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Roomba maker iRobot bought by Chinese supplier after filing for bankruptcy

US-listed company, whose profits have been in decline since the pandemic, will be taken over by Picea

The Great Flood review – Korean apocalypse movie swerves into sinister sci-fi territory

The storytelling is brittle, but there is still enjoyment to be had from this story of a mother and child and rescue from a catastrophic flood in Seoul

Rob Reiner’s five best films

We remember the key films of the great Hollywood director, who has died, alongside his wife

Best films of 2025 in the UK: No 5 – Marty Supreme

Timothée Chalamet’s livewire striver using ping pong as his ticket out of normie American life is just one of many wonders in this extraordinarily rich tale

The Christmas Dream review – Thailand’s first musical in decades is big on sentimental spectacle

A festive musical blends fairytale optimism with lush orchestration and Sound of Music sweetness – even if this often overwhelms a thin storyline

Hollywood reacts in shock to death of Rob Reiner: ‘One of the greatest filmmakers to ever live’

Actors, directors and politicians voice their sadness after bodies of Reiner and wife Michele Singer Reiner were found by authorities

‘I am not happy with my output!’ Kate Hudson on taking risks, rejecting compromise – and finding her voice at 46

After years as Hollywood’s romcom darling, Hudson is putting music at the centre of her career – and after her show-stealing turn in Song Sung Blue, the Oscar buzz is growing

Director and actor Rob Reiner found dead at home with wife Michele Singer Reiner

Authorities investigating ‘apparent homicide’ after 78-year-old director of Stand By Me and The Princess Bride was discovered dead at LA home with wife

UK Treasury drawing up new rules to police cryptocurrency markets

Rachel Reeves wants to protect consumers by bringing digital money and assets into the ‘regulatory perimeter’

The best cordless leaf blowers in the US to cut down time without bothering neighbors

Battery-powered leaf blowers from Ryobi, Ego and Stihl quickly clean up leaves with no gas or smell, and dramatically less noise

What is – or was – the best-ever internet meme?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

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  • Roomba maker iRobot bought by Chinese supplier after filing for bankruptcy
  • ‘Apocalyptically funny’: why The Mitchells vs the Machines is my feelgood movie
  • ‘Apocalyptically funny’: why The Mitchells vs the Machines is my feelgood movie
  • ‘Apocalyptically funny’: why The Mitchells vs the Machines is my feelgood movie
  • ‘Apocalyptically funny’: why The Mitchells vs the Machines is my feelgood movie
  • The Great Flood review – Korean apocalypse movie swerves into sinister sci-fi territory
  • Rob Reiner’s five best films
  • Best films of 2025 in the UK: No 5 – Marty Supreme
  • The Christmas Dream review – Thailand’s first musical in decades is big on sentimental spectacle
  • Hollywood reacts in shock to death of Rob Reiner: ‘One of the greatest filmmakers to ever live’
  • ‘I am not happy with my output!’ Kate Hudson on taking risks, rejecting compromise – and finding her voice at 46
  • Director and actor Rob Reiner found dead at home with wife Michele Singer Reiner
  • UK Treasury drawing up new rules to police cryptocurrency markets
  • The best cordless leaf blowers in the US to cut down time without bothering neighbors
  • What is – or was – the best-ever internet meme?
  • Let Donald Trump see inside my phone? I’d rather be deported
  • This year, I have seen a glimmer of hope: people are ditching a life led on screens for the real thing
  • ‘Suddenly, it was everywhere’: why some books become blockbusters overnight
  • Pens at the ready! A gen-Z trainee takes on the Guardian’s ‘scribbler-in-chief’
  • Pulp Fiction actor Peter Greene found dead in New York apartment
  • YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos viewed 1.2bn times in 2025
  • Gavin Newsom pushes back on Trump AI executive order preempting state laws
  • Australia’s social media ban has given us a way to fight big tech – and get my son back on his skateboard
  • The Guide #221: Endless ticket queues, AI slop and ALL CAPS agony
  • Elastic limbs, fantastical accents and crackling sexual chemistry: Dick Van Dyke turns 100
  • From Eleanor the Great to Emily in Paris: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • Will other countries follow Australia’s social media ban for under-16s?
  • A world-weary, hard-drinking hungover Supergirl? This could be James Gunn’s DCU masterstroke
  • My darling clementine: why did Chalamet and Jenner dress in matching orange?
  • Most people aren’t fretting about an AI bubble. What they fear is mass layoffs

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