September 1998, amid a rocketing pop career that would end up with every one of their 11 singles reaching the UK Top 10, British boyband Five went missing. They were due to visit the US, where the lascivious When the Lights Go Out had got huge, but Five – Ritchie Neville (curtains), Scott Robinson … Read more

Can Predator: Badlands finally prove a shared universe with Alien was a good idea? | Film

Somewhere out there in the multiverse is a movie saga in which all great dystopian sci-fi is united under one roof: a place where Xenomorphs stalk Na’vi for sport and Predators quote Rutger Hauer like they’ve just discovered existential rain. Meanwhile, here’s the new trailer for Predator: Badlands, which at least brings two of these … Read more

Post your questions for Nicolas Cage | Nicolas Cage

There aren’t many actors who transcend the roles they play in quite the unique way as Nicolas Cage. Born Nicolas Coppola (his uncle is Francis Ford), Cage rebranded to avoid nepotism. He started acting because he wanted to be like James Dean. Cage’s early roles include 1982 coming-of-age movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High and … Read more

Atomfall review – everybody’s gone to the reactor | Games

‘What if the Chornobyl disaster happened in the UK?” is the question Atomfall asks. The answer, according to developer Rebellion, is that it would be considerably more picturesque and feature loads of pasties. Aping the nuclear catastrophe fiction of series such as Fallout and Stalker, Atomfall offers a mildly diverting scientific whodunit. But it struggles … Read more