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items: Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man star talks reuniting with a "very different" Cillian Murphy
items: The BAFTAs are too conventional – and Urchin's snub is the perfect illustration
items: Amanda Seyfried reveals feelings about how she lost out on Wicked role to Ariana Grande: "I like to feel appreciated"
items: Who will win at the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards? Edith Bowman reveals her picks of the nominees
items: The Mummy and Sherlock legends star in first look trailer for tense D-Day historical drama
items: What films are out in UK cinemas this week? Reviews from The Secret Agent to The Moment
items: Best films to watch on TV today, tonight and this week
items: People We Meet on Vacation star Tom Blyth explains why his new film changed his view on the prison system
items: Toy Story 5 trailer goes viral on social media over notable change in Woody's appearance
items: Best kids' movies to watch on Netflix - from K-Pop Demon Hunters to Wallace & Gromit
items: How Oscar-nominated film The Secret Agent was born out of resistance to the far right
items: Wuthering Heights soundtrack 2026: Every song from Charli xcx
items: Ncuti Gatwa's acclaimed theatre run of beloved classic play is set to stream for free
items: Peaky Blinders movie trailer confirms Barry Keoghan's role in surprise twist as he faces off with Cillian Murphy
items: 50 best movies to watch on Netflix right now
items: Bad Bunny to lead all-star "epic" historical drama Porto Rico opposite Oscar winner
items: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die review: Clever, infectious and wildly original – AI be damned
items: New Star Wars film The Mandalorian and Grogu confirms icon of cinema as surprise cast member following new trailer
items: Why exactly are we entering a gloriously gory golden age of horror?
items: Joe Keery reveals Stranger Things had nothing to do with choice to star in his new sci-fi movie
items: Robert Duvall's greatest misfortune was that he was actually too good an actor
items: 10 essential Robert Duvall films to watch in tribute to The Godfather icon
items: Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights cast: Saltburn star Jacob Elordi and more
items: Phil Wang transforms into a vampire for this week's Radio Times horror special
items: How to watch Wuthering Heights – when is it coming to streaming?
items: BAFTA nominee Rose Byrne talks unwinding after emotional and demanding new role: "I drink a lot of alcohol"
items: Phil Wang transforms into the legendary horror icon Nosferatu - and reveals his top horror picks
items: The Silence of the Lambs at 35 - Revisiting our interview with Sir Anthony Hopkins: 'I wanted to be like Richard Burton – famous as well as different'
items: Industry star David Jonsson reveals why it was important his new prison drama didn’t feel "exotic"
items: Marty Supreme true story: How accurate is the ping-pong drama?

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man star talks reuniting with a "very different" Cillian Murphy
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date: 2026-02-21T11:06:57.000Z
creator: David Craig
subject: Movies
subject: Netflix
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encoded: Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man star Jay Lycurgo has reflected on reuniting with Cillian Murphy on "very different" terms, following their earlier collaboration on indie film Steve. The 28-year-old actor, also known for Netflix's The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself and Channel 4's Generation Z, spoke to Radio Times at Newport Beach Film Festival this week. Lycurgo was named one of the festival's breakout artists, following a celebrated turn in Netflix original Steve, where he played a troubled student to Murphy's embattled school headteacher. The title character couldn't be farther from Peaky Blinders antihero Tommy Shelby – which is a testament to the impressive range of Academy Award winner Murphy – as Lycurgo shared on the festival's red carpet. View Green Video on the source website "Steve as a character was very lost and fragile," he explained. "I feel like, me and him, we were on our own different processes and that is a whole different thing." Contrasting with The Immortal Man, Lycurgo continued: "But Tommy Shelby... he's so cool! When I saw Cillian in the suit for the first time, I was like, 'Oh, I get it now! I get why it's so iconic'." Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man picks up after the events of the BBC drama, with Tommy navigating the hardships of life in Britain during World War II. <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2026/02/jay-lycurgo-peaky-blinders-immortal-man-920fa18.jpg" width="5000" height="3333" alt="Jay Lycurgo stars in Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man. His smartly dressed 1940s-era character is standing in the middle of the pub with his arms out. Customers cower beneath the bar in the background, implying a dangerous incident is underway." title="jay-lycurgo-peaky-blinders-immortal-man" /> The hotly anticipated release will get a two-week run in cinemas from Friday 6 March 2026, before landing on Netflix that same month. In addition to Lycurgo, it adds Rebecca Ferguson (Silo, Dune), Tim Roth (She-Hulk: Attorn…

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The BAFTAs are too conventional – and Urchin's snub is the perfect illustration
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date: 2026-02-21T09:00:43.000Z
creator: Calum Russell
subject: Movies
subject: TV
subject: BAFTA Film Awards
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subject: Contains Trailer
description: Time to breathe new life into the BAFTAs.
encoded: What separates the BAFTAs and the Academy Awards? Apart from the time in which they take place and the somewhat bumbling delivery of the former, they are frustratingly difficult to differentiate from one another. Indeed, each of the five 2026 nominations for the BAFTA best film award can be found in the Oscars’ best picture race – and this has been the case for the last 10 years (excluding I, Daniel Blake in 2017 and The Mauritanian in 2020). Sure, there are exclusive British categories – such as outstanding British film and British short film – but these often feel sidelined for the glamorous headline-grabbing awards that are littered with Hollywood icons (with a peppering of surprising British nods if you’re lucky). Instead, what BAFTA seemingly prefers is to squirrel away its bold artistic acknowledgements to one table signposted ‘outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer’. But, even then, the finest artistic endeavours of the previous year shouldn’t expect a seat. Case in point — Harris Dickinson’s staggering directorial debut feature, Urchin. Snatching the tools from the playbook of BAFTA darling Ken Loach and infused with a smattering of Andrea Arnold’s poetic introspection, Urchin is an urgent and compassionate examination of a lost soul, let down by ever-deteriorating state support. Mike (Frank Dillane) is the dynamo at the centre of Dickinson’s modern fable, a young homeless man who finds himself in prison early on in the story before spending the rest of the film constantly trying to atone for his wrongdoings. A sensitive and intelligent individual, Mike’s chances of triumph seem hopeful at first, finding a job at a shabby but popular hotel, with the support of rehabilitation services who help to put him up in accommodation. Yet, underfunded state assistance is only so generous, making any chance of true prosperity for Mike a near-impossibility. Clearly traumatised by a troubled upbringing, he struggles to make something of himself withou…

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Amanda Seyfried reveals feelings about how she lost out on Wicked role to Ariana Grande: "I like to feel appreciated"
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date: 2026-02-21T08:00:30.000Z
creator: Molly Moss
subject: Movies
subject: Exclusive
subject: Magazine
subject: News
description: "I wasn’t sad I didn’t get it, but I guess I wish it had been communicated to me in a better way."
encoded: Amanda Seyfried has opened up about how she feels about losing out on the role of Glinda in Wicked after numerous auditions. The actress previously revealed that she tried out six times for the role in the film adaptation of the hit broadway show, which would have seen her appear alongside Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, before it ultimately went to pop icon Ariana Grande. In a new interview with Radio Times ahead of the UK release of Seyfried’s new film The Testament of Ann Lee, the actress was asked whether she's over losing out on the role now, to which she responded: "Yeah. I’ve been making the [promo] rounds with all of them, and it’s like everything happens for a reason." She continued: "I wasn’t sad I didn’t get it, but I guess I wish it had been communicated to me in a better way. I don’t like to be in the dark about things. I like to feel appreciated." Seyfried might have missed out on the role of Glinda, but the Mamma Mia! and Les Miserables star is getting to showcase her singing again in The Testament of Ann Lee – a historical musical about the life of the founder of The Shakers. The actress appears as a the titular Ann Lee, while the film's supporting cast includes Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Stacy Martin, Tim Blake Nelson, and Christopher Abbott. Asked in the same interview about director Mona Fastvold's previous comments that she cast Seyfriend as Ann Lee because "she’s really strong, a wonderful mother and a little bit mad", the actress responded: "I think she meant it in a good way. 'Mad' can mean so many things, but for this, it meant being completely uninhibited." She added: "The ego is a barrier for actors, and you have to be able to put that aside. As I’m getting older in my career, people seem to be able to trust me to show up in that way." She continued: "Like the scene where Ann is speaking in tongues. How many directors are going to let me react like that? To allow me to just improv freely, in the most absurd way? It felt incredible." Read t…

