Un oeuf is enough: have we had our fill of movie Easter eggs?
They were once a sweet treat for audiences, but Deadpool & Wolverine proves that gorging on cameos, callbacks and end-credit stingers can leave you gagging
Tom Cruise to appear in Olympics closing ceremony – report
Mission: Impossible star pre-taped stunts in Paris and Los Angeles for the 11 August ceremony, reports suggest
Britney Spears memoir The Woman in Me headed to the big screen
Universal has acquired the rights to the bestselling tell-all, with Wicked’s Jon M Chu set to direct
Cheng Pei-pei obituary
Actor who was considered the first female action hero, best known for her role in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Instigators review – Matt Damon and Casey Affleck can’t save underpowered heist comedy
The Ocean’s Eleven veterans star in this Boston-set caper about a broke ex-marine and a moody ex-con hired to rob the mayor’s victory party
‘I’m happy for everyone released, but there is also sadness’: film-maker Odessa Rae on today’s momentous prisoner swap
The Oscar-winning documentary-maker was instrumental in the historic US-Russian prisoner swap, but she says, the one person missing from the deal was her friend Alexei Navalny. She talks about her last conversation with him, her new film about the Taliban and her next project in Ukraine
A woman brought her own snacks to Despicable Me 4. Then the police arrived
Many struggling cinemas depend on sales of pricey food and drink as ticket revenue mainly goes to film studios. But does banning outside supplies really add up, asks Stuart Heritage
Malcolm McDowell: ‘Kubrick had stewed pears and sour chicken for lunch because Napoleon did’
The actor answers your questions on Peter O’Toole, the new version of Caligula, growing up in Liverpool – and having his eyeballs scraped
The silence is deafening: why this year’s environmental films are nonverbal
From Hundreds of Beavers to In a Violent Nature and Sasquatch Sunset, all have chosen to limit or refrain from dialogue to bring audiences closer to those that cannot speak for themselves
Breaking the bank: are Hollywood stars getting paid too much?
Robert Downey Jr’s return to the Marvel universe will make him the highest-paid actor in the industry but post-strikes, should A-listers be taking all the cash?
My Neighbour Totoro review – Miyazaki’s supernatural masterpiece still enchants
Studio Ghibli’s inspirationally lovely film about a girl’s encounter with a gentle creature only becomes more beguiling with repeated viewings
Harold and the Purple Crayon review – garish and charmless kids fantasy dud
Zachary Levi makes for a miscast lead in a poorly thought- out adaptation of Crockett Johnson’s classic picture book
The comeback queen: actor Joan Chen on self-doubt, success, savagings – and a second chance at 63
Thirty-seven years after her Hollywood breakthrough in The Last Emperor, Chen is back in new drama Dìdi. She discusses her roots in China, objectification and the protective power of creativity
The NeverEnding Story review – a wondrous world of beasts and young heroes
A grieving boy is drawn into a magical land in Wolfgang Petersen’s ambitious fantasy adventure, rereleased for its 40th anniversary
Pat Heywood obituary
Stalwart of the British stage who was also known for her film roles in Romeo and Juliet and 10 Rillington Place