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Tom Hanks and Tim Allen return for Toy Story 5.

Does Toy Story still make you cry? Tom Hanks explains why

Toy Story stars Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, aka Woody and Buzz, share their thoughts on the franchise’s enduring appeal – and why the new film is the most heartbreaking so far.

  • Nell Geraets

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Twelve-year-old Richard Glover with his Elvis collection.

I was 12 years old again and sobbing at the end of this film

The years between childhood and adulthood are difficult. You’re trying to locate your own identity. Life at home, for some people, is full of misery.

  • Richard Glover
Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada 2.

The Oscars are over. Here are the 12 big movies we can’t wait to see next

Family franchise sequels, buzzy horror counter-programming, stars getting their arthouse groove on, and blockbusters expected to gross $1 billion are all on the schedule.

  • Craig Mathieson
  The 10 biggest films of 2026.

Surprises, franchises and sequels: 10 new films that prove cinema is not dead

Think streaming has killed off movies? You might be surprised at what’s coming to the big screen in 2026.

  • Michael Idato
John Candy.

Tom Hanks’s son made a film about a comedy legend. It’s no laughing matter

There’s a darkness to the story of the late Canadian actor and comedian John Candy that this documentary teases but never quite shines a light on.

  • Karl Quinn
Noah Wyle accepts the award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for The Pitt.

Full list of nominees and winners at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards 2025

Severance, The Penguin, The Studio and The White Lotus swept this year’s nominations, with almost 100 nods between them.

  • Michael Idato and Louise Rugendyke
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Trump responds after West Point cancels Tom Hanks military honour

The Hollywood superstar was due to be honoured by the US Military Academy’s alumni association this month – but the event was abruptly cancelled.

  • Michelle L. Price
Apollo 13 commander James A. Lovell Jr.

‘Houston, we have a problem’: Apollo 13 commander – who didn’t actually say the famous line – dies

Astronaut Jim Lovell, whose failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster became an inspirational saga of survival and the basis for the hit movie Apollo 13, has died at the age of 97.

  • Will Dunham

From Taylor Swift to Tom Hanks: Tapping into the charm of the typewriter

Paralleling the vinyl-record revival, celebs are among the many making a “conscious move” away from digital towards analogue.

  • Barry Divola
Raccoons in the Big Apple?

Are natural history shows getting softer or are we less squeamish?

Forget the “jaws and claws” documentaries of old, in The Americas the cute and furry animals are living to fight another day.

  • Michael Idato