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Robin and the Hoods review – nostalgic battle cry for children’s imagination

The armoured knights and magic thunderbolts of a child’s play world are threatened by a property developer in this formulaic yet fun family feature

Bad Newz review – racy Bollywood romcom breaks new ground with parenting shenanigans

Love triangle caper about a woman who bears twins by two different fathers gives disappointingly more life to its competing men

Which Home Alone child star should everyone blame if Trump is re-elected?

Macaulay Culkin might have convinced the billionaire to shun political ambition when they met on the film sequel, but didn’t

Glen Powell: meet the new Hollywood A-lister who can do heart-throb, goofball or action hero

His good looks haven’t restricted Powell to the superhero universe. Now, after starring in an impressive variety of films, genres and roles, he’s finally attained star status

Find Me Falling review – Harry Connick Jr heads to Cyprus in so-so Netflix romcom

The multi-hyphenate leads a mostly standard issue streaming romantic comedy that struggles to fight its way out from the background

‘Just missed’: German comedian loses job over Trump shooting joke

Sebastian Hotz, aka El Hotzo, was dropped from his radio show and provoked anger from Elon Musk after now-deleted posts on X

Jordan Prosser: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

This writer, film-maker and performer finds it hard to unplug – and as a result here is his dank and wholesome online list

My Spy: The Eternal City review – Dave Bautista’s daddy-daughter spy comedy heads to Rome

Bautista returns as a less than convincing CIA agent charging around the planet to protect his stepdaughter and defend against nuclear catastrophe

Forrest Gump review – Tom Hanks’ chocolate box hero still gets under your skin

Robert Zemeckis’s re-released fantasy is entirely ridiculous, hokey-sentimental and politically naive, but it’s superbly paced and expertly acted

Chuck Chuck Baby review – emotionally charged musical drama rules the roost

Louise Brealey plays Helen, a chicken factory worker who gets a second chance at love, in Janis Pugh’s uplifting crowdpleaser

Thelma review – June Squibb is marvellous in sweet mobility scooter revenge caper

Ninety-four-year-old Squibb is great as a woman going after phone scammers – with the help of the late Shaft star Richard Roundtree – in a robust feelgood comedy

From ‘lottery tickets’ to ‘jam nights’, our guide to getting the best of British culture for less

Want to immerse yourself this summer without splashing huge amounts of cash? Our critics have the key to the offers, hacks and frugal surprises that can save you money

Hundreds of Beavers review – Gold Rush-style spoof silent comedy fires gags at warp speed

Combining Chaplin, Keaton and Looney Tunes, the utter silliness of this movie pastiche, with an army of full-sized beavers, will win you over

Bec Petraitis: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The Twitch streamer and comedian curated her list by scrolling back to 2020 in her TikTok likes. Some call it objective research, others call it retina damage

Fly Me to the Moon review – slinky Scarlett Johansson in cynical moon-landing conspiracy comedy

This misjudged and unfunny romcom about how the US government planned to fake the moon landing in case the real one tanked undermines the Apollo 11 achievement

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  • Trump’s DoJ intervenes to back Elon Musk in datacenter pollution lawsuit
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  • SpaceX overtakes Amazon as world’s fifth most valuable company
  • France to ditch Palantir’s AI data tools in favour of domestic provider
  • UK defence spending plan ‘well short of what’s required’ and harder choices needed, says John Healey – as it happened
  • Cate Blanchett promises ‘creative rumpus’ in new role: Oxford professor
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  • Toy Story 5 review – Pixar franchise needs new batteries
  • UK social media ban could cut lifeline for disabled children, campaigners warn
  • Tom Holland confirms that he and Zendaya are married
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  • ‘Don DeLillo gave me his blessing’: film director Ben Rivers on how fan mail from the Underworld author led to his latest work
  • Elon Musk’s unprecendented accumulation of wealth
  • ‘What an adventure Broadway will be!’ Paddington musical packs suitcase for New York
  • Russell Crowe says Gladiator II failed because ‘it didn’t have a moral core’
  • Thirst review – member-dismembering Icelandic gore fest rips it up in trashy 80s style
  • ‘David Bowie was a crazy workaholic’: Labyrinth at 40 – an oral history
  • The Death of Robin Hood review – Hugh Jackman darkens a heroic tale in grim drama
  • ‘He experienced a full life of trauma’: documentary explores troubled tale of Gregg Allman
  • ‘Streaming gave me a space to be myself’: Twitch creators on what it’s like to grow up on the platform
  • Girlfriends review – love and growing pains in queer coming-of-age tale that goes from Hong Kong to Taiwan
  • Alienated by Disclosure Day? You are not alone
  • Nightwatchers review – desperate struggle of migrant crisis under surface of picture-postcard ski resort
  • Florida lawsuit accuses TikTok of violating state’s child social media ban
  • Impact of social media ban for under-16s in UK hinges on how firm it is
  • The Guardian view on regulating big tech: the UK’s new, tougher approach to child safety is overdue
  • Technology secretary says she wants regulator to design plans for online age verification by October – as it happened
  • ‘The genie is out of the bottle’: parents react to UK under-16s social media ban
  • Forget makeup and tweakments: this is how we should be ageing gracefully

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