Red One review – bronto-head Dwayne Johnson weighs down Santa kidnap comedy

Christmassy slush and gush smothers all attempts at comedy in this bland family film about Santa’s musclebound personal security guard

‘Every minute at Vogue felt like an emergency’: Devil Wears Prada author Lauren Weisberger on igniting a scandal

Her novel about being Anna Wintour’s assistant caused such a storm, she wished she’d never written it. As the story becomes a musical with songs by Elton John, the author reveals why the imperious editor hasn’t spoken to her since

One Mother review – poignant memoir grapples with trauma of foster care

Mickaël Bandela’s documentary reflects on the events that left him in care as a child, and the generational losses that came before

Devious humour and painful puns: will the cryptic crossword remain the last thing AI can’t conquer?

When human solvers battle artificial intelligence, who is able to think more cryptically, faster? And are some devious clues just too tough for software?

Readers reply: Which works of fiction have an optimistic view of the future?

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

Welcome to the new era of midlife lust! I need a lie down …

Anne Hathaway, Nicole Kidman and Miranda July are showing us middle age can be full of sexual energy. So why do I feel so fatigued, asks Emma Beddington

Addicted to love: how dating apps ‘exploit’ their users

Online services that promise to find people romantic matches have been likened to gambling products designed to keep customers hooked

Sunday with Rufus Hound: ‘We’ll throw each other around for hours on end’

The actor explains how he likes to spend the day of rest in bed, watching nonsense on YouTube and playing Mario Kart

I am the infamous non-responder in our group chat. Does that make me a bad friend?

I find it overwhelming to keep up with the never-ending stream of notifications we’re flooded with every day. Sometimes I feel like throwing my phone into a lake

Martha Stewart criticises Netflix film that ‘makes me look like a lonely old lady’

US businesswoman and TV personality objects that she granted director RJ Cutler ‘total access’ but he focused too heavily on her trial and didn’t put Snoop Dogg on the soundtrack

Tell us: do you use a fax machine?

We would like to hear from people who are still using a fax machine, at home or for work

The Strava problem: how the fitness app was used to locate the world’s most powerful people

A French newspaper has revealed the whereabouts of world leaders with the use of the hugely popular running app. So is it time to stop it tracking your location?

Turn Me On review – dystopia’s kindly new manners

Michael Tyburski’s intelligent and funny film features a young couple seduced by an apparently bland regime promising to tidy away messy emotions

‘I grew up with it’: readers on the enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel

From baby names to wedding planning, fans of the 40-year-old spreadsheet program reveal how it has transformed their lives

Dark Feathers review – erotic hitwoman thriller approaches The Room levels of kitsch disaster

Star and co-director Crystal J Huang plays a ballroom-dancing geisha assassin in this preposterous LA melodrama