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  1. Spielberg’s War of the Worlds forced Americans to look in the mirror – and see the real monster
    By Tim Byrne

    Starring a smooth-sprinting Tom Cruise at the top of his game, Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi thriller shows the scales falling from his own country’s eyes

    theguardian.com/culture/2026/o

    #WaroftheWorlds #StevenSpielberg #Culture #Film #TomCruise #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Thrillers #Actionandadventurefilms #TheGuardian #TimByrne

  2. Masterplan review – Stanley Tucci is wasted in Amazon’s smooth-brained heist caper
    By Owen Myers

    A ‘family’ of criminals attempt to steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in pulpy and forgettable thriller

    theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/

    #Actionandadventurefilms #Film #StanleyTucci #AmazonPrimeVideo #MonaLisa #Culture #Painting #Paris #Art #Thrillers #Comedyfilms #TheGuardian #OwenMyers

  3. Street Fighter review – nostalgia only goes so far in junky fighting game movie
    By Radheyan Simonpillai

    There are brief, simple pleasures in the inevitable new big screen take on the classic game but like the recent Mortal Kombat movies, it’s a largely incoherent mess

    theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/

    #Actionandadventurefilms #Games #Culture #Film #TheGuardian #RadheyanSimonpillai

  4. Whalefall review – slimy survival thriller traps us in a whale and struggles to make it digestible
    By Benjamin Lee

    Austin Abrams gets eaten by a sperm whale in an overlong and flashback-heavy adaptation of Daniel Kraus’s hit novel that only has us on edge in moments

    theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/

    #Actionandadventurefilms #JoshBrolin #Thrillers #Film #Culture #TheGuardian #BenjaminLee

  5. Netflix unveils first trailer for Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew
    By Owen Myers

    The fantasy epic based on CS Lewis’s classic stars Daniel Craig, Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep

    theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/

    #GretaGerwig #Film #Actionandadventurefilms #Culture #Netflix #DanielCraig #MerylStreep #CareyMulligan #CSLewis #TheGuardian #OwenMyers

  6. Matchbox: the Movie review – as pointless as a film based on a toy car could be
    By Benjamin Lee

    John Cena and Jessica Biel collect paychecks in a soulless and synthetic slab of corporate product that hints at what we can expect from the Paramount-Warner merger

    theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/

    #Actionandadventurefilms #Film #Culture #Comedyfilms #AppleTV #TheGuardian #BenjaminLee

  7. How Bassam Tariq pivoted from stalled Blade reboot to new Mahershala Ali thriller: ‘I’m happier I made this movie’
    By Radheyan Simonpillai

    In the film-maker’s Houston-set film, Ali stars as a devout Muslim who moonlights as a vicious hitman

    theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/

    #Thrillers #Film #Culture #Actionandadventurefilms #MahershalaAli #TheGuardian #RadheyanSimonpillai

  8. Godzilla Minus Zero review – spectacular Japanese action continues franchise’s winning streak
    By Jesse Hassenger

    New York film festival: The follow-up to 2023’s Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One dazzles with smart social commentary and jaw-dropping effects

    theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/

    #NewYorkfilmfestival2026 #Godzilla #Actionandadventurefilms #Film #NewYork #Culture #Festivals #VisualeffectsVFX #USnews #Japan #TheGuardian #JesseHassenger

  9. Heart of the Beast review – Brad Pitt survivalist dogmance serves up wilderness with side of cheese
    By Peter Bradshaw

    Pitt and loyal hound Odin get stuck in remote Alaska in this serviceable adventure with hints of Jack London and Marley & Me

    theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/

    #Film #Dramafilms #Actionandadventurefilms #BradPitt #Dogs #JKSimmons #Animals #Culture #Lifeandstyle #Pets #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

  10. Dunesday: will this be Barbenheimer on steroids – the biggest weekend of cinema ever?
    By Guardian Staff

    Since the mammoth success of the films Barbie and Oppenheimer in 2023, Hollywood has taken to jointly marketing movies released on the same day – and December’s matchup of Dune: Part Three and Avengers: Doomsday could break all records

    theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/

    #Film #Marvel #Culture #Imax #Superheromovies #Actionandadventurefilms #Filmcriticism #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Dune #DunePartTwo #AvengersDoomsday #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

  11. Heart of the action: why organ couriers are cinema’s new heroes
    By Jonathan Wells

    Whether its a nod to frontline Covid heroes or a return to biology in a world of digital noise, there’s a rich vein of new films featuring organ deliveries, including Runner and the latest Resident Evil

    theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/

    #Film #Culture #Actionandadventurefilms #Dramafilms #Thrillers #ResidentEvil #Organdonation #Health #Horrorfilms #Society #TheGuardian #JonathanWells

  12. Legend of the White Dragon review – Power Rangers alumni back for more in low-budget superhero retread
    By Phil Hoad

    Simple but emphatic martial arts and a couple of classy cameos are all that give this blandly modern action film a fighting chance

    theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/

    #Film #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Superheromovies #MichaelMadsen #Culture #Actionandadventurefilms #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

  13. Jonathan Majors’s anti-Islam action thriller is laughably terrible far-right propaganda
    By Andrew Lawrence

    The disgraced former Marvel villain has found work with Ben Shapiro for hateful campus-set thriller Run Hide Fight: Infidels, which makes its politics clear from the outset

    theguardian.com/culture/2026/s

    #JonathanMajors #Film #Culture #Actionandadventurefilms #Thrillers #USnews #TheGuardian #AndrewLawrence

