Culture | The Guardian US20h ago
Mortal Kombat II review – junky game-to-movie sequel offers more of the same https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/06/mortal-kombat-ii-review-film #ActionAndAdventureFilms #Film #Culture #Games #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms
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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Culture | The Guardian US3d ago
‘As reassuring as a warm hug’: why Donnie Darko is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/04/donny-darko-feelgood-movie #JakeGyllenhaal #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #DramaFilms #DrewBarrymore #Culture #Film
‘As reassuring as a warm hug’: why Donnie Darko is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers paying tribute to their most rewatched comfort films is an unusual journey back to the 1980s through the lens of the early 2000s

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 24
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice review – double the Vince Vaughn in middling time travel comedy https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/24/mike-nick-nick-alice-review-vince-vaughn-comedy #VinceVaughn #ComedyFilms #ActionAndAdventureFilms #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Comedy #Culture #Film
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice review – double the Vince Vaughn in middling time travel comedy

Another run-of-the-mill streaming caper that fails to offer anything we haven’t seen done better many, many times before

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World news | The GuardianMar 17
War, inheritance and…a baby? First Dune: Part Three trailer is here https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/17/dune-part-three-trailer-chalamet-villeneuve #Film #TimotheChalamet #DenisVilleneuve #Culture #Zendaya #FlorencePugh #RobertPattinson #JasonMomoa #AnyaTaylorjoy #ActionAndAdventureFilms #UsNews #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms
War, inheritance and … a baby? First Dune: Part Three trailer is here

The final instalment in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi trilogy brings back Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Florence Pugh and introduces a nasty new villain

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 13
King Conan is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s chance for a late-period masterpiece, like Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/13/king-conan-schwarzenegger-late-period-masterpiece #Film #ArnoldSchwarzenegger #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Culture #TheTerminator #ClintEastwood #Unforgiven
King Conan is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s chance for a late-period masterpiece, like Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven

If the long-mooted third instalment of the 80s sword and sorcery series finally gets off the ground, it could be Arnie’s chance to go from ageing action hero to cinematic totem

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 10
Project Hail Mary review – Ryan Gosling’s charm carries unserious last-ditch space mission https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/10/project-hail-mary-review-ryan-goslings-charm-carries-unserious-last-ditch-space-mission #Film #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #ComedyFilms #RyanGosling #FilmAdaptations #TheMartian #Books #Comedy #Culture
Project Hail Mary review – Ryan Gosling’s charm carries unserious last-ditch space mission

Tale of a brilliant molecular biologist cast into outer space with only a helpful alien for company is a bit silly, but Gosling’s charisma keeps it watchable

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 6
The Game of Thrones movie is coming – but how are they going to make audiences root for the baddies? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/06/game-of-thrones-movie-george-rr-martin-targaryens-a-song-of-ice-and-fire #Film #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #GameOfThrones #GeorgeRrMartin #StarWars #Books #Culture #TelevisionRadio
The Game of Thrones movie is coming – but how are they going to make audiences root for the baddies?

The early intel from George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels paints the Targaryens as tyrants – so making them the heroes is going to require some hefty literary PR

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 6
War Machine review – Netflix bravely asks: what if Predator but Transformers? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/06/war-machine-netflix #ActionAndAdventureFilms #Netflix #Film #Culture #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Thrillers
War Machine review – Netflix bravely asks: what if Predator but Transformers?

Reacher’s Alan Ritchson takes on alien robots in an action thriller that benefits from some better-than-usual streaming special effects

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World news | The GuardianMar 3
Game of Thrones film adaptation is in the works at Warner Bros https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/mar/03/game-of-thrones-film-warner-bros #GameOfThrones #Film #Television #Culture #TelevisionRadio #KitHarington #GeorgeRrMartin #Books #UsNews #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #WarnerBros
Game of Thrones film adaptation is in the works at Warner Bros

Blockbuster adaptation of George RR Martin’s fantasy world will focus on events 300 years before the HBO series’ pilot

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Culture | The Guardian USFeb 16
Do plans for a new Mummy film signal the end for the multiverse blockbuster franchise? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/16/new-mummy-signal-end-film-multiverse-blockbuster-franchise-hollywood #Film #BrendanFraser #RachelWeisz #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #UniversalPictures #HorrorFilms #Culture
Do plans for a new Mummy film signal the end for the multiverse blockbuster franchise?

With audiences fatigued by endlessly interconnected mashups, studios are reverting to movies with one storyline that ends in a natural conclusion – what a radical idea

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