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Mortal Kombat II review: Cage fights on repeat in silly game-to-screen re-bash ★★

How to describe this action fantasy iteration of the video game franchise? Fight, after fight, after fight, after….

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Mortal Kombat II. (Photo: Warner Bros Pictures)

Richard Kind as Max Bialystock in 'The Producers' on the West End. (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

‘Here, I’m a star’: Richard Kind on the victory lap that is his West End run

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Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci in 'Devil Wears Prada 2'. (Macall Polay / 20th Century Studios)

The Devil Wears Prada 2 review: The Devil goes digital – but loses none of its icy sheen ★★★★

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Jafaar Jackson in 'Michael'. (Lionsgate)

Michael review: The real Jackson? The insights stop long before we get enough ★★

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The Wizard of the Kremlin review: Magnificent Will gives us Berezovsky the man, not Boris the Jew ★★★★

This engrossing film about the oligarch behind Putin’s rise to power ignores his Jewishness, thankfully

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April 28, 2026 09:53

Ladder of power: Jude Law (left) and Paul Dano in The Wizard of Kremlin

Between the River and the Sea review: An Israel far too complex for the keffiyeh-wearing hordes ★★★★

Yousef Sweid’s one-man autobiographical play dares to convey the nuance of an Israeli Arab’s experience of our times

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April 27, 2026 16:32

The Price review: ‘If this is Henry Goodman’s swansong, he’s going out on a high’ ★★★★

The actor’s performance is a career highlight in this sure-footed production of the Arthur Miller play

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April 26, 2026 11:23

Exclusive interview: Henry Goodman on Arthur Miller, mental health and his own ‘Swansong’

The star opens up about his father’s schizophrenia and his personal link to playing Gregory Solomon in The Price

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April 23, 2026 15:27

The Drama review: Zendaya and Robert have chemistry in a very dark climate ★★★

The wedding is less a car crash and more a multiple pile-up

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April 16, 2026 11:32

Past indiscretion: Robert Pattinson and Zendaya

Les Liaisons Dangereuse review: ‘why revive it?’★★

Lesley Manville’s predictably superb performance is not enough to redeem a new stage production of the sexually exploitative 18th century novel

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April 15, 2026 16:23

Lesley Manville as Marquise de Merteuil and Aidan Turner as Vicomte de Valmont in Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the National Theatre. (Photo: Sarah Lee)

Project Hail Mary review: Gosling brings substance to this alien-buddy sci-fi ★★★★

It’s no ‘Interstellar’, but a fun, odd-couple space romp doesn’t need to be – so long as it’s got Ryan Gosling piloting the spaceship

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March 31, 2026 17:06

Ryan Gosling in 'Project Hail Mary.' (Photo: MGM)

The Producers review: Richard Kind dazzles in a show more urgent and less indulgent than ever ★★★★★

The smash hit musical by Mel Brooks is revived with a raw and dangerous production starring one of the world’s funniest performers as Max Bialystock

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March 27, 2026 16:09

Richard Kind (Max Bialystock) and the company of 'The Producers' on the West End. (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

Summerfolk review: The feckless middle classes on the brink of a rude awakening ★★★★

Maxim Gorky’s 1905 full-frontal attack on the demographic is a searing depiction of helplessness in the face of violent change

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March 27, 2026 14:04

Yentl review: ‘Isaac Bashevis Singer would be pleased’ ★★★★

The writer was not impressed with the Barbra Streisand adaptation of his short story, but this performance captures its mysticism and humanity so well, he would surely approve it

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March 13, 2026 16:53

Amy Hack (centre) in Yentl at Marylebone Theatre

The Yentl I play does not identify as male or female

The star of a new production of the shtetl tale on why she sees the protagonist as non-binary

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March 11, 2026 18:33

The Holy Rosenbergs review: ‘Craig tackles head on the anxiety of being Jewish’ ★★★★

‘The sight of a Jewish family being ripped apart by conflicting opinions about Israel and Gaza is more of a thing than it ever was’

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March 10, 2026 16:37

Dorothea Myer-Bennett as Ruth Rosenberg and Adrian Lukis as Stephen Crossley (Photo: Manual Harlan)

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John Nathan

Latest from John Nathan

Mortal Kombat II review: Cage fights on repeat in silly game-to-screen re-bash ★★

‘Here, I’m a star’: Richard Kind on the victory lap that is his West End run

The Devil Wears Prada 2 review: The Devil goes digital – but loses none of its icy sheen ★★★★

Michael review: The real Jackson? The insights stop long before we get enough ★★

More from John Nathan

The Wizard of the Kremlin review: Magnificent Will gives us Berezovsky the man, not Boris the Jew ★★★★

Between the River and the Sea review: An Israel far too complex for the keffiyeh-wearing hordes ★★★★

The Price review: ‘If this is Henry Goodman’s swansong, he’s going out on a high’ ★★★★

Exclusive interview: Henry Goodman on Arthur Miller, mental health and his own ‘Swansong’

The Drama review: Zendaya and Robert have chemistry in a very dark climate ★★★

Les Liaisons Dangereuse review: ‘why revive it?’★★

Project Hail Mary review: Gosling brings substance to this alien-buddy sci-fi ★★★★

The Producers review: Richard Kind dazzles in a show more urgent and less indulgent than ever ★★★★★

Summerfolk review: The feckless middle classes on the brink of a rude awakening ★★★★

Yentl review: ‘Isaac Bashevis Singer would be pleased’ ★★★★

The Yentl I play does not identify as male or female

The Holy Rosenbergs review: ‘Craig tackles head on the anxiety of being Jewish’ ★★★★