Pretty Lethal review – Amazon’s ballerina action thriller puts on a decent enough show
A group of American dancers face off against Hungarian gangsters, and a hammy Uma Thurman, in a cheap and cheerful Friday night adventure
Valerie Perrine obituary
Sparky and skilful actor best known for roles in Superman, Lenny and Slaughterhouse-Five
UK iPhone users face over-18 age check to use services after update
Ofcom says decision is ‘real win for children and families’ but some users raise concerns over privacy
Hundreds of UK teenagers to trial six-week social media curbs for major study
Government’s pilot ban for under-16s accompanies consultation as peers vote on Australia-style restrictions
What are the rules on cryptocurrency donations to UK political parties?
Temporary ban on crypto donations is being introduced after review into countering foreign interference in politics
Matt Brittin: why the BBC’s new Doctor Who-loving boss may not have much time for sleep
After almost two decades at Google, the incoming director general is taking on British media’s most powerful and treacherous job
Backlash mounts over twist in Robert Pattinson Zendaya romcom The Drama
Disquiet aired over the subject matter of film about a couple whose engagement is upended after they reveal to each other ‘the worst thing you’ve ever done’
Billy Idol Should Be Dead review – nostalgic docu-tribute to British postpunk’s rebel
The self-destructive bad boy, now 70, looks back on his life with a humorous shrug in Jonas Åkerlund’s warmly sympathetic film
Underland review – poetic exploration of life deep beneath the Earth’s surface
Sinkholes, storm drains, manmade labs miles underground … this documentary, based on Robert Macfarlane’s book, burrows deep into some of humanity’s great unknowns
Redoubt review – Denis Lavant is unforgettable as an oddball building a public shelter for obscure disaster
John Skoog’s monochrome film is based on an art installation, and that shows in the pacing, but his central character is intriguing and utterly unique
Stephen Colbert to write new Lord of the Rings film after end of the Late Show
Comedian and avid Tolkien fan to write the Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past, a new Peter Jackson-produced film based on unadapted chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring
‘Denial machine’: climate misinformation is fuelling conflict in Australian communities, inquiry finds
The report also recommends government do more to make tech companies liable for ‘psychosocial harms’
Influencers are promoting these three health tests – but they risk doing more harm than good
Experts warn of ‘over-diagnosis’ dangers as social media prompts the worried well to seek out unnecessary and expensive scans and blood tests
Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation case
New Mexico hails ‘historic’ win after jury finds firm misled consumers over safety and enabled harm against users
OpenAI shutters AI video generator Sora in abrupt announcement
Tech firm ‘says goodbye’ to Sora, made publicly available in 2024, just six months after its launch of a stand-alone app