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Who will win at the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards? Edith Bowman reveals her picks of the nominees
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date: 2026-02-20T19:00:49.000Z
creator: Patrick Cremona
subject: Movies
subject: BAFTA Film Awards
description: Bowman and Zeena Hill, the director of marketing for BAFTA's official screen partner Samsung Home Entertainment & Appliance, spoke exclusively to Radio Times about the upcoming awards.
encoded: Few people know the BAFTA Film Awards better than Edith Bowman. The Scottish broadcaster has worked extensively with the organisation for many years, frequently presenting the BAFTA Scotland Awards and even hosting the main ceremony itself alongside Dermot O'Leary back in 2021. She's therefore uniquely positioned to speak about this Sunday's upcoming awards, and so ahead of the ceremony Radio Times spoke exclusively with Bowman at BAFTA HQ in London's Picadilly, to get the lowdown on what sets the BAFTAs apart from all the many other ceremonies that populate the increasingly lengthy awards circuit. With a huge number of terrific films featuring in this year's nominations – from One Battle After Another to Sinners – Bowman also picked out a few films and performances that she'd been especially wowed by, as well as singing the praises for another tremendous year of British cinema. We were joined for the conversation by Zeena Hill, the director of marketing for BAFTA's official screen partner Samsung Home Entertainment & Appliance, who also gave her verdict on which films she'd love to see triumph at Royal Festival Hall this weekend. You can read the full chat below: Radio Times: Awards season consists of so many different ceremonies. What is that makes the BAFTA Film Awards stand out from the rest? Edith Bowman: I've been lucky enough to work with BAFTA over the years in various different guises. And the award shows are the kind of front-facing thing are amazing and recognising people's achievements. I love all the stuff that goes on behind the scenes that a lot of people don't realise – that BAFTA is a charity, and the support that it gives that next generation of talent, whether they be in front of the camera, behind the camera... But I think what's great is the way that BAFTA is constantly evolving with the its juries, and its processes. It's really listening to what's going on in the outside world and adjusting that to really feel like it's moving with the times a…

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The Mummy and Sherlock legends star in first look trailer for tense D-Day historical drama
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date: 2026-02-20T13:16:56.000Z
creator: Molly Moss
subject: Movies
subject: News
description: The film is coming this May.
encoded: The first trailer for World War II drama Pressure has been unveiled – and it gives fans a first look at Brendan Fraser (The Mummy) and Andrew Scott (Sherlock) in action. The drama, which is based on David Haig’s acclaimed play, follows Dwight D Eisenhower (Fraser) and Royal Air Force meteorologist Captain James Stagg (Scott) in the three day run up to the D-Day landings as they weigh up the risks, which include the volatile weather. "The final decision on the timing of D-Day will be mine and mine alone," Fraser’s character says in the new footage. Later, Scott's character adds: "The storms that I am talking about are real, and the wrath of nature is real." You can watch the trailer for yourself below: View oEmbed on the source website Fraser and Scott are joined by Chris Messina (Sharp Objects) as Irving P Krick, Damian Lewis (Wolf Hall) as Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery and Kerry Condon (Better Call Saul) as Captain Kay Summersby. Behind the camera, Anthony Maras (Hotel Mumbai) helmed the film from a script he co-wrote with Haig. Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Cass Marks and Lucas Webb serve as producers. The official plot synopsis for the film reads: "In the seventy-two hours leading up to D-Day, all the pieces are in place except for one key element - the British weather. "Britain's chief meteorological officer James Stagg is called upon to deliver the most consequential forecast in history, locking him into a tense stand-off with the entire Allied leadership. The wrong conditions could devastate the largest ever seaborne invasion, while any delay risks German intelligence catching on. "With only his trusted aide Captain Kay Summersby to confide in, and haunted by a catastrophic D-Day rehearsal, the final decision rests with Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D Eisenhower." Fraser recently appeared in Darren Aronofsky’s 2022 film The Whale, for which he won the best actor Oscar. Other recent credits include Killers of the Flower Moon, Brothers and Rental Family. The ac…

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What films are out in UK cinemas this week? Reviews from The Secret Agent to The Moment
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date: 2026-02-20T12:00:17.000Z
creator: Patrick Cremona
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description: Your weekly round-up of all the films currently showing in UK cinemas.
encoded: With just under a month to go until the Oscars, today marks the release of the final best picture nominee to arrive in UK cinemas – and they might just have saved the best for last. The Secret Agent is the latest film from Brazilian writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho and explores the atmosphere of life under the military dictatorship that ruled the country between 1964 and 1985. The film unfolds in 1977 in the town of Recife, following a dissident mesmerisingly played by Wagner Moura – who has himself been nominated for best actor. And he's not the only Oscar-nominated star you can find in a new release this week: Rose Byrne is up for best actress for her turn in the intense – and brilliantly titled – drama If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. And there are plenty of other extremely varied options to seek out this week as well. There's raw prison drama Wasteman, starring David Jonsson and Tom Blyth, wacky Gore Verbinski sci-fi Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, and B-movie inspired horror-comedy Cold Storage, featuring the first post-Stranger Things role for Joe Keery. And then there's mockumentary The Moment, which sees pop sensation Charli xcx star as herself as she embarks on her era-defining Brat album tour. You can find our reviews for all six of those films below, while you can also discover our lowdown on the other major movies released in UK cinemas in recent weeks, including Oscar-nominated flicks Hamnet and Marty Supreme. Read on for your weekly round-up of all the films currently showing in UK cinemas. What films are released in UK cinemas this week? 20 – 26 February The Secret Agent This pleasingly unclassifiable 1970s-set Brazilian tale follows a man with a mysterious past who seeks to reconnect with his young son. Wagner Moura (TV's Narcos) is fantastic as Marcelo – just one of the names the character goes by – who arrives in sweltering Recife, having fled the north of the country. His lad is obsessed by Steven Spielberg's Jaws and his father-in-law runs a loca…

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Best films to watch on TV today, tonight and this week
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date: 2026-02-20T11:30:14.000Z
creator: Patrick Cremona
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subject: List
description: Whatever your taste, there's a movie on for everyone.
encoded: There may be plenty of movies available on streaming platforms and being released weekly in cinemas, but nothing quite beats the feeling of finding a hidden gem while flicking through the TV. With such a raft of options – old and new – to pick from this weekend, it can often feel like a bit of an insurmountable task to find one that really tickles your fancy. But that's where we come in to do the hard work for you, picking out some of the most stellar options available to tune into. This weeks selection includes everything from classic Hitchcock thriller The 39 Steps to Steven Spielberg's recent semi-autobiographical gem The Fabelmans. There's something for everyone and if you're wondering where to find some of the best films on the terrestrial channels this week, we've got you sorted. Read on for an expertly compiled list of the best flicks airing across the next seven days. Friday 20th February Drums Along the Mohawk - 2:50pm, Film4 Western adventure starring Claudette Colbert and Henry Fonda. In pre-Revolutionary America, a newly married couple join other settlers on the frontier of the Mohawk Valley. After repeated attacks by native American tribes, they are forced to take shelter in a nearby fort. Read our full review Speed - 9pm, Great Action Action thriller starring Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper and Sandra Bullock. A demented extortionist's plan to collect a huge ransom by planting a bomb in an LA skyscraper is thwarted by the reckless bravery of SWAT daredevil Jack Traven. Undeterred, the unhinged bomber sets Traven a sterner test - an even more deadly device on board a commuter-filled bus that will explode if the bus's speed drops below 50mph. Read our full review The Damned United - 11pm, BBC Two Football drama starring Michael Sheen and Timothy Spall. After guiding Leeds United to the First Division title in 1974, Don Revie leaves Elland Road to become manager of England. In a surprise move, the Leeds board turns to outspoken coach Brian Clough as his repla…

