Culture | The Guardian US6d ago
‘My hair extensions caught fire in a shootout!’ Dolph Lundgren on playing He-Man in Masters of the Universe https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jun/16/dolph-lundgren-masters-of-the-universe-he-man #Film #Culture #ActionAndAdventureFilms #FamilyFilms #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #FrankLangella
‘My hair extensions caught fire in a shootout!’ Dolph Lundgren on playing He-Man in Masters of the Universe

‘The studio wanted me to wear less. They wanted to see my muscles. But we were shooting outdoors in winter – and I had to put Vaseline on to keep my body heat in’

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Culture | The Guardian USJun 2
Masters of the Universe review – Amazon’s He-Man adventure is a weak big-budget misfire https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/02/masters-of-the-universe-amazon-he-man-movie-review #ActionAndAdventureFilms #Film #Culture #AmazonPrimeVideo #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #IdrisElba #KristenWiig #JaredLeto
Masters of the Universe review – Amazon’s He-Man adventure is a weak big-budget misfire

A laboured attempt to resurrect toy IP very few people still care about is a $200m-budgeted waste of everyone’s time

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World news | The GuardianMay 20
Michael Bay to direct film based on US military rescue mission in Iran https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/20/michael-bay-iran-movie #MichaelBay #UsNews #Film #Iran #Culture #ActionAndAdventureFilms
Michael Bay to direct film based on US military rescue mission in Iran

Director of Armageddon and Transformers to team up with Universal Pictures for drama based on recent events

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 20
Jack Ryan: Ghost War review – Amazon’s Tom Clancy series spawns middling movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/20/jack-ryan-ghost-war-review-amazon #ActionAndAdventureFilms #TomClancy #Film #SiennaMiller #Thrillers #AmazonPrimeVideo #Culture
Jack Ryan: Ghost War review – Amazon’s Tom Clancy series spawns middling movie

John Krasinski continues his unconvincing run as the CIA analyst in a mostly unexciting and rather low-rent feature-length adventure

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 16
‘It looked like Star Wars on Earth’: the making of Top Gun at 40 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/16/making-of-top-gun-40th-anniversary #TopGun #TomCruise #TonyScott #TopGunMaverick #ActionAndAdventureFilms #DramaFilms #Film #Culture
‘It looked like Star Wars on Earth’: the making of Top Gun at 40

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and co-writer Jack Epps discuss how the smash hit action drama came to be, from Tom Cruise vomiting on himself to ruling the box office

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 14
Top Gun review – now impossible to view Tom Cruise’s testosterone-swamped film without affection https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/14/top-gun-review-tom-cruise-val-kilmer-kelly-mcgillis #Film #TopGun #TomCruise #ActionAndAdventureFilms #TonyScott #ValKilmer #Culture
Top Gun review – now impossible to view Tom Cruise’s testosterone-swamped film without affection

This gave a young Cruise entry into the A-list, as the brilliant, courageous rule-breaking pilot, frenemy of Val Kilmer and in love with Kelly McGillis

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 8
Post your questions for Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/08/bob-odenkirk-better-call-saul-normal-ben-wheatley-post-your-questions #Film #BobOdenkirk #BenWheatley #ActionAndAdventureFilms #BreakingBad #BetterCallSaul #Culture #Television #TelevisionRadio
Post your questions for Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk

As he plays a dodgy sheriff in Ben Wheatley’s Normal, Odenkirk will be here to answer your inquiries about a remarkable career that has taken him from Wayne’s World to Saturday Night Live and The Bear

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The GuardianMay 8

Mortal Kombat II review – junky game-to-movie sequel offers more of the same

A follow-up to 2021’s gory big-screen adaptation of the much-played fighting game might finally show us the tournament but it’s all far too unexciting A sequel to [2021’s gory, garish big-screen transfer of Mortal Kombat][1] was an inevitability not just becau...

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(Wed, 6 May 2026 16:43:08 +0000)

Mortal Kombat II review – junky game-to-movie sequel offers more of the same

A follow-up to 2021’s gory big-screen adaptation of the much-played fighting game might finally show us the tournament but it’s all far too unexciting

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The GuardianMay 8

Mortal Kombat II review – junky game-to-movie sequel offers more of the same

A follow-up to 2021’s gory big-screen adaptation of the much-played fighting game might finally show us the tournament but it’s all far too unexciting A sequel to [2021’s gory, garish big-screen transfer of Mortal Kombat][1] was an inevitability not just becau...

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(Wed, 6 May 2026 16:43:08 +0000)

Mortal Kombat II review – junky game-to-movie sequel offers more of the same

A follow-up to 2021’s gory big-screen adaptation of the much-played fighting game might finally show us the tournament but it’s all far too unexciting

The Guardian
The GuardianMay 8

Mortal Kombat II review – junky game-to-movie sequel offers more of the same

A follow-up to 2021’s gory big-screen adaptation of the much-played fighting game might finally show us the tournament but it’s all far too unexciting A sequel to [2021’s gory, garish big-screen transfer of Mortal Kombat][1] was an inevitability not just becau...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/06/mortal-kombat-ii-review-film
#Actionandadventurefilms #Film #Culture #Games #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #TheGuardian
(Wed, 6 May 2026 16:43:08 +0000)

Mortal Kombat II review – junky game-to-movie sequel offers more of the same

A follow-up to 2021’s gory big-screen adaptation of the much-played fighting game might finally show us the tournament but it’s all far too unexciting

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