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Brie Larson

March 2026

  • An animated scene showing a dinosaur and two people with moustaches wearing overalls

    The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review – bland screensaver of a movie that’s actually worse than AI

    At this point, it’s trite to say that a bad film feels as if it’s been AI generated, but this simplistic sequel is next-level – it’s nothing more than an Easter holiday cash grab

August 2025

  • Punk performance … Rosamund Pike in Inter Alia at the National.

    ‘We can hear their saliva’: why are so many actors suddenly using microphones?

    From Greek tragedy to Chekhov to Rosamund Pike in Inter Alia, handheld mics are everywhere on stage right now. Is this a thrilling innovation – or a pointless fad?

February 2025

  • Rami Malek (Oedipus) and Indira Varma (Jocasta) in Oedipus at The Old Vic (2025)

    The week in theatre: Oedipus; Elektra review – all Greek

  • Brie Larson in Elektra at the Duke of York’s theatre.

    Elektra review – Brie Larson makes a fearless West End debut in punk tragedy

January 2025

  • Brie Larson in Captain Marvel in 2019. She stars in Elektra, staged in Brighton and London.

    Electra-fying! Captain Marvel’s Brie Larson brings back an ancient avenger

  • stage

    2025 culture preview
    Chills, chuckles and Cate Blanchett in Chekhov: the best theatre, dance and comedy coming in 2025

November 2024

  • Clockwise from top left: Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge!, John Turturro, George Clooney and Tim Blake Nelson in O Brother, Where Art Thou?; Danny Sapani as Jason and Helen McCrory as Medea: poet CP Cavafy; Joseph Fiennes as Troilus at the National Theatre.

    ‘We recognise it in this very primal way’: Stephen Fry, Brie Larson, Chris Ofili and more on why we can’t get enough of Greek mythology

    Love, death, grief, power, revenge: Greek tragedies get to the essence of the human experience. Here, writers and artists select their favourite plays, music and films inspired by ancient classics, from The Hunger Games to a Santana hit

September 2024

  • Brie Larson at the Emmy awards on Sunday.

    Brie Larson to make her West End debut in revenge tragedy Elektra

    Oscar-winning actor will perform the lead role in Anne Carson’s adaptation of Sophocles’ play in London and Brighton next year

November 2023

  • Brie Larson (Captain Marvel) in The Marvels.

    The Marvels records worst ever North American opening weekend box office for MCU

    Marvel Cinematic Universe’s latest superhero movie took $47m over its first three days in US and Canadian cinemas
  • On another planet: Iman Vellani, Brie Larson and Teyonah Parris in The Marvels.

    The Marvels review – superheroes to zeros in tepid franchise addition

    Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel and co go through the motions while saving the universe in this cobbled-together fantasy
  • THE MARVELS<br>(Center, L-R): Zawe Ashton as Dar-Benn and Daniel Ings as Ty-Rone in Marvel Studios' THE MARVELS. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. © 2023 MARVEL.

    The Marvels review – bonkers battle for ‘quantum bands’ in bubblegum sort-of sequel

    Follow-up to Captain Marvel pits Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris and Iman Vellani against Zawe Ashton for control of powerful ‘jump points’

October 2023

  • ‘A dead-eyed bogeyman’: Steve Coogan as Jimmy Savile in The Reckoning.

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: The Reckoning; Frasier; Lessons in Chemistry; Scars: Surviving a Stabbing – review

    Steve Coogan excels as Jimmy Savile in the BBC’s damage limitation exercise; a reboot of Frasier is slow to find its rhythm; and Brie Larson stars as a scientist turned chef in Apple’s adaptation of a hit novel
  • Brie Larson in a 1950s set TV kitchen in Lessons in Chemistry.

    TV review
    Lessons in Chemistry review – luckily the talking dog segments are kept to a minimum

    This enjoyable adaptation of the bestselling book sees Brie Larson as a chemistry genius battling 1950s sexism. It’s highly watchable, not least due to pruning the novel’s canine narrator
  • Jack Cutmore-Scott and Kelsey Grammer in Frasier

    The seven best shows to stream this week
    Frasier to Lessons in Chemistry: the seven best shows to stream this week

    Nicholas Lyndhurst joins Kelsey Grammer in the much-awaited reboot, while Brie Larson plays a brilliant scientist in a world of dull men

May 2023

  • This image released by Universal Pictures shows Vin Diesel in a scene from "Fast X." (Peter Mountain/Universal Pictures via AP)

    Fast X review – stupidly entertaining sequel offers more of the same

    Vin Diesel et al return for an overstuffed Fast and Furious chapter that delivers giddily effective action but an outsized and silly villain

March 2023

  • An NHS ambulance crew member stands on a bridge looking down at the traffic below

    TV tonight
    TV tonight: secret footage filmed by an NHS ambulance crew member

    This documentary uncovers the truth about the excess deaths in a service in crisis. Plus: the sinking of Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior. Here’s what to watch this evening

November 2020

  • Brie Larson and Lakeith Stanfield in Short Term 12

    My streaming gem
    My streaming gem: why you should watch Short Term 12

    Continuing our series of writers highlighting lesser-known films available to stream is a recommendation for a tough yet hopeful drama with a stacked cast

September 2019

  • Jamie Foxx and Michael B Jordan in Just Mercy

    First look review
    Just Mercy review – star power lifts sturdy, emotive legal drama

    Full-blooded performances from Michael B Jordan and Jamie Foxx add weight to a powerful, if by-the-numbers fact-based tale

June 2019

  • 2019 MTV Movie And TV Awards - Inside<br>SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 15: Dwayne Johnson accepts the Generational Award onstage during the 2019 MTV Movie and TV Awards at Barker Hangar on June 15, 2019 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/VMN19/Getty Images for MTV)

    'It's important to be nice': Dwayne Johnson urges compassion in MTV awards speech

    ‘The most powerful thing we can be is ourselves’ says actor on an evening where inclusivity was celebrated

April 2019

  • Robert Downey Jr in Avengers: Endgame.

    Avengers: Endgame review – unconquerable brilliance takes Marvel to new heights

    The climactic movie in the Avengers series is an irresistible blend of action and comedy, guaranteeing a sugar rush of delirious enjoyment
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