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People We Meet on Vacation star Tom Blyth explains why his new film changed his view on the prison system
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date: 2026-02-20T11:00:09.000Z
creator: Patrick Cremona
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description: Blyth stars alongside David Jonsson in Wasteman.
encoded: New prison drama Wasteman – which marks the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Cal McMau – boasts impressive performances from two of the UK's biggest emerging actors, David Jonsson and Tom Blyth. Last year's BAFTA Rising Star Award winner Jonsson stars as Taylor, an inmate nearing the end of a long sentence. When we meet him, he's in line for an early release, but that situation is put in serious jeopardy when his new cellmate Dee – played by Blyth – arrives and immediately starts exhibiting extremely volatile behaviour. It's an engrossing and sometimes difficult-to-watch film, which addresses the harsh realities of prison life with grit and authenticity. That was achieved in large part thanks to the collaboration of prison rehabilitation charity Switchback, who worked with the filmmakers to provide a sense of realism that prevented it from falling into prison movie cliché. Speaking exclusively to Radio Times at last year's London Film Festival, Blyth admitted that his view on the prison system had "definitely" changed by taking part in the project. "Before doing this, I liked to think that I had some elevated empathy or at least a nuanced way of seeing the prison system," he explained. "But I was very naive, I think, without even knowing it." He added that having conducted extensive research in preparation to play his character, his main takeaway was that "the prison system is broken and it's over capacity, understaffed, underfunded, and I think the aim of it is misled." "I think it's not really rehabilitating people, it's like sequestering them away, shoving them all in a small space and hoping for the best," he continued. "And then the problems from outside follow everyone inside, except they're amplified, because it's like a pressure cooker." It was clear to him now, he added, that a system had to be put in place that was about genuine rehabilitation, one that adopted a more humanist approach. View Green Video on the source website "I also think that fundin…

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Toy Story 5 trailer goes viral on social media over notable change in Woody's appearance
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date: 2026-02-20T10:29:06.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
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subject: Contains Trailer
subject: News
description: The addition of an evil tablet wasn't enough to keep fans from talking about Woody's new look.
encoded: The full-length trailer for Toy Story 5 has been released, and beyond the nostalgia, thrills and villainous iPad, there's one key thing fans have been picking up on – Woody's bald patch. That's right, Tom Hanks's beloved character is back, reuniting with the rest of the toys after separating from them at the end of Toy Story 4. However, he has changed a bit since we last saw him, developing a distinct 'bald patch' on the back of his head, which the light shines off of, blinding the other toys. Trixie notes that "someone needs a brown marker", something plenty of fans have been saying online too. Meanwhile, villainous new character Lilypad, a tablet threatening to replace the toys in Bonnie's heart, asks whether Woody is "some sort of old man toy", with Forky clarifying that "she thinks you're old because you're bald, Woody". You can watch the trailer right here now. View oEmbed on the source website On X, a number of fans have been noting that Woody needs a return visit to a character known only as 'the cleaner' from Toy Story 2, who fixed Woody up for display when he was damaged. This included spray painting brown over an area where his hair had been shined away. View oEmbed on the source website Fans have also been reacting to the reveal, with one saying on X that "if you were alive when toy story 1 came out you may also be experiencing this," while another added: "I can’t think of a more meaningful and necessary story development than Woody balding." This is the second trailer to be released for the new Pixar sequel, after a teaser trailer was released in November. The film will be released this summer. Toy Story 5 arrives seven years after the fourth instalment, and is the second Pixar film set to be released this year, after upcoming original story Hoppers. The likes of Tim Allen and Joan Cusack are also reprising their roles alongside Hanks, while new additions to the voice cast include Greta Lee, Ernie Hudson, Craig Robinson and Conan O'Brien. View Green Vide…

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Best kids' movies to watch on Netflix - from K-Pop Demon Hunters to Wallace & Gromit
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creator: Patrick Cremona
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description: Enjoy time at home with the children with our pick of family films available to watch on Netflix.
encoded: With the half-term break on the way, the chances are you might be looking for a new film to keep the kids occupied – or perhaps for something you can watch with them that works for the whole family. The good news is that Netflix has no shortage of options to choose from, including everything from 2025 mega-hit K-Pop Demon Hunters to virtually the entire library of films from the exceptional Studio Ghibli catalogue. If you're after some classic blockbusters that are also suitable for younger audiences, the likes of Back to the Future and Jurassic Park should fit the bill – provided your kids can withstand a few frights – while if you're looking to introduce a few more macabre themes, Guillermo del Toro's spellbinding adaptation of Pinocchio is a great place to start. We've compiled a lit consisting of 20 varied options currently available on the streamer below – scroll down for our picks alongside reviews from the Radio Times archive. Check out our list of the best family films on Netflix below. 1. K-Pop Demon Hunters You don't have to know a thing about the South Korean K-pop phenomenon to enjoy this deliriously silly English-language animated musical. It introduces us to delightful three-piece girl band Huntr/x (voiced by Arden Cho, Ji-young Yoo and May Hong). As global superstars, they wow huge crowds on stage – but also secretly fight demons to save the world. Now the baddies have a plan: they've created an equally talented boy band, Saja Boys, to steal Huntr/x's fans. Led by the evil, yet attractive, Jinu (Ahn Hyo-seop), Saja Boys aim to gain in popularity until they're ready to unleash their demon armies. This is a dazzling watch, with animation reminiscent of the kinetic, colourful Spider-Verse movies but with a bold Korean twist. The jokes are universal but K-pop fans can also enjoy cheeky nods to real-life bands (Saja Boys's six-pack-flaunting member "Abs" could well be San from Ateez, for example). As for the music: there's a reason lead track Golden hit nu…

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How Oscar-nominated film The Secret Agent was born out of resistance to the far right
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date: 2026-02-19T17:50:28.000Z
creator: Patrick Cremona
subject: Movies
subject: Exclusive
description: Academy Award-nominated actor Wagner Moura speaks exclusively to Radio Times about the acclaimed new Brazilian film.
encoded: Some very fine films are up for best picture at this year's upcoming Academy Awards, with Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another and Ryan Coogler's Sinners the two currently looking most likely to emerge as winner of the category. But The Secret Agent – which will become the last of the nominees to arrive in UK cinemas when it is released tomorrow (Friday 20th February) – might just be the pick of the bunch. The new film from writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho is the second Brazilian film in two years to make the best picture line-up after Walter Selles's drama I'm Still Here achieved the same feat last year. Like that film, it explores a tumultuous period in the country's history – the military dictatorship that existed between 1964 and 1985 – although unlike it, it tells a fictional story inspired by the atmosphere of the time rather than a true story. Narcos and Civil War star Wagner Moura, who has himself been nominated for best actor at the Oscars, takes on the lead role in the film. And although he was only one-year old at the time of it's 1977 setting, he didn't need too much preparation when it came to learning about the period in question. "I have very vivid memories of what the dictatorship was," he explained in conversation with Radio Times. "And I also directed a film in 2018 [political thriller Marighella] that took place during the dictatorship. So I had studied a lot, read a lot about what Brazil was – socially, economically, culturally, politically – back in those times. "But most of all I think that the logic of the dictatorship is still very present in Brazil. It's not like the dictatorship ended in 1985 and that was it. The echoes of the dictatorship are still very present. From 2018 to 2022 we had a far right president, [Jair] Bolsonaro – who by the way is in jail right now for attempting against democracy in Brazil. "This man is a physical manifestation of these echoes of the dictatorship in the country. So to be honest, it wasn't a …

