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Independent

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey review – Margot Robbie in a twee throwback to the era of Manic Pixie Dream Girls

about 21 hours ago

newyorktimes

‘Galas’ Review: A Vocally Gifted Paper Doll

about 22 hours ago

Evening Standard

Slow Horses season five on Apple TV+ review: The silliest season yet — but is the fun finally over?

1 day ago

Evening Standard

The Producers at the Garrick Theatre review: 'At 99, Mel Brooks has the funniest show in London'

1 day ago

Evening Standard

Gen V Season 2 on Prime Video review: still bloody good fun

2 days ago

Independent

The Penguin producer updates fans on potential second season after Colin Farrell series wins rave reviews

2 days ago

Independent

Coldwater review – Rushed, schlocky and like so much other underwhelming TV

3 days ago

Evening Standard

Coldwater on ITV review: stylish thriller that properly confronts PTSD

3 days ago

Evening Standard

Coldplay at Wembley Stadium review: 'an overarching message of togetherness'

3 days ago

The New Yorker

Restaurant Review: Bong

3 days ago

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Book Review: ‘We the People,’ by Jill Lepore

3 days ago

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Book Review: ‘Good and Evil and Other Stories,’ by Samanta Schweblin

3 days ago

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Book Review: ‘The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny,’ by Kiran Desai

3 days ago

Evening Standard

Not Your Superwoman at the Bush Theatre review: These stars need more to work with

4 days ago

Evening Standard

Ed Sheeran’s new album Play receives mixed reviews

5 days ago

newyorktimes

Poetry Review: ‘Night Watch,’ by Kevin Young

5 days ago

Independent

Album reviews: JADE – That’s Showbiz Baby, and Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Perimenopop

5 days ago

Independent

Ed Sheeran: Play review – A musical buffet lacking a signature dish

5 days ago

Evening Standard

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues review: the rocks gods of mockumentary turn it up to, er, 10½

6 days ago

Independent

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues review – a startlingly unfunny sequel

7 days ago

newyorktimes

‘The Brothers Size’ Review: A Spare and Poetic Restaging

7 days ago

Evening Standard

Islands review: Sam Riley sizzles in this scorching, sun-frazzled Hitchcockian delight

7 days ago

Evening Standard

Grimeborn's Lucia di Lammermoor at the Arcola Theatre review: appealingly unconventional

7 days ago

Metro

Amazon Prime fans are hooked on drama climbing top 10 despite ‘excoriating’ reviews

7 days ago

Evening Standard

David Bowie at the V&A East Storehouse review: This archive is utter stardust for Ziggy fans

7 days ago

newyorktimes

Book Review: ‘Boy From the North Country,’ by Sam Sussman

7 days ago

Independent

aka Charlie Sheen review – A selective tale of manic but benign destruction

7 days ago

Independent

‘Masterful’ Leonardo DiCaprio thriller tipped for Oscar glory after rave reviews

7 days ago

Evening Standard

A Single Man at the Royal Ballet & Opera review: a butt-wiggling celebration of gay love

8 days ago

newyorktimes

Book Review: ‘The Secret of Secrets,’ by Dan Brown

8 days ago

newyorktimes

Book Review: ‘Listening to the Law,’ by Amy Coney Barrett

9 days ago

Evening Standard

The Girlfriend on Prime Video review: Robin Wright serves up high-camp melodrama at its best

9 days ago

Independent

Daniel Craig called ‘electric’ as new Knives Out film earns rave reviews

9 days ago

The New Yorker

Briefly Noted Book Reviews

9 days ago

newyorktimes

Book Review: ‘Storyteller: The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson,’ by Leo Damrosch

10 days ago

newyorktimes

Book Review: ‘Schattenfroh,’ by Michael Lentz

10 days ago

Evening Standard

Arijit Singh at Tottenham Hotspur review: An education in soulful vocals

11 days ago

Evening Standard

The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return at Southwark Playhouse Borough review: full of sweaty urgency

11 days ago

newyorktimes

Book Review: ‘The Elements,’ by John Boyne

11 days ago

Independent

Steve review – Cillian Murphy drama exposes the perils of novel-to-film adaptations

12 days ago

Evening Standard

Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping on Channel 4 review: not quite numberwang

12 days ago

Evening Standard

Suede: Antidepressants review — an electrifying, life-saving record

12 days ago

Evening Standard

Ganavya: Daughter of a Temple at the Barbican review — moved people to tears

12 days ago

newyorktimes

Book Review: ‘Ghosted,’ by Alice Vernon

12 days ago

Independent

Big Thief: Double Infinity review – Band’s latest work is another instant classic

12 days ago

Independent

Honey Don’t! review – a star-studded lesbian trifle that sadly lacks focus

13 days ago

Evening Standard

We Should Have Never Walked On The Moon at the Southbank Centre review: an irresistible rush of horny vibes

13 days ago

newyorktimes

Book Review: ‘The Improbable Victoria Woodhull,’ by Eden Collinsworth

13 days ago

newyorktimes

‘The Baltimorons’ Review: The Night Before Christmas With the Dentist

13 days ago

newyorktimes

‘Twinless’ Review: Just the One of Us

13 days ago

Independent

The Paper review – Tim Key dials up the cringe factor and goes full David Brent in Office US spin-off

13 days ago

Independent

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale review – a fine time, if proof that this franchise simply must end

13 days ago

Evening Standard

Stranded on Honeymoon Island on BBC One review: we paid taxpayer’s money for this?

14 days ago

Evening Standard

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale review — a sparkling nostalgia lobotomy

14 days ago

newyorktimes

Smithsonian Responds to Trump’s Demand for a Review of Its Exhibits

14 days ago

Independent

The Paper review – Tim Key dials up the cringe factor and goes full David Brent in Office US spinoff

14 days ago

Evening Standard

Born With Teeth at Wyndham’s Theatre review: seductively clever work from Ncuti Gatwa

14 days ago

BBC News

Online speech laws need to be reviewed after Linehan arrest, says minister

14 days ago

newyorktimes

Book Review: ‘The Afterlife of Malcolm X,’ by Mark Whitaker

14 days ago

newyorktimes

Book Review: The Arrogant Ape, by Christine Webb

14 days ago

The New Yorker

Arundhati Roy’s “Mother Mary Comes to Me,” Reviewed

14 days ago

The New Yorker

Sabrina Carpenter’s “Man’s Best Friend,” Reviewed

15 days ago

Independent

The Great British Bake Off review – What an emotional rollercoaster

15 days ago

Independent

A House of Dynamite, Venice review – The most entertaining movie about mass destruction since Dr Strangelove

15 days ago

Metro

Netflix viewers rush to watch ‘baffling’ thriller despite brutal reviews

15 days ago

Evening Standard

The Guest on BBC One review: this Eve Myles thriller is utterly unhinged

15 days ago

Independent

The Guest review – BBC One’s new copy-paste thriller is total hogwash

15 days ago

Independent

The Smashing Machine, Venice review – Proof that Dwayne Johnson is a real actor, and potentially a future Oscar winner

15 days ago