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I hate to be the scowling lesbian at the feast – but here’s what worries me about the new Austen adaptations

I love Jane Austen. But a fresh revival of the idea that what a woman needs most is to marry a man is the last thing we need, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

Rosanna Arquette: ‘You pay the price for being outspoken’

From shooting with Martin Scorsese at 4am to watching Madonna explode on set, the actor answers your questions

Rosebud sled from Citizen Kane sells at auction for £11m

Item donated by a director who was given it during a studio clearout becomes second most valuable piece of movie memorabilia

Puppy power: canine in new Superman movie spurs pet adoption interest

Searches for ‘adopt a dog near me’ on Google increased by 513% after Superman, starring Krypto, released in the US

Human Traffic review – one-crazy-night 90s clubbing comedy provides euphoric rush of nostalgia

This loved-up ensemble piece is cheerfully apolitical, pro-drugs and pro-hedonism – and features a very funny film debut from Danny Dyer

I Know What You Did Last Summer review – fun 90s slasher revival hooks us back in

Jennifer Love-Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr return for a goofy, slickly made legacy sequel stuffed with fan service

Smurfs review – Rihanna is star turn of the new generation of floppy-hatted blue elves

James Corden and John Goodman join the singer voicing the Belgian creatures in this uninspired, unengaging kids’ animation

Did Superman kill the press junket? How TikTok clips conquered movie publicity

From the new Superman geeking out on Star Wars to the Wicked cast crying, actors’ personality insights are now distilled into reel-friendly clips and internet boyfriend-baiting soundbites

Friendship review – male inadequacy barbecued in Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd’s comedy bromance

Robinson is magnificently cringeworthy as a man in thrall to his cool neighbour Rudd in Andrew DeYoung’s film, as divisive as a Vimto-Marmite cocktail

Four Letters of Love review – top-notch cast aim to bring Nicholas Sparks-ish romance to life

Sugary story of destiny and dreams slowly brings together two troubled young people and a prize painting

In defence of Step Brothers: the platonic ideal of Obama-era comedy

Watching Will Ferrell and John C Reilly as a pair of large adult sons feels like witnessing the dying embers of the gen X sensibility – before the world got cruel and idiots took over

‘I wish I’d enjoyed my fame a bit more’: Jim Sturgess on regrets, romance and the art of the mix tape

He broke Hollywood in his early 20s, and found it all extremely scary. Now starring in a beautiful TV romance, Sturgess talks love, Walkmans – and why he might have just found his forever screen partner

‘The soldiers want you to see what they’re going through’: the heartbreaking follow-up to 20 Days in Mariupol

While Mstyslav Chernov was on the Oscars circuit with his first Ukraine war film, soldiers in his latest – made using bodycams – were dying. He explains why he needed to join them in the trenches

Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado review – plucky teen explorer goes looking for lost Incan magic

Inoffensive adventure story updates Dora the Explorer as she goes in search of the legendary golden sun that will grant one wish

Tin Soldier review – Jamie Foxx leads with his hairdo in thriller about a soldier infiltrating a cult

Scott Eastwood and Robert De Niro also star in this confusing film about an ex-soldier sent to penetrate a cult compound

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