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Wuthering Heights soundtrack 2026: Every song from Charli xcx
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date: 2026-02-19T17:26:23.000Z
creator: Molly Moss
subject: Movies
description: Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Charli.
encoded: Emerald Fennell's film adaptation of Wuthering Heights is shaping up to be one of the most divisive movies of 2026. From the casting of Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, and the film's anachronistic costumes, to its diversions from Emily Brontë’s Gothic novel and overtly erotic tone, almost everything about the Saltburn filmmaker's new take has been criticised. But one aspect of the film that has received overwhelmingly positive reactions has been the soundtrack penned by pop superstar and 'brat summer' architect Charli xcx. The album features plenty of autotune, strange and experimental noises, and also includes collaborations with Welsh musician John Cale and US singer Sky Ferreira. Want to know more about the songs Charli is contributing to the film and how you can listen to them? Read on for everything we know about the film’s soundtrack. How to listen to the Wuthering Heights 2026 soundtrack Charli's album is available on music streaming platforms including Amazon Music and Spotify. The album is also available to buy on CD and vinyl from Amazon. You can also get your hands on a collector's edition here. Wuthering Heights 2026 soundtrack: Full list of songs from Charli xcx <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2025/03/GettyImages-2197337640-d76348d.jpg" width="5655" height="3770" alt="LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 02: Charli XCX (C) performs onstage during the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)" title="67th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Show" /> Charli's album feature 12 original songs in total, with the official track list announced in February just before the release of the film. You can find the full list below: All tracks written by Charli xcx except where stated House (feat John Cale) – written by Charli xcx, John Cale, Finn Keane & Nathan Klein Wall of Sound – written by Charli xcx & Finn Keane Dying for You –…

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Ncuti Gatwa's acclaimed theatre run of beloved classic play is set to stream for free
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date: 2026-02-19T15:17:24.000Z
creator: Molly Moss
subject: Movies
subject: News
description: Alongside Gatwa, the play stars Sharon D Clarke, Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́, Eliza Scanlen and Hugh Skinner.
encoded: The National Theatre has announced it will stream Max Webster’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest starring Ncuti Gatwa for free. The filmed performance, which was captured during its run at the National Theatre in winter 2024/25, will be available worldwide on YouTube from 12 March 2026 as part of the Take Your Seats initiative. There will also be a digital watch-along premiere at 7pm GMT, during which viewers will have the opportunity to interact through a chat function and engage in polls. The free stream will be available for free until 18 March, and will be released to National Theatre at Home subscribers on 19 March. Alongside Ncuti, who plays bachelor Algernon Moncrieff, the reimagining of the Oscar Wilde play stars Sharon D Clarke (Doctor Who), Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́ (Blues for an Alabama Sky), Eliza Scanlen (Little Women) and Hugh Skinner (Fleabag). Following its run at the National Theatre, The Importance of Being Earnest was released in cinemas internationally through the National Theatre Live, with the production reaching over 175,000 people. The play later transferred to the Noel Coward Theatre in London’s West End, where it ran from 18 September 2025 until 10 January 2026. The cast featured the likes of Olly Alexander, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Hugh Dennis, Shobna Gulati, Kitty Hawthorne, Jessica Whitehurst, Hayley Carmichael and Stephen Fry. Take Your Seats first launched in 2023, with previous free streams including Othello and Nye. The Importance of Being Earnest was one of Gatwa's first major roles following his departure from Doctor Who at the end of season 15. The actor's other post-Doctor Who roles include comedy film The Roses, in which he starred alongside Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch, as well as the part of Christopher Marlowe in Liz Duffy Adam's Born With Teeth, a play about the rivalry between Marlowe and William Shakespeare, which ran at London's Wyndham theatre last year. Meanwhile, upcoming projects include the series Firs…

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Peaky Blinders movie trailer confirms Barry Keoghan's role in surprise twist as he faces off with Cillian Murphy
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date: 2026-02-19T15:10:00.000Z
creator: Patrick Cremona
subject: Movies
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: News
description: The latest trailer for the movie spin-off reveals a lot of new information.
encoded: Ever since it was announced that Barry Keoghan would be joining the cast of Peaky Blinders for upcoming film spin-off The Immortal Man, there has been a lot of speculation about who the Saltburn and Banshees of Inisherin star might be playing. One theory which gained a lot of traction suggested he could be set to star as Duke Shelby, the son of Cillian Murphy's Tommy, and a new trailer for the movie has now confirmed that that is indeed the case. The trailer – which follows an earlier teaser released on Christmas Eve – opens with voiceover from Rebecca Ferguson's mysterious character saying: "Tommy, you live in a house haunted with ghosts of people who died, because of you." She then adds: "You abandoned your kingdom, you abandoned your son" before we cut do a very brief shot of Murphy and Keoghan facing each other. Later, we see Tommy's sister Ada (Sophie Rundle) speaking with him inside a car, explaining: "Your gypsy son is running the Peaky Blinders like its 1919 all over again" something which is soon illustrated by scenes of Duke overseeing violent activity. "I can't help him, because I'm not that man anymore," Tommy later laments. And it looks as if things are going to get very nasty; we see Tim Roth's character – who appears to be a Nazi – attempting to enlist Duke in a mission that will help decide the war for Germany. His response? "The world don't give a f**k about me, and I don't give a f**k about it." The trailer also includes Tommy's arrival back at the Garrison pub, the return of Stephen Graham's Hayden Stagg and a glimpse of Jay Lycurgo's new character, alongside all sorts of explosive scenes. Meanwhile it ends with a tease of a confrontation between Tommy and his son – watch it in full below: View oEmbed on the source website Tommy's illegitimate son Duke was previously portrayed by Conrad Khan and was introduced in the final season of the show as a thief whose existence Tommy had previously been unaware of. It appears he's certainly risen the ranks …

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50 best movies to watch on Netflix right now
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date: 2026-02-19T14:00:13.000Z
creator: Radio Times Staff
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subject: Netflix
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description: Some of the best movies on Netflix right now include Catch Me If You Can, Priscilla and Train Dreams. Updated weekly.
encoded: Valentines Day may have been and gone, but if you're still feeling loved up and in the mood to watch something romantic, there are plenty of options on Netflix - that is, if you're not at the cinema watching Wuthering Heights. For instance, there's 2015 rom-com Man Up and 2019's Little Women, or, if you're looking for something more steamy, Netflix original Hit Man. Of course, there's plenty of other options to find on Netflix right now, whether that's Oscar-nominated fare like Frankenstein, Train Dreams and K-Pop Demon Hunters, or recent new originals like The Rip. The platform also hosts last year's cinema release The Life of Chuck, based on the novella of the same name by Stephen King, as well as older hits such as Room and Ex Machina, and classics including The Godfather and Silence of the Lambs. Netflix also has plenty of other originals on its release calendar for the rest of the year, including Peaky Blinders film The Immortal Man and Greta Gerwig's Narnia film. Read on for our latest picks of the best films on the streaming service right now – updated weekly – or head over to our guides to the best series on Netflix and best comedies on Netflix. Alternatively, check out our helpful list of Netflix secret codes, which can help you unlock hidden movies and TV shows. Updated: 19 February 2026 Best movies to watch on Netflix right now Man Up (2015) This charming little rom-com from 2015 stars Lake Bell as Nancy, a woman who, while travelling through London, finds herself being mistaken for a stranger's blind date.Failing to let him know the truth, the two go on a date throughout the city and find they have a lot in common. But will they be able to make it work when their entire meeting is based on a lie? This isn't the sort of movie that either breaks the mould or sticks with you as something exceptionally groundbreaking. Instead, what it does is uses the tropes of the rom-com genre exceptionally well, and is carried through by the excellent performances of Bell…

