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From Lord of the Flies to Deftones: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne takes on the classic tale of deserted schoolboys, while the US band warm up for a pummelling summer of alt metal

Austin Butler to play Lance Armstrong in big-screen biopic

Project, following disgraced cyclist, reportedly sparked bidding war, with Conclave’s Edward Berger set to direct

The Strangers: Chapter 3 review – pointless remake trilogy ends with a sputter

Renny Harlin’s thankless trio of movies, taking a simple story and extending it for no creative reason, is at least finally over

Actor Timothy Busfield indicted in New Mexico on child sex abuse charges

Acts are alleged to have occurred in 2024 on set of TV drama The Cleaning Lady, which Busfield acted in and directed

Sales of Brontë’s Wuthering Heights skyrocket ahead of film adaptation

The number of novels sold rose nearly fivefold year on year in the UK in January, Penguin Classics reports, as Emerald Fennell’s hotly anticipated take is set for release next week

‘Kenny was a riff on decency’: how a low-budget comedy about a portable toilet plumber became a $8m hit

Twenty years ago brothers Shane and Clayton Jacobson turned an improv character inspired by real ‘dunny men’ into comedic gold that celebrated the humour and smarts of blue collar Australians

In an era of frictionless digital experiences, there’s something magical about obsolete technology

DVDs and CDs signalled the beginning of the end for physical media but now have pride of place among technologies that are forgotten but not quite gone

Doctor Doom is Iron Man’s evil shadow? The most far-out fan theories about Avengers: Doomsday

A message board on the Russo brothers’ website briefly hosted Marvel fans’ best guesses about the direction their forthcoming film will take. Here are the wildest

Aacta awards 2026: horror film Bring Her Back and Jacob Elordi win big at Australian film and TV prizes

The Philippou brothers’ film was most awarded of the night with 10 wins, while Elordi took home best lead actor for The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Eternity to Queer: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Who will Elizabeth Olsen choose to spend the afterlife with – Callum Turner or Miles Teller? Plus: Daniel Craig is wonderful in Luca Guadagnino’s erotic drama

‘I’ve been advised not to say certain things’: The Secret Agent makers on Oscars, dictators and death threats

The actor Wagner Moura and writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho explain how the Brazilian thriller mirrors their experiences of political corruption and why they are compelled to speak out

David Furnish calls alleged phone hacks of him and Elton John ‘an abomination’

Furnish says he and his husband felt ‘violated’ by the Daily Mail, which allegedly used information gained unlawfully

Purr-fect casting: is Orangey the most important movie cat ever?

A new retrospective celebrates the work of the cat credited with roles in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Comedy of Terrors and Rhubarb

‘One of the most stunning sights in the country’: your picks for UK town of culture

From pirates and skateboarders in Hastings to legends and locks in Devizes, from dolphins in Scarborough to the ‘artists’ town’ of Kirkcudbright, readers put forward their favourite places

Amazon pulls Melania from Oregon cinema after owner’s criticism as rumours mount over ‘fake ticket sales’

Owner of local cinema says Amazon is upset at way they marketed movie as some in US say healthy ticket sales are not reflected by empty seats

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