Five times Mark Ruffalo was a force for good
The Hollywood star has been putting Boris Johnson right over the PM’s Hulk reference. From fighting Trump, to campaigning for abortion rights, the actor has form for doing the decent thingAs if...
View ArticleBack the global fracking ban, campaigners urge UN
Emma Thompson and Mark Ruffalo among signatories of open letter to secretary general A global campaign backed by 450 activist groups and celebrities, including actors Emma Thompson and Mark Ruffalo, is...
View ArticleMark Ruffalo says he helped make activism sexy as he takes lawyer role
Mark Ruffalo’s new film tells the story of environmental lawyer Rob Billot who took on DuPont over contaminated water from one of its plants When actor Mark Ruffalo first became involved in the...
View ArticleDark Waters review – Mark Ruffalo v big business in enraging drama
The shocking true story of how corporate corruption infected the water of a small town is brought to the screen in mostly effective form by Todd HaynesAt the end of Dark Waters, a dense, angry drama...
View ArticleWhy 2019 has been a big year for the big-screen whistleblower
From The Report to Charlie’s Angels, Hollywood has shown us a string of heroes calling out corruption this yearKarim Amer and Jehane Noujaim’s documentary The Great Hack, released directly to Netflix...
View ArticleCan a movie bring about major corporate change?
The release of Dark Waters, an angry fact-based drama about chemical company DuPont poisoning a small town, hopes to bring attention to a wider issueLast weekend saw the US release of Dark Waters,...
View ArticleThe most exciting movies of 2020 – crime films and thrillers
The Sopranos gets a prequel, Jennifer Lawrence jumps back into action and Jim Broadbent stars as a real-life cabbie who stole a Goya in next year’s buzziest crime capers and thrillersMore of the most...
View ArticleFrom Cats to The Goldfinch: Oscarbait movies the Academy shunned in 2020
This year’s nominations have shown love for Joker and 1917 but a host of awards-primed films have been left out in the coldGiven a splashy premiere at the Telluride film festival, one of the most...
View ArticleOscar-bait no more: why serious-issue dramas are floundering
Worthy movies such as Dark Waters used to be the toast of Hollywood. But is the audience for them drying up?Dark Waters must be the least Todd Haynes film Todd Haynes has ever made. Based on the true...
View ArticleTodd Haynes: 'People who say Trump is bound to win are letting it happen'
His film Dark Waters is a thriller about a lawyer who took on DuPont over chemical pollution. The director talks about why activism works – and why defeatism is collaborationWhen Todd Haynes was...
View ArticleDark Waters review – Todd Haynes plumbs the depths of a poisoning scandal
In this gripping real-life thriller, Mark Ruffalo plays a lawyer who takes on the company that dumped toxic chemicals in West Virginia for decadesTodd Haynes is such a distinctive authorial voice in...
View ArticleDark Waters review – Todd Haynes’s thriller fizzes with righteous fury
Mark Ruffalo is the reluctant hero in this sophisticated legal drama about the real-life case against DuPont chemicalsBased on a 2016 New York Times Magazine article, this sobering and sophisticated...
View ArticleGal Gadot and friends singing to us about self-isolation? That’s a bit rich
We’re too worried about contagion, lost income and feral gangs to watch millionaires singing Imagine in mansions. Aren’t we?You might think, in a time of global panic like this one, the movements and...
View ArticleI Know This Much Is True review – Mark Ruffalo's twin performance saves the day
There is truth in this drama about brothers struggling under the weight of life’s turmoils – but few will avoid compassion fatigue before the endWe all have to Stay Alert now, of course, in case those...
View ArticleThe best films of 2020 so far
Adam Sandler is a gem of jewellery dealer, Dev Patel is inspired casting as David Copperfield, while Keira Knightley disrupts the 1970 Miss World contest in these top picks – listed in date order –...
View ArticleThe week in TV: Hospital; I Know This Much Is True; Dave; State of Happiness,...
Hospital’s two-night coronavirus special will stand as a vital chronicle of our times. Plus, a doubly brilliant Mark Ruffalo, a cringe-worthy US rap comedy – and the joys of 70s Stavanger“It’s like...
View ArticleThe full list of Golden Globes 2021 winners
All the winners of the 78th annual Golden Globes from the world of TV and filmGolden Globes 2021 – live updatesSacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah–...
View ArticleGolden Globes 2021: despite the glitz, grief took centre stage
Best director winner Chloé Zhao addressed the need for healing, while Sean Penn appealed to viewers to support coronavirus testing and vaccination The full list of winnersAs the night happenedAs...
View ArticleThe Adam Project review – Ryan Reynolds quips through thin Netflix sci-fi
The time travel adventure, from Free Guy director Shawn Levy, sees the actor recycling his witty, and often wearying, nice guy schtickThe default tone of The Adam Project, Free Guy director Shawn...
View Article‘Tax us now’: ultra-rich call on governments to introduce wealth taxes
Disney heiress and actor Mark Ruffalo among ‘patriotic millionaires’ who addressed world’s elite at DavosMore than 200 members of the super-rich elite are calling on governments around the world to...
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