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Bad Bunny to lead all-star "epic" historical drama Porto Rico opposite Oscar winner
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date: 2026-02-19T12:37:14.000Z
creator: Patrick Cremona
subject: Movies
subject: News
description: This will be the hugely popular Grammy-winning musician's first leading film role – and he's joined by an all-star supporting cast.
encoded: Just a few weeks on from his groundbreaking performance at the Super Bowl, it's been announced that Puerto Rican megastar Bad Bunny is set to lead the cast of a brand new film titled Porto Rico. The historical epic is billed as a love letter to Puerto Rico and is helmed by René "Residente" Pérez Joglar, himself a multiple Grammy Award-winning musician, in his feature directorial debut. As first reported by Deadline, Joglar wrote the script alongside Oscar-winning screenwriter Alexander Dinelaris (Birdman). Bad Bunny – who will be credited under his full name Benito Martínez Ocasio – is expected to star as José Maldonado Román, a Puerto Rican revolutionary commonly known as Águila Blanca (White Eagle). Roman lived between 1874 and 1932, and it was previously announced that the film would document his life, including how he led a gang of ex-convicts in an anti-colonial struggle while fighting to build the island's national identity. The film has been described as "inspired by true events" so it's not clear if it will stick entirely to real history or reimagine the events in a slightly fictionalised form, but Residente has described the project as "a reaffirmation of who we are — told with the intensity and honesty that our history deserves." "I have dreamed of making a film about my country since I was a child," he said, adding that "Puerto Rico’s true history has always been surrounded by controversy." View Green Video on the source website While this will be Ocasio's first leading role, he's already built up a solid resume of big screen credits, appearing in the supporting cast of major films such as Bullet Train, Cassandro and Caught Stealing, in addition to a recurring role on Netflix TV series Narcos: Mexico. He's joined in Porto Rico by a cast that includes plenty of A-list talent, with roles for Edward Norton, Viggo Mortensen and Javier Bardem, though details on their roles has not been disclosed at this stage. Meanwhile, Mexican auteur Alejandro G Iñárritu, wh…

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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die review: Clever, infectious and wildly original – AI be damned
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date: 2026-02-19T10:34:44.000Z
creator: Rosie Fletcher
subject: Movies
subject: Sci-fi
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: Review
description: Despite some final act issues, the first film from Gore Verbinski in almost a decade is audacious, fresh and a massive amount of fun.
encoded: If you only watch one movie this year featuring a CGI centaur with a cat’s head, that sprays glittery confetti from its undercarriage, then make it this one. Gore Verbinski’s hog-wild time travel tale is audacious, fresh and a massive amount of fun, even though it falls over in a confusing final act. Sam Rockwell has a blast as the unnamed revolutionary from the future trying to save the world from a nine-year-old child who is destined to invent a God-like AI that hates humans. To do so he must recruit a team of random strangers who happen to be eating at Norm’s diner on a particular night – the time traveller has tried multiple combinations before only to be thwarted by some outrageous obstacle each time. Could this bunch be the right one? What’s certain is they won’t all make it to the end. Good Luck is at its strongest in its first two thirds, where vignettes showing the backstories of some of the diners are intercut with the overarching mission. These play like micro episodes of Black Mirror, mixing dark humour with tech-terror. View Green Video on the source website Zazie Beetz and Michael Peña are school teachers, menaced by teen zombies mobilised by their phones. The White Lotus star Haley Lu Richardson is a professional princess for children’s birthday parties who is allergic to cell phones and wi-fi. And in the very best one, Juno Temple’s bereaved mother is given the chance to reunite with her son who has been killed in a school shooting, via a cloning programme. This segment is genuinely sad and very troubling in terms of what America looks like now but also laugh-out-loud funny as she is asked to choose her resurrected son’s traits via the film’s equivalent of an Apple Store. Temple carries this segment with absolute commitment – she feels like a real person dealing with real trauma amidst a Stepford Wives-esque nightmare of hollow-eyed parents, many of whom have resurrected their massacred children multiple times. And to reiterate: it’s genuinely funny.…

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New Star Wars film The Mandalorian and Grogu confirms icon of cinema as surprise cast member following new trailer
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date: 2026-02-18T11:23:17.000Z
creator: David Craig
subject: Movies
subject: Sci-fi
subject: News
description: Hollywood royalty graces Star Wars's return to the big screen.
encoded: Star Wars fans have their most in-depth look at the franchise's return to cinemas with The Mandalorian & Grogu, which picks up with the mismatched adventurers after the events of the Disney Plus series. Across three seasons, we saw Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) go from being a cold, solitary bounty hunter to a surprisingly attentive father figure as he took the force-sensitive infant Grogu under his wing. The latest trailer finds more humour in this unconventional parenting set-up, as the fierce Mandalorian warrior must stop his protégé from... fiddling with the spaceship's buttons and eating too many biscuits. Frightening stuff. Of course, more dramatic events ensue as the duo are enlisted by a New Republic leader, played by sci-fi legend Sigourney Weaver, to investigate a plot involving a member of the Hutt crime family (voiced by The Bear's Jeremy Allen White). As if it wasn't starry enough, The Mandalorian & Grogu revealed another A-lister for its voice cast in this brand new trailer. See if you can figure out who it is from the footage alone – or find the answer underneath. View oEmbed on the source website As confirmed by USA Today, the member of Hollywood royalty joining The Mandalorian & Grogu's cast is none other than director Martin Scorsese, whose works include Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York and Killers of the Flower Moon. Scorsese has been known to take acting roles in the past, including cameos as himself in showbiz comedies Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock, Entourage and The Studio. For this latest on-screen gig, he lends his distinctive voice to the alien owner of a food van, who initially seems welcoming to Din's enquiries – until he mentions the dreaded Hutt clan. The Mandalorian & Grogu director Jon Favreau previously worked with Scorsese on his 2013 hit The Wolf of Wall Street, where he played lawyer Manny Riskin. Lucasfilm president and chief creative officer Dave Filoni co-wrote the script for the new Star Wars instalment with Favreau, but …

