Soldiers, survivors and lovable rogues: the new wave of Jewish cinema
Uncut Gems is one of a host of upcoming releases, also including Nazi satire Jojo Rabbit, that prove Jewish characters can be more than kvetching cosmopolitansAt the recent post-premiere party for...
View ArticleThe 50 best films of 2019 in the US: No 9 – Uncut Gems
The Safdies deliver another abrasive endurance test powered by a skittish, career-best performance from Adam SandlerThe 50 best films of 2019 in the USMore on the best culture of 2019In a recent...
View ArticleUncut Gems review – bank on it: here's the year's most exciting film | Peter...
Adam Sandler gives a terrific, career-best performance as a Manhattan jeweller with a perilous gambling habit in a rollicking, high-energy thrillerThis sensationally good New York crime drama is...
View ArticleUncut Gems review – an exhilarating, full-blown assault of a movie
Adam Sandler gives a career-best performance as a ducking-and-diving New York diamond dealerWatching the flayed-nerve onslaught that is Uncut Gems for the second time, it occurred to me that Josh and...
View ArticleUncut Gems star Julia Fox: ‘I was nervous… what if I had no idea how to act?’
She was a face on New York’s club scene when the Safdie brothers got in touch to tell her she’d be perfect to star alongside Adam Sandler in their new film. Now Hollywood beckons…When sibling...
View ArticleUncut Gems is so stressful it should come with a panic attack warning
The Safdie brothers’ Adam Sandler thriller is brilliant, but watching it is a horrible experienceYou won’t see a better-made film this year than Uncut Gems, the Safdie brothers’ propulsive new thriller...
View ArticleI watched Happy Gilmore 40 times in one summer holiday. It has lessons for us...
The beach was idyllic, with warm water and golden sands. Nick Buckley stayed indoors watching the Adam Sandler film on repeat insteadIn the summer of ’99, before I started high school, I spent the New...
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 ArticleWhat can we learn from Netflix's all-time top 10 movies?
The streamer has revealed its biggest ever original movies, cluing us in on what does and doesn’t work within its ever-growing libraryNetflix’s once heavily guarded vault of secret statistics has...
View ArticleDwayne Johnson tops Forbes list of world's highest-paid male actors
Netflix now accounts for quarter of all actors’ earnings as the Rock takes home biggest pay packet for second year running Dwayne Johnson, the wrestler turned actor formerly known as the Rock, has...
View ArticleThe 50 best films of 2020 in the UK: the full list
It’s number one time, and it’s a picture from the beginning of the year that nothing else has quite eclipsed for wit, thrills and sheer watchability More on the best culture of 2020Continue reading...
View ArticleTV tonight: how Spice Girls and their girl power changed Britain
A documentary asks how these five personalities combined to such memorable effect. Plus: A House Through Time continues. Here’s what to watch this eveningContinue reading...
View Article‘Slob-ebrity’ style: Adam Sandler is 2021’s most Googled fashion icon
Actor’s relaxed, ‘embarrassing dad’ outfits make him the perfect lockdown style star, say expertsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThink of the world’s most stylish people...
View ArticleKiller comeback: the big-star Hollywood whodunnit is back again
The success of Knives Out and Murder on the Orient Express has led to a full-throated return of the keep-em-guessing murder mysterySurprise is not much of a factor in Death on the Nile, Kenneth...
View ArticleHustle review – Adam Sandler brings his A-game to Netflix’s glorified NBA advert
Sandler sells it hard as a washed-up talent scout but this glossy cameo-fest is too besotted with basketball to offer true dramaHere is an underdog sports movie with the longest training montage I...
View ArticleHustle review – Adam Sandler scores in rags to riches tale
A jaded basketball scout rediscovers his love for the game after spotting a prodigy hustling on the streetNot so much a sports movie, but rather a film that deals with the business of sport, Hustle has...
View Article50 First Dates: this sweet-hearted gem is among Adam Sandler’s finest work
This goofball romcom, starring the endlessly bankable pairing of Sandler and Drew Barrymore, has its problems and plot holes but is still full of charm and chemistry50 First Dates is available to...
View ArticleIt’s the bridesmaids you’ve got to watch out for: notes from a professional...
I like to be booked with my emotional support keyboard player – but it’s not unusual to meet band members for the first time when you arrive at the venueLook for me on a Saturday night and chances are...
View ArticleMurder Mystery 2 review – Netflix sequel needs more murder and mystery
Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston lift a lazy follow-up to their action-heavy Netflix comedy with genuine movie star charmThe curious wrestle between pratfalls and pathos that’s made Adam Sandler’s...
View ArticleMurder Mystery 2 review – Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler return in crass...
Not even a missing cheese knife can sharpen the plot of this sloppy sequel about a husband-and-wife detective duoIn the sequel to the Netflix romp about a chaotic husband-and-wife detective team, Nick...
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