Nicholas Barber
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- Sep 29, 2026
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Digger review: Tom Cruise takes the 'biggest risk of his career' in this 'love-it-or-hate-it' folly ★★★★☆ (opens the original)
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Tom Cruise's performance as a bizarre oil tycoon makes Digger the "weirdest film" he has ever made – and could it be a flop. But there's much more to this divisive, satirical comedy than viewers might expect, including two high-concept twists. Tom Cruise does things that seem terrifying to the rest of us, whether it's clinging to the sides of planes or riding motorbikes off the tops of cliffs. But his new film is the biggest risk of his career. He isn't in danger of breaking any bones, for a cha
Verity to Digger: 12 of the best films to watch this October (opens the original)
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From a dark thriller adapted from a Colleen Hoover novel to a satirical farce about an eccentric oil billionaire, here are the films to watch and stream at home this month. Tom Cruise has spent the last decade becoming Hollywood's premier action hero, showing off his daredevil stunts – and his energetic running – in Mission: Impossible, Jack Reacher and The Mummy. But now, it seems, he's ready for a change. His new film, Digger, is a bizarre satirical farce from Alejandro G Iñárritu, the Mexican
Primetime to Flesh Impact: Six of the best Oscar contenders from the 2026 Venice film festival (opens the original)
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From a wild-eyed performance by Robert Pattinson to an Elon Musk documentary and a short film about Marilyn Monroe at 100, here are the Venice films attracting Oscars buzz. The Venice International Film Festival is often a launchpad for films that rocket their way to Oscar glory. Over the past decade, these have included La La Land and The Shape of Water, Roma and The Brutalist, Joker and Frankenstein. This year's festival featured fewer big-budget Hollywood awards contenders than usual, but her
Five things you need to know about the new four-hour Elon Musk documentary (opens the original)
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The Venice Film Festival has hosted the premiere of major documentary-maker Alex Gibney's epic and provocative new profile of the richest man on Earth, which has been years in the making. Here are five key takeaways from the film. Alex Gibney, the Oscar-winning director of Taxi to the Dark Side and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, has made documentaries about some of the richest and most powerful people on Earth. But none of them has been as rich and powerful as Elon Musk. Maybe that's why
Primetime review: Robert Pattinson is extraordinary as controversial paedophile-hunter Chris Hansen ★★★★★ (opens the original)
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Pattinson has been having an exceptional year on screen – and that continues with his dizzying performance in this dark media satire about 2000s US reality TV show To Catch a Predator. Has any actor as handsome as Robert Pattinson ever played so many ugly-on-the-inside people? It took him a few years to find roles that suited him after the Twilight franchise turned him into a teen idol, but the likes of Good Time, The Lighthouse, Mickey 17, and Die My Love have established him as a major figure
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