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Why exactly are we entering a gloriously gory golden age of horror?
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date: 2026-02-18T08:00:24.000Z
creator: Alan Jones
subject: Movies
subject: TV
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: Magazine
description: Horror isn’t just back – it’s dominating the box office, awards season and cultural conversation like never before.
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. As a reporter on the horror fantasy genre for over four decades now, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard film industry movers and shakers exclaim that the scary movie has roared back when yet another no-budget shocker appears from nowhere to become an unexpected box office success. Only to be told, usually a few weeks later when a highly anticipated chiller has crashed and burned, "Oh well, the genre bubble has burst. Again." Once more proving screenwriter William Goldman’s adage about the film industry, "Nobody knows anything". Except, now things are looking markedly different. At a time when experts in this global multi-billion-dollar, high-stakes business are concerned about the future of the big screen experience – after the pandemic made staying in watching increasingly bloody streamer content the preferred method of accessing adult entertainment – the horror fantasy movie has repeatedly become the most trustworthy cash cow. It consistently out-performs expectations, garners unusually high levels of critical approbation and recently cut a historic swathe through the usually staid BAFTA and Oscar nominations. In any other year, the nods for Weapons, 28 Years Later and Frankenstein would be truly remarkable, but add in the surprise supernatural blockbuster Sinners, setting a new record for the most Oscar nominations ever (16), plus 13 BAFTA nominations, including best film, and the horror’s latest ascendance is extra significant. Clearly the tense racial satire Get Out (2017) and body horror hit The Substance (2024) paved the way with their multiple Oscar nominations. Although they won for original screenplay, and make-up and hairstyling respectively, both inclusions represented a major triumph for the maligned genre that few took seriously despite the occasional breakthrough, including Rosemary’s Baby (1968), The Exorcist (1973), Misery (1990) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991), pointedly all major s…

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Joe Keery reveals Stranger Things had nothing to do with choice to star in his new sci-fi movie
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date: 2026-02-17T17:00:30.000Z
creator: Patrick Cremona
subject: Movies
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: Exclusive
subject: News
subject: Video
description: Keery stars alongside Liam Neeson, Lesley Manville and Barbarian's Georgina Campbell in the new sci-fi film.
encoded: Hardly any time has passed since Stranger Things wrapped up its final season, but one of the Netflix hit's biggest stars is already back in another project that straddles the sci-fi and horror genres. Joe Keery has a lead role alongside Barbarian's Georgina Campbell in new film Cold Storage, which is adapted by prolific screenwriter David Koepp from his own novel of the same name, and arrives in UK cinemas this weekend. Given the two projects occupy the same genre, you might wonder if that connection was what convinced Keery to sign up. But according to the star – who actually filmed Cold Storage before the final run of Stranger Things – it didn't really factor into his thinking at all. "To be honest with you, the main appeal was David [Koepp], initially," he explained during an exclusive interview with RadioTimes, referencing the screenwriter behind everything from Jurassic Park, Spider-Man and Mission: Impossible to Carlito's Way, Panic Room and Black Bag. "I'm a fan of his" he continued. "I feel like, in a way, his work has inspired – whether people know it or not, so many people. Just because I feel like his writing and influence has like permeated the last 30 years of cinema history. "[He's] so good at character, so I was just really interested in the character. And thought it was, like, a really fun project. I guess that was the appeal, not necessarily based off of anything Stranger Things." View Green Video on the source website In the film, Keery plays Travis, an employee at a self-storage company whose first shift with new co-worker Naomi (Campbell) takes an unexpected turn when they find themselves fighting off a parasitic fungus that had been secretly stored underneath their facility by the government. The cast also includes roles for Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville as the scientists who had first brought the fungus back from space – and who are called upon to step in and save the day. And Neeson explained that – just like Keery – Koepp's screenplay had b…

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Robert Duvall's greatest misfortune was that he was actually too good an actor
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date: 2026-02-17T16:29:23.000Z
creator: Barry Norman
subject: Movies
subject: Comment
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: Magazine
description: In this piece from the RT Archives, film critic Barry Norman laments the fact that Robert Duvall hadn't made the jump from acclaimed character actor to leading movie star.
encoded: Yesterday, it was announced that Robert Duvall – an icon of American cinema – had sadly passed away at the age of 95. The legendary character actor had memorable roles in a number of classics including To Kill a Mockingbird, The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, but it was for his part as washed-up country singer Mac Sledge in Bruce Beresford's 1983 film Tender Mercies that he won his only Oscar. In this piece from the Radio Times archive, film critic Barry Norman uses a 1990 television broadcast of that film to reflect on Duvall's career up to that point, lamenting the fact that his Oscar win didn't do more to turn him from an acclaimed character actor into a leading movie star. The most curious aspect of Tender Mercies is not that it did so much for Robert Duvall, but that it didn’t do more. In every way but one it was extremely successful, not least for Duvall himself. As co-producer he not only helped instigate the film, but shared in its nomination for best picture; as the star he won the Academy Award for best actor; Horton Foote gained the Oscar for best screenplay; Bruce Beresford was nominated as best director and the movie’s chief musical number, Over You, got the award for best song. All in all that’s a pretty impressive record which, added to the fact that previously Duvall had been nominated twice as best supporting actor (for The Godfather and Apocalypse Now) and once for best actor (The Great Santini), should finally have established him as a star. That it failed to do so is at least partly due to Tender Mercies’ one area of failure – at the box office. View Green Video on the source website It didn’t make a lot of money, thus proving yet again that it’s not talent, awards or the acclaim of the critics and one’s peers that create a star – it’s bums on seats. Mind you, at the time it was made it was always going to be a difficult film to sell to a mass audience. It tells, in a gentle, low-key manner, the story of an alcoholic country and western singer (an…

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10 essential Robert Duvall films to watch in tribute to The Godfather icon
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date: 2026-02-17T14:36:34.000Z
creator: Patrick Cremona
subject: Movies
subject: List
description: The legendary actor has passed away at the age of 95.
encoded: In the last year or so, we've lost so many of the greats of the New Hollywood era – that defining movement in American film that brought us an incredible variety of complex, layered and captivating pieces of cinema in the late '60s and '70s. After Gene Hackman, Robert Redford and Diane Keaton all passed away in 2025, yesterday brought the sad news that legendary character actor Robert Duvall had died at the age of 95. The news was announced in a statement by his wife Luciana, who wrote that he had passed "peacefully" at their home in Middleburg, Virginia. "To the world, he was an Academy Award-winning actor, a director, a storyteller," she added. "To me, he was simply everything. His passion for his craft was matched only by his deep love for characters, a great meal, and holding court." Duvall's career was one marked by excellence across more than six decades, excelling in a number of seminal films in both supporting and leading roles. Indeed, with his very first film credit, he was already playing an indelible character in an American classic – starring as Boo Radley in Robert Mulligan's adaptation of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. It's for his work in the 70s for which Duvall will likely be most remembered. He was the only actor to star in all four of Francis Ford Coppola's unrivalled streak of hits in that decade (though his small part in the magnificent The Conversation was uncredited) with his Oscar-nominated roles as consigliere Tom Hagen in The Godfather films and as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore in Apocalypse Now particularly iconic. Few lines in cinema history have been more immortalised than the latter's declaration that he loves the smell of napalm in the morning. View Green Video on the source website In total, Duvall was nominated for seven Oscars, winning just the once for his leading turn in 1983 drama Tender Mercies, with his final nomination coming for his supporting role in The Judge in 2014. Meanwhile, alongside the classics, there were al…

