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Disclosure Day is great. But Spielberg overestimates our capacity for empathy https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/17/disclosure-day-aliens-spielberg-emily-blunt-and-josh-o-connor #DisclosureDay #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Film #Culture #StevenSpielberg #AlienLife #Science #AnimalExperimentation

Disclosure Day is great. But Spielberg overestimates our capacity for empathy

Spielberg’s sci-fi blockbuster starring Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor may be spectacular, but it misjudges how much humans are prepared to tolerate abuse of groups we see as ‘other’

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Culture | The Guardian US 6d 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 US Jun 9

Disclosure Day review – close encounters of a deferred kind in Spielberg’s conspiracy spectacular https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/09/disclosure-day-review-close-encounters-of-a-deferred-kind-in-spielbergs-conspiracy-spectacular #Film #StevenSpielberg #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #AlienLife #EmilyBlunt #JoshOconnor #ColinFirth #Culture #Science

Disclosure Day review – close encounters of a deferred kind in Spielberg’s conspiracy spectacular

Humans have been secretly abusing aliens for almost 80 years in this big-hearted thriller starring Josh O’Connor as a worried whistleblower and a never-more-magnetic Emily Blunt as a weather forecaster channelling UFO chat

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Culture | The Guardian US Jun 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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Culture | The Guardian US May 26

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu: streaming, strikes and Baby Yoda – discuss with spoilers https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/26/star-wars-mandalorian-and-grogu-streaming-baby-yoda-discuss-with-spoilers #StarWarsTheMandalorianAndGrogu #Film #StarWars #Culture #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #TheMandalorian #Television #TelevisionRadio

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu: streaming, strikes and Baby Yoda – discuss with spoilers

Is the promotion to the big screen of Star Wars’ breakout Disney+ show just a delightful distraction – or exactly what the franchise needs?

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World news | The Guardian May 25

The Mandalorian and Grogu has lowest box office opening for a Star Wars film in Disney era https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/25/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-has-lowest-box-office-opening-for-a-star-wars-film-in-disney-era #StarWars #TheMandalorian #Film #UsNews #Culture #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms

The Mandalorian and Grogu has lowest box office opening for a Star Wars film in Disney era

Film starring Pedro Pascal next to ‘Baby Yoda’ took $165m globally on opening weekend, failing to surpass the opening of 2018 flop Solo

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Science | The Guardian May 24

The hill I will die on: If Hollywood blockbusters must dabble in science, can’t they get the small stuff right? | Helen Pilcher https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/24/hill-i-will-die-on-hollywood-blockbusters-science #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Science #StarWars #JurassicPark #Film #Physics #Culture #UkNews

The hill I will die on: If Hollywood blockbusters must dabble in science, can’t they get the small stuff right?

Project Hail Mary, Jurassic Park: from dino-mosquitoes to a spaceship’s roar, pointless mistakes on the scientific details make me wince, says science writer Helen Pilcher

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Culture | The Guardian US May 22

The Mandalorian and Grogu shows Star Wars is a cursed franchise – on the big screen at least https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/22/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-star-wars-cursed-franchise #Film #StarWarsTheMandalorianAndGrogu #StarWars #TheMandalorian #Culture #StarWarsTheForceAwakens #StarWarsTheRiseOfSkywalker #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Television #TelevisionRadio #WaltDisneyCompany #Disney #Media #JonFavreau #RianJohnson

The Mandalorian and Grogu shows Star Wars is a cursed franchise – on the big screen at least

As a standalone, the new adventure is perfectly fine matinee fodder – but the galaxy is now so congested that we seem doomed to shiny retreads of the same old story

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Culture | The Guardian US May 20

Sheep in the Box review – a bland, baffling tale of AI children from Hirokazu Kore-eda https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/20/sheep-in-the-box-review-a-bland-baffling-tale-of-ai-children-from-hirokazu-kore-eda #CannesFilmFestival #Festivals #Culture #Film #DramaFilms #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Japan #AsiaPacific #WorldNews

Sheep in the Box review – a bland, baffling tale of AI children from Hirokazu Kore-eda

There’s nothing wrong with film-makers leaving their comfort zone but the Japanese director’s latest effort just doesn’t work

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Culture | The Guardian US May 19

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu review – helmeted hero tangles with hateful Hutts in decent feature outing https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/19/star-wars-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-review-helmeted-hero-tangles-with-hateful-hutts-in-decent-feature-outing #StarWarsTheMandalorianAndGrogu #Film #StarWars #TheMandalorian #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Culture #Television #TelevisionRadio #PedroPascal #JonFavreau #MartinScorsese #JeremyAllenWhite #SigourneyWeaver

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu review – helmeted hero tangles with hateful Hutts in decent feature outing

The badass bounty hunter and his little green friend take on the Empire and Jabba the Hutt’s family in this solid enough addition to the ever-expanding universe

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