Chesney Hawkes: ‘As my dad once said, don’t believe the hype’

The singer, 54, talks about being back in leafy Surrey after years in LA, the secrets of a happy marriage and the hysteria of fame

Splat’s entertainment: I watched Rotten Tomatoes’ 40 lowest-rated films to find out which was worst

Our brave victim writer sits through the film site’s 0%ers to see what makes a bad movie. Will she emerge with her sanity intact – and are all these flops really so bad?

‘It’s a gut punch’: how the California wildfires affected film and TV workers

Nearly 8,000 below-the-line Hollywood workers were in evacuation areas with over 300 losing their homes, a further blow to an industry already struggling

From Dog Man to Cyndi Lauper: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment in the UK

There’s a new kids’ animation with distinctly Cronenbergian undertones, and the fun-having pop legend embark upon her farewell tour

Heart Eyes review – junky Valentine’s slasher is hard to fall for

An awkward cross between insipid romantic comedy and schlocky sleepover horror fails on both counts

‘They chucked her under the bus – then reversed it back over her’: has the Emilia Pérez backlash gone too far?

Karla Sofía Gascón’s precipitous fall from Oscars frontrunner to industry pariah has left many in Hollywood rethinking their tactics – and questioning their ethics

Will we finally get a fabulous Fantastic Four film with First Steps?

Pitched halfway between Wes Anderson and The Jetsons, the superhero team’s MCU debut looks like it will befit characters who were dreamers and pioneers of the impossible

‘Pre-sales are bigger than Barbie’: Bridget Jones 4 set to break box office records – despite no US cinema release

The fourth instalment, Mad About the Boy, on course to become biggest homegrown hit of the year in the UK, but will only be available on streamers stateside

It’s the Oscars on a knife-edge: who’ll win the award for hating Emilia Pérez the most?

Hailed as a progressive triumph, now it’s mired in scandal and acrimony. If that’s not a film for our troubled times, what is? asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Aacta awards 2025: Robbie Williams’ Better Man and Boy Swallows Universe dominate Australian film and TV prizes

Biopic of British singer wins best film and best actor for motion capture star Johnno Davies, while Trent Dalton adaptation takes home 12 of 22 nominations

Turn Me On to Elevation: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

A strange, tender romance starring Bel Powley, and Anthony Mackie fights the ‘giant murder bugs’ who won’t go above 8,000ft in a satisfying end-times thriller

The trans film-maker who remade Batman: ‘There’s a reason all the heroes are queer, mentally ill villains’

Vera Drew’s award-winning new film imagines Batman as a boy-grooming baddie and the Joker as a transgender clown – a hectic riposte to the idea that woke killed the joke

Love Hurts review – Everything Everywhere all over again

Ke Huy Quan’s first live-action film since his Oscar win recycles its predecessor’s hit formula into a gloatingly gory mob romcom co-starring Ariana DeBose

‘I was deeply upset’: Karla Sofía Gascón to miss Spanish ‘Oscars’ as storm over racist tweets continues

The actor was due to attend the Goya awards on Saturday but has pulled out and has also been dropped by publishers

‘I did it for the money!’ The films that made Tim Roth, Benedict Cumberbatch and more apologise

It’s not often that actors criticise their own work. But whether it’s down to movies being slammed for whitewashing or transphobia – or just shonky sets – occasionally they feel they have no choice