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Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights cast: Saltburn star Jacob Elordi and more
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date: 2026-02-17T12:09:15.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Movies
subject: Contains Trailer
description: Elordi stars as Heathcliff, while Margot Robbie plays Cathy.
encoded: Emerald Fennell's new take on Wuthering Heights is shaping up to be one of the most divisive films of 2026, with the movie having sparked backlash from the very beginning. From the movie's overtly erotic tone and its Charlie xcx-penned soundtrack, to its costumes, there hasn't really been an element of the film that hasn't raised some eyebrows. Another aspect of the Saltburn filmmaker's retelling of Emily Brontë's novel that has prompted criticism has been the casting, with many fans unhappy with the film for aging up the characters, who are teenagers for much of the book's plot (Jacob Elordi is 28 and Margot Robbie is 35), as well as for removing Heathcliff’s non-white background. Responding to backlash around Margot's casting, Fennell previously told British Vogue: "It’s difficult to find that supersized star power. Margot comes with big dick energy. That’s what Cathy needs." Meanwhile, talking about Elordi's casting, Robbie told the publication: "I saw him play Heathcliff. And he is Heathcliff. I’d say, just wait. Trust me, you’ll be happy." She added: "It’s a character that has this lineage of other great actors who’ve played him, from Laurence Olivier to Richard Burton and Ralph Fiennes to Tom Hardy. To be a part of that is special. He’s incredible and I believe in him so much. "I honestly think he’s our generation’s Daniel Day-Lewis." Want to know more about the cast and where you've seen them before? Read on for everything you need to know about the stars of Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights. Wuthering Heights cast 2026 View Green Video on the source website Below is the main cast list for Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Wuthering Heights. Read on to find out more about the cast and characters. Margot Robbie as Catherine "Cathy" Earnshaw Charlotte Mellington as young Catherine Earnshaw Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff Owen Cooper as young Heathcliff Hong Chau as Nelly Dean Vy Nguyen as young Nelly Dean Shazad Latif as Edgar Linton Alison Oliver as Isabella Linton…

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Phil Wang transforms into a vampire for this week's Radio Times horror special
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date: 2026-02-17T11:38:32.000Z
creator: Shem Law
subject: Movies
description: As horror gets its moment in the spotlight at the Bafta Film Awards, RT explores how fright nights are helping to save the film industry.
encoded: Here at RT Towers, we're very much in step with the zeitgeist this week. Horror, once seen as niche, now feels like a barometer of where cinema is heading. With awards recognition, box-office success and young film-makers reshaping the genre, it's bucking the wider trend. The film Baftas on Sunday feature a strong showing from the horror stable, and we look at who might win and why there are so many nominations. I'll admit it's not the sort of film I gravitate towards. I'm still waiting for a remake of Ill Met by Moonlight (one for the teenagers there), but RT's film team make a persuasive case. At its best, horror isn't just jump scares, but allegory: social anxiety, political tension and family trauma refracted through a dark sense. Yes, I sometimes have to watch through my fingers, but there's often more (usually very unsettling) beneath the surface. We've had fun with the horror theme elsewhere, too. Our cover star Phil Wang gamely donned the guise of his favourite horror character while discussing joining Great British Menu. We also have lively interviews with Australian actress Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall, wildlife film-maker Gordon Buchanan and bestselling author Marian Keyes. So apologies to those of a nervous disposition. This is, quite literally, a horror show of an issue. The latest issue of Radio Times is out now – subscribe here. Also in this week's Radio Times: Gordon Buchanan is one of our most respected wildlife film-makers, but nature once gave him an escape from a challenging childhood. As an adaptation of two of her novels comes to BBC One, Irish writer Marian Keyes reveals why she has kicked against the patriarchy for years - and hates "chick lit". Who clobbered George Grundy on the head with a wine bottle - and why? The main players of The Archers reveal their thoughts on the soap's sensational storyline. Did you know you can now order a previous edition of Radio Times magazine with our new back issues service? Add Great British Menu to your watchlis…

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How to watch Wuthering Heights – when is it coming to streaming?
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date: 2026-02-17T11:31:06.000Z
creator: Patrick Cremona
subject: Movies
description: Emerald Fennell's starry Brontë adaptation already looks set to be one of the most talked about movies of 2026.
encoded: Ever since Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights was announced, almost everything about the Saltburn filmmaker’s retelling of Emily Brontë’s Gothic novel has sparked backlash. From the casting of Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie and the costumes, to the Charli xcx-penned soundtrack and the film’s overtly erotic tone, the film has certainly been dividing opinions. With so much buzz around the film – both positive and negative – it’s hardly surprising that the film has proved to be a huge box-office success, raking in $83 million worldwide on its opening weekend, which marks the biggest global debut of the year to date. But if you don’t fancy watching the film in cinemas, you might be wondering when it’s set to become available to stream from the comfort of your own home. Read on for everything you need to know about the release of Wuthering Heights. When is Wuthering Heights coming to streaming? As with all Warner Bros cinematic releases, the film will eventually be released on HBO Max in the US – and with that platform finally launching on this side of the Atlantic next month (available as a bundle with Sky and NOW) it seems likely that will be the case in the UK too. The exact date for it's HBO Max premiere is less certain, but Warner Bros tend to wait around two or three months between theatrical release and streaming debut, so we'd probably be looking at late April or early May before you can watch the film on streaming. Should we get more concrete details, we'll keep you updated. Before the movie arrives on HBO Max, it will become available to buy or rent on platforms such as Prime Video and AppleTV. There’s typically about a month to a six-week window between Warner Bros. films’ theatrical release and the moment they debut on digital platforms, meaning the earliest the film could become available on digital platforms is late March. You can currently pre-order the film on Prime Video and <a href="https://apple.sjv.io/c/1236178/435298/7615?subId1=radiot…

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BAFTA nominee Rose Byrne talks unwinding after emotional and demanding new role: "I drink a lot of alcohol"
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date: 2026-02-16T17:01:31.000Z
creator: Adam Tanswell
subject: Movies
subject: Interview
subject: Magazine
description: As a mother, her latest role really hit home, but a post-filming cocktail — and Bafta and Oscar nominations — make it all worth it
encoded: On the small screen, Rose Byrne has tackled comedy in Platonic and hard-hitting biographical drama in Mrs America. On the big screen, the versatile Australian actress has petrified audiences in the Insidious horror franchise and cracked up crowds with the slapstick humour of Bridesmaids. Later this month, the 46-year-old tackles her most acclaimed role to date in the psychological drama If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. Byrne plays a mother facing an existential crisis in a visceral performance that has earned the star a stack of awards and Bafta and Oscar nominations… It’s the Bafta Film Awards on Sunday, and you’re also nominated for an Oscar. What do you make of all the awards buzz for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You? It’s extraordinary and very surreal. I mean, this is a tiny film and I’m honoured that it’s being acknowledged in this way. In the past, I’ve had more chances to do complex roles on television – but this is by far the most complex role I’ve had on film. This really stretched me and changed me. It’s been a highlight for sure. What does working in television give you that the big screen usually doesn’t? I like the opportunity to develop a relationship with an audience on television. I think that’s wonderful. I love shows that you invest in season after season, shows that you often want to revisit. Whether it’s classics like Seinfeld or The Sopranos, you want to revisit that group of people and see them again. In the film, you play an anxious mother whose world starts to fall apart. How did you find this headspace? I’m a mother, so this role hits home for me. I mean, there’s nothing more confronting than being a parent, because kids see the best of you and the worst of you – and it’s so much about your own limitations. There’s that cliché of your child ending up teaching you more about yourself than anything, but they are the greatest teachers. It’s exactly the same in this film. Your co-star A$AP Rocky’s partner is Rihanna. Did you meet her? When I met Rocky, I …