  14. Resident Evil review – Zach Cregger’s rebooted action horror is a wild rollercoaster ride
    By Jesse Hassenger

    The Weapons director delivers a seat-edge thriller with a standout lead performance from Austin Abrams as an everyman navigating chaos

    theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/

    #Horrorfilms #Film #ResidentEvil #Culture #Actionandadventurefilms #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Thrillers #Games #TheGuardian #JesseHassenger

  15. Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo review – Takashi Miike follows Ferrara and Herzog with a disappointment
    By Radheyan Simonpillai in Toronto

    Toronto film festival: There’s a surprisingly tame quality to the gorehound’s contribution to the rough and ready franchise and a general aimlessness that frustrates

    theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/

    #Torontofilmfestival2026 #Film #Torontofilmfestival #Culture #Festivals #LilyJames #TakashiMiike #Actionandadventurefilms #Thrillers #TheGuardian #RadheyanSimonpillaiinToronto

  16. Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother review – Mahershala Ali is a grieving hitman in soulful thriller
    By Radheyan Simonpillai in Toronto

    Toronto film festival: the two-time Oscar-winner is an unusual killer in a compelling mix of pulpy action and family drama

    theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/

    #Torontofilmfestival2026 #MahershalaAli #Film #Actionandadventurefilms #Dramafilms #Thrillers #Culture #Torontofilmfestival #Festivals #Filmcriticism #TheGuardian #RadheyanSimonpillaiinToronto

  17. River review – so-so survival slasher offers more of the same and little else
    By Benjamin Lee in Toronto

    Toronto film festival: strong performances from two experienced scream queens and some surprisingly thoughtful direction can’t elevate yet another stalk-by-numbers horror

    theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/

    #Torontofilmfestival2026 #Torontofilmfestival #Festivals #Culture #Film #Horrorfilms #Thrillers #Actionandadventurefilms #TheGuardian #BenjaminLeeinToronto

  18. Runner review – Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson thriller is serviceable B-movie camp
    By Adrian Horton

    Impressive stunts and tongue-in-cheek flourishes elevate Scott Waugh’s silly Aussie action flick

    theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/

    #Film #Culture #OwenWilson #Actionandadventurefilms #TheGuardian #AdrianHorton

  19. Knightfall review – low-rent gender-flipped Bond knock-off swaps Aston Martins for Minis
    By Mike McCahill

    Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott’s no-nonsense spy heads a game cast that includes Ian Ogilvy and Roger Moore’s son Geoffrey, but this austerity actioner lacks tension

    theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/

    #Film #Thrillers #Actionandadventurefilms #Culture #TheGuardian #MikeMcCahill

  20. ‘Swiftly enchanted’: why Bedknobs and Broomsticks is my feelgood movie
    By Gary Ryan

    The latest in our series of writers recommending their most rewatched comfort films is a reminder that Disney’s kids fantasy is more than a Mary Poppins knock-off

    theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/

    #Film #AngelaLansbury #Actionandadventurefilms #Culture #Comedyfilms #TheGuardian #GaryRyan

  21. Fall 2: Deadpoint review – silly seat-edge sequel can’t reach heights of the original
    By Benjamin Lee

    There are just about enough hand-over-mouth moments to please thrill-seekers in this B-movie follow-up but eyerolls soon prevail

    theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/

    #Thrillers #Film #Actionandadventurefilms #Culture #TheGuardian #BenjaminLee

  22. The Runner review – Gal Gadot stumbles through derivative high-speed, low-rent thriller
    By Benjamin Lee

    A string of London locations can’t save Amazon’s overly familiar B-movie dragged down by another ineffective performance by the Wonder Woman star

    theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/

    #GalGadot #Thrillers #Film #DamianLewis #Actionandadventurefilms #KevinMacdonald #Culture #TheGuardian #BenjaminLee

  23. The Extractor review – Indonesian hostage-rescue thriller has surprising thread of gentleness at its core
    By Catherine Bray

    Iko Uwais directs and acts in the story of a band of elite soldiers who must rescue a group of researchers taken captive in the jungle

    theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/

    #Film #Thrillers #Actionandadventurefilms #Indonesia #AsiaPacific #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #CatherineBray

  24. Onslaught review – super soldier slasher doesn’t go hard enough
    By Benjamin Lee

    There’s a committed performance from a spunky Adria Arjona in the Guest director Adam Wingard’s decent B-movie but it’s missing some sharper weaponry

    theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/

    #Thrillers #Actionandadventurefilms #Film #Culture #RebeccaHall #DanStevens #Horrorfilms #TheGuardian #BenjaminLee

  25. Marketing meltdown: why has Andrew Garfield’s new film suddenly added Robin Hood?
    By Stuart Heritage

    Paul Greengrass drama The Uprising was supposed to be a historical epic about the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 – but a strange new campaign has inserted a surprising figure

    theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/

    #AndrewGarfield #PaulGreengrass #Film #Culture #Dramafilms #Actionandadventurefilms #TheGuardian #StuartHeritage

  26. Colony review – zombies return to the mall with a fresh and frenzied range of scares
    By Laurence Phelan

    This time the ranks of the undead have acquired a hive mind, making them even more formidable adversaries. Can a maverick academic save the day?

    theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/

    #Horrorfilms #Film #Culture #SouthKorea #Zombies #Actionandadventurefilms #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #TheGuardian #LaurencePhelan

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