A London crime drama from Guy Ritchie starring Tom Hardy? MobLand should work, but it doesn’t

A new London-set crime show from Guy Ritchie and Top Boy writer Ronan Bennett sounds like a match made in gangland TV heaven – the gun-toting, geezer-iffic equivalent of Marvel’s The Avengerswith a lot less spandex and a great many more c-words flying about. MobLand certainly has all the raw materials. They include Tom Hardy … Read more

‘The Penguin Lessons,’ starring a teacher’s pet, has feel-good movie moments down cold

The unique relationship between animals and people is a territory often mined for cinematic fodder; the twist in “The Penguin Lessons,” based on the 2015 memoir by Tom Michell, is in the exoticism of both the animal and the setting, though the message imparted is indeed familiar. Adapted for the screen by screenwriter Jeff Pope … Read more

David Tennant makes JK Rowling dig when asked about starring in Harry Potter series

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Warner Bros. killed a Looney Tunes movie starring John Cena. Now it’s back from the dead

Just like in a Looney Tunes cartoon, a bruised and battered Wile E. Coyote may soon limp back to fight another day. A year and a half after David Zaslav-run Warner Bros. Discovery shelved the movie “Coyote vs. Acme,” the studio is in talks to sell the film to North Hollywood-based film finance and distribution … Read more

Crystal Palace’s Adam Wharton pushing for England recall after starring in front of Thomas Tuchel

And yes, he and Richards did allow Youri Tielemans to get a fierce run on them as the Villa midfielder raced into the box to plant a first-half header wide, while a risky pass in the final third backfired for Wharton when it was snuffed out, Villa broke away, and Jacob Ramsey scored, only to … Read more