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Phil Wang transforms into the legendary horror icon Nosferatu - and reveals his top horror picks
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date: 2026-02-16T17:00:20.000Z
creator: Paul Kirkley
subject: Movies
subject: Interview
subject: Magazine
subject: Video
description: RT’s vampiric cover star, comedian Phil Wang, explains his new-found love of horror movies, as he gets his fangs into judging Great British Menu.
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Don’t let anyone tell you that Phil Wang isn’t a trouper. In a studio in south London, the amiable comedian has submitted, uncomplainingly, to two hours in the make-up chair to be transformed into Count Orlok – bloodsucking antagonist of one of his favourite films, Nosferatu: a Symphony of Horror – to help draw together the threads of RT’s horror special and his latest gig as a judge on the new, film-themed series of Great British Menu. Having been fitted with a bald cap (“like a big condom,” according to the make-up artist), slathered in grease paint and accessorised with razor-sharp nails and false teeth – Phil Fang, anyone? – the only thing our easy-going vampire draws the line at is shaving off his moustache. “I’ve got five minutes of material about it in my stand-up show,” he explains, apologetically. That’s OK, we assure him – hipster Orlok is actually quite a strong look. “I feel like I’ve unleashed an inner part of me,” says the 36-year-old, as he vamps it up for the camera. “Also, it’s nice to have a preview of what I look like bald. I think I’ve got quite a good-shaped head.” According to his self-effacing tour blurb, Wang is best known “for one series of Taskmaster, one episode of Would I Lie to You? and one minute of Wonka”. In reality, of course, he’s one of Britain’s most in-demand stand-ups, a regular TV fixture on everything from Graham Norton’s sofa to Have I Got News for You, and the star of two hit Netflix specials, Philly Philly Wang Wang and Wang in There, Baby! He also hosted the 2021 podcast series Phil Wang Hates Horror, in which comedy pals including Ed Gamble, Rose Matafeo and Nish Kumar forced him to overcome his lifelong fear of scary movies. Did it work? Judging by his current get-up, yes – even if, as we talk, he’s slightly ruining the effect by sipping peach water instead of drinking blood… What was your main takeaway from the Phil Wang Hates Horror podcast? That horror can be really…

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The Silence of the Lambs at 35 - Revisiting our interview with Sir Anthony Hopkins: 'I wanted to be like Richard Burton – famous as well as different'
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date: 2026-02-16T15:55:44.000Z
creator: Andrew Duncan
subject: Movies
subject: Interview
subject: Magazine
description: As The Silence of the Lambs celebrates its 35th anniversary, we're resurfacing our 1994 interview with Anthony Hopkins – in which he talks about the transformative effect of his Oscar win.
encoded: This article was originally published in Radio Times magazine on 20th October 1994 It was only when he won an Oscar in 1992 for his part as Hannibal Lecter, the serial killer who cooked and ate his victims in The Silence of the Lambs, that Anthony Hopkins was convinced finally he’d become a decent actor. "After the old award came along I said to myself, 'What’s to prove now? I’ve done it'." Until then, he says, he’d wallowed in the troughs of insecurity, self-pity and alcoholism so common among our artistic brethren. Tedious stuff really. "Now I’m happy and at peace, with no axes to grind," he says. Let’s hope that isn t really true. His brilliance is drawn from the furies lurking within him and, although today in Cardiff he is the very image of self-deprecating thespian bonhomie, as well as a mixture of hauteur and vulnerability, he adds: "In a way my parts have been therapy, providing me with a great purging of my emotions. They seem to have paralleled my own development. Maybe Lecter was part of me - aloof, cold, a bit closed off. Being an actor has put some frost on my shoulder, a touch of ice in my veins. I don’t like displays of emotion and don’t trust my own because they’ve got me into trouble in the past. "I’ve become detached from life in the past ten years, which is probably why I look so calm. I don’t like being in crowds. In a strange way I’m free because I have no interests. I don’t care for sports, going to the theatre or cultural events. I don’t have many friends, hate going to dinner in other peoples’ houses, or to parties or restaurants. Food doesn’t interest me, nor does being with people for too long. I have no curiosity about anything, never have had." This makes him sound like a curmudgeonly misanthrope, a morose Celtic bore, but nothing could be further from the truth. He provides wonderful conversational entertainment – some of it true – the beguiling Welsh lilt transforming to mimic whatever actor he happens to be discussing. He says his seco…

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Industry star David Jonsson reveals why it was important his new prison drama didn’t feel "exotic"
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date: 2026-02-16T12:34:06.000Z
creator: Patrick Cremona
subject: Movies
subject: Exclusive
subject: News
subject: Video
description: Jonsson stars opposite Tom Blyth in new drama Wasteman, out this week in UK cinemas.
encoded: Since breaking out with his role as Gus in the first two seasons of Industry, David Jonsson has emerged as one of the UK's finest young actors – impressing in a diverse range of films including Rye Lane, Alien: Romulus and The Long Walk. Now, for his latest role, last year's BAFTA Rising Star Award winner is starring alongside another up-and-coming British actor – People We Meet on Vacation's Tom Blyth – for gritty prison drama Wasteman, the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Cal McMau. The film is inspired in part by real footage that was shot inside prisons on contraband mobile phones, and speaking to Radio Times at last year's London Film Festival, Jonsson explained why it was important the film captured the harsh realities of prison life as opposed to the sanitised or glamorised depiction that can sometimes be seen in Hollywood films. "I think we knew from the offset that we weren't going to make anything that felt exotic or glorifying violence," he said in an exclusive interview. "Like, those films exist and some of them are cool, but that's not what we were doing here." He explained that the production had worked with a "wonderful charity" called Switchback, whose goal is to help bring former prisoners back into society and readjust them to a more normal way of life. "They gave us so much," he explained. "[And] 50% of them was like our cast – they were all in in it. And they helped us, not just sculpt the world, but also sculpt our characters. Having that as your baseline, just meant that we were able to elevate this into a thrilling place from that kernel of truth, that kernel of society. "Because prison affects all of us. Like, we pay our taxes, you're contributing to it, and it's a system that does need a bit of reform." View Green Video on the source website Wasteman is a film that had been a long time in the works, and counts as something of a passion project for Jonsson. He had first auditioned for the role as far back ago as 2017 – well before his b…

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Marty Supreme true story: How accurate is the ping-pong drama?
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date: 2026-02-16T12:20:21.000Z
creator: Alex Hewitt
subject: Movies
subject: Contains Trailer
description: Timothée Chalamet's new sort-of-biopic has arrived in UK cinemas, but who was the real Marty Supreme?
encoded: Marty Supreme has caused quite a splash since opening in cinemas at the tail end of 2025. Josh Safdie's freneticallypaced ping-pong drama has become its distributor A24's highest-grossing film ever, while also boasting the finest acting of Timothée Chalamet's career – at least if you believe the star himself. And while Chalamet's grandstanding may have raised some eyebrows, few would argue against the fact that he turns in a pretty stellar performance. In fact, at the time of writing, he's runaway favourite to add a best actor Oscar to his steadily growing list of accolades that already includes a Golden Globe and Critics Choice award. In the film, Chalamet plays Marty Supreme, a character whose arrogant attitude he admits to have channeled during the press tour. "This is in the spirit of Marty," he told Indiewire. "And I feel like this is ultimately an original film at a time when original movies aren’t really put out." He continued: "It’s a movie about the pursuit of a dream. I’m leaving it on the field. Whether it’s the merch or the Zoom or the media appearances, I’m trying to get this out in the biggest way possible. In the spirit of Marty Mauser." In the movie, which is out still showing in some cinemas, Marty is a New York City shoe salesman who is driven by a massive ambition to become the greatest table tennis player in the world, and he soon ends up going to extreme lengths to rise to the top. But how does the figure we see in the film compare to the real-life champion ping-pong player Marty Reisman, upon whom the movie is based? Read on for everything you need to know about the true story behind Marty Supreme. Is Marty Supreme based on a true story? Yes – but only loosely. Safdie used the life of real table tennis player Marty Reisman as a jumping off point for the script, but never intended the film to be a wholly accurate account of his life. Marty Supreme true story: How accurate is the film? View Green Video on the source website As mentioned above, th…

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