Spenser Confidential review – Mark Wahlberg crash lands on Netflix
The actor plays a justice-seeking ex-cop in a clumsy, unfunny adaptation of a much-loved literary crime seriesMark Wahlberg’s first film for Netflix, a charmless little shrug of a caper called Spenser...
View ArticleMark Wahlberg: 'I was a little rough around the edges'
From troubled youth to boy band to model to Hollywood royalty… Mark Wahlberg talks to Sophie Heawood about fighting, family and his newfound faithThe actor Mark Wahlberg is sitting beside me on a sofa...
View ArticleToronto film festival announces line-up with Mark Wahlberg drama premiering
Halle Berry’s directorial debut also on programme but whether physical screenings will take place remains up in the airThe Toronto film festival has announced its main line-up for this year, although...
View ArticleDwayne Johnson tops Forbes list of world's highest-paid male actors
Netflix now accounts for quarter of all actors’ earnings as the Rock takes home biggest pay packet for second year running Dwayne Johnson, the wrestler turned actor formerly known as the Rock, has...
View ArticleKate Winslet and Mark Wahlberg aim for Oscars at unusual Toronto film festival
An array of buzzy new films will be shown at a combination of socially distanced physical premieres and virtual screeningsStars including Kate Winslet and Mark Wahlberg will be unveiling new...
View ArticleJoe Bell review – Mark Wahlberg affects in moving homophobia drama
The actor makes a convincing plea for awards recognition in the heartbreaking true story of a father whose gay son kills himself after being bulliedThere’s a rocky road to redemption for Joe Bell and...
View ArticleHear me out: why Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes isn't a bad movie
The latest in our series of writers standing up for loathed films is an impassioned defence of the 2001 take on the 60s classicTim Burton’s Planet of the Apes is a remake that has the forward momentum...
View ArticleHear me out: why The Happening isn't a bad movie
The latest in our series of writers defending hated films is a plea to reconsider M Night Shyamalan’s human v nature thrillerM Night Shyamalan’s critically lambasted sci-fi mystery The Happening isn’t...
View ArticleWahl Street: do we really need a Mark Wahlberg reality show?
In a new series based around the actor’s many businesses, bravado gets almost immediately, and only slightly, upturned by the Covid-19 pandemicA few years ago Mark Wahlberg published his daily routine,...
View ArticleInfinite review – Mark Wahlberg reincarnation thriller is stuck in the past
A musty attempt to start a new franchise about people with the ability to remember past lives is a misfiring melange of other better moviesAs we’re told during some clumsily inserted introductory...
View ArticleNetflix’s 2022 preview trailer is a ghoulish nightmare of coerced A-listers |...
The streamer’s frenzied look at the year ahead breaks the fourth wall mid-scenes to turn major stars into reticent marketing toolsThe worst part of anything film-related is the context-free montage....
View ArticleAnd the winners aren’t: this year’s Oscarbait films the Academy shunned
While The Power of the Dog and Dune lead the pack, a host of once-hyped star-led projects failed to resonate with votersAfter months of speculation, this week finally gave us some answers, the 2022...
View ArticleUncharted review – Tom Holland game adaptation is action-movie by committee
Holland gives his all as rogueish treasure hunter Nathan Drake in a by-the-numbers PlayStation adaptation that’s heavy on spectacle but light on heartWith laser-guided precision, with the exactitude...
View ArticleFather Stu: the Catholic drama aiming to redeem Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg
The controversial stars have teamed up for a film made by Gibson’s girlfriend Rosalind Ross about the power of redemptionLike it or not, Mel Gibson’s professional rehabilitation is gaining momentum....
View ArticleMark Wahlberg’s 20 best films – ranked!
From Transformers to Daddy’s Home, Marky Mark’s made some stinkers, so hopefully the actor will find redemption in Catholic drama Father Stu. And we’ll forgive him everything for Boogie NightsYou will...
View ArticleFather Stu review – Mark Wahlberg’s renegade-turned-priest blesses Catholic...
Mark Wahlberg stars in a based on truth story ably supported by Jacki Weaver –though Mel Gibson is a much less welcome presenceIn this de facto, if far from de jure, latest iteration of the Ted...
View ArticleFather Stu review – histrionic boxer-turned-priest drama
Mark Wahlberg goes all out in the title role, inspired by the true story of Stuart LongIn what is clearly a passion project for star and producer Mark Wahlberg, the redemptive arc of a self-destructive...
View ArticleMe Time review – Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg’s confused Netflix comedy
There are some effective comic set pieces in this familiar buddy comedy, but tonal confusion and an unsure Kevin Hart distractKevin Hart has come so far since last summer, at least on screen. Circa...
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