Steve Rose
@steverose7.bsky.social
Assistant features editor for The Guardian. Writer on culture high and low, film, TV, architecture, arts, race, environment, tech, etc.
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Edgar Wright's THE RUNNING MAN is … OK? Lots of lively action and fun but not all that smart or satisfying beyond broad dystopian vibes. And very blokey - v few female characters of substance, and devolves into guys punching and shooting each other - like it could have been made 38 yrs ago. Oh wait…
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Edgar Wright's THE RUNNING MAN is … OK? Lots of lively action and fun but not all that smart or satisfying beyond broad dystopian vibes. And very blokey - v few female characters of substance, and devolves into guys punching and shooting each other - like it could have been made 38 yrs ago. Oh wait…
So Google have decided to make the app for my Nest thermostat stop working after 10 years and suggest I buy a new one from them. Thanks! Great product!
October 16, 2025 at 6:09 AM
So Google have decided to make the app for my Nest thermostat stop working after 10 years and suggest I buy a new one from them. Thanks! Great product!
I went to interview Jane Goodall about some new VR wildlife film initiative in 2018. My fave pic of her:
October 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I went to interview Jane Goodall about some new VR wildlife film initiative in 2018. My fave pic of her:
They say never meet your heroes but Jane Goodall was one of mine and I’m very grateful I did meet her. And was so starstruck I asked for a selfie.
October 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
They say never meet your heroes but Jane Goodall was one of mine and I’m very grateful I did meet her. And was so starstruck I asked for a selfie.
STUDENTS! You can subscribe to the Guardian for just £9 a year: theguardian.com/studentoffer. Spread the word.
September 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
STUDENTS! You can subscribe to the Guardian for just £9 a year: theguardian.com/studentoffer. Spread the word.
Sadly, SPINAL TAP II rarely turns it up to above 6, let alone 11. Warm nostalgia and indulgent celeb cameos but mostly lacks the mockery and satire - and the tight pacing - of the original. The best jokes are all in the last 5 mins, if you're prepared to sit it out.
September 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Sadly, SPINAL TAP II rarely turns it up to above 6, let alone 11. Warm nostalgia and indulgent celeb cameos but mostly lacks the mockery and satire - and the tight pacing - of the original. The best jokes are all in the last 5 mins, if you're prepared to sit it out.
Just watched Eddington. More like "needs editing" amirite?
August 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Just watched Eddington. More like "needs editing" amirite?
Just watched FANTASTIC FOUR. Or was it a live action remake of The Incredibles? V similar vibe, 50s design, family superpower dynamics but with a bit of old school Marvel instead of Pixar genius. Even a nod to The Underminer!
July 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Just watched FANTASTIC FOUR. Or was it a live action remake of The Incredibles? V similar vibe, 50s design, family superpower dynamics but with a bit of old school Marvel instead of Pixar genius. Even a nod to The Underminer!
@radiotimes.bsky.social You might want to rethink the wording here.
July 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
@radiotimes.bsky.social You might want to rethink the wording here.
Edward Lear doing Latin brainrot 136 years ago.
July 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Edward Lear doing Latin brainrot 136 years ago.
Everything you wanted to know about 28 Years Later's notoriously well-hung zombie, but Variety weren't afraid to ask.
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June 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Everything you wanted to know about 28 Years Later's notoriously well-hung zombie, but Variety weren't afraid to ask.
variety.com/2025/film/gl...
variety.com/2025/film/gl...
28 YEARS LATER is uneven and laughable in places, but I found it agreeably bizarre and unpredictable (and some good jump scares). But is it really Brexit the movie? Isolated, insular, paranoid Brits holed up against enemies without. Think of it as the flipside to Boyle's Olympic opening ceremony.
June 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
28 YEARS LATER is uneven and laughable in places, but I found it agreeably bizarre and unpredictable (and some good jump scares). But is it really Brexit the movie? Isolated, insular, paranoid Brits holed up against enemies without. Think of it as the flipside to Boyle's Olympic opening ceremony.
Late to the party I know but ANDOR is just the ticket. Escapist yet revolutionary. Epic and intimate, such a wealth of characters, scales, locations, emotions. I always say it’s a good sign when a series ends and you know, like, 20 characters.
May 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Late to the party I know but ANDOR is just the ticket. Escapist yet revolutionary. Epic and intimate, such a wealth of characters, scales, locations, emotions. I always say it’s a good sign when a series ends and you know, like, 20 characters.
MAJOR SPOILER: The mission does, in fact, turn out to be possible.
May 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
MAJOR SPOILER: The mission does, in fact, turn out to be possible.
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING is suitably epic and still bar-setting in its action sequences, though the story in between is less engaging — lot of military industrial stuff and earnest, over-cheesy sentiment. About time to draw it to a close. The plane stunts are great though.
May 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING is suitably epic and still bar-setting in its action sequences, though the story in between is less engaging — lot of military industrial stuff and earnest, over-cheesy sentiment. About time to draw it to a close. The plane stunts are great though.
Happy days are here.
May 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Happy days are here.
If you thought Conclave had a radical twist, check out 1968's THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN, in which Anthony Quinn's new pope averts world war by giving away the Catholic church's wealth. Think big, Leo XIV!
May 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
If you thought Conclave had a radical twist, check out 1968's THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN, in which Anthony Quinn's new pope averts world war by giving away the Catholic church's wealth. Think big, Leo XIV!
THE STUDIO is one of my fave shows this year so far - pays loving, literate homage to old Hollywood even as it destroys it, and genuinely funny. The revelation for me is ZOE KRAVITZ - self-satirising and hilarious, especially when she's on mushrooms. Give her a real award!
April 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
THE STUDIO is one of my fave shows this year so far - pays loving, literate homage to old Hollywood even as it destroys it, and genuinely funny. The revelation for me is ZOE KRAVITZ - self-satirising and hilarious, especially when she's on mushrooms. Give her a real award!
RIP Val Kilmer, star of TOP SECRET and some other less good films
April 2, 2025 at 7:54 AM
RIP Val Kilmer, star of TOP SECRET and some other less good films
Disappointed to learn there isn't really a restored Frank Lloyd Wright Mayan revival house on a Hollywood lot somewhere - but hats off to THE STUDIO for imagining if there was one, and giving us a tour of it.
March 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Disappointed to learn there isn't really a restored Frank Lloyd Wright Mayan revival house on a Hollywood lot somewhere - but hats off to THE STUDIO for imagining if there was one, and giving us a tour of it.
Now that USB C is standard, I see Apple has reverted to MagSafe chargers on its new MacBooks, thus ensuring you can only use their leads. Thanks for putting the customer first!
March 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Now that USB C is standard, I see Apple has reverted to MagSafe chargers on its new MacBooks, thus ensuring you can only use their leads. Thanks for putting the customer first!
Hello flashes- testing you out w some snaps of the stupendous Boston City Hall, which I recently visited.
February 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Hello flashes- testing you out w some snaps of the stupendous Boston City Hall, which I recently visited.
Watching Conclave made me think of 1968’s THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN, with Anthony Quinn as a new Cold War pope who averts nuclear war by giving away the Vatican’s wealth - now that’s radical!
February 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Watching Conclave made me think of 1968’s THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN, with Anthony Quinn as a new Cold War pope who averts nuclear war by giving away the Vatican’s wealth - now that’s radical!