Jack King

London

Freelance Entertainment Critic and Writer at Freelance

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Articles

The Summer movie 2025 power ranking

1 week ago | gq-magazine.co.uk | Jack King

This summer, the movies are officially back. When was the last time we had such a strong blockbuster season lineup? Sure, there was Barbenheimer back in 2023, but that was two films on the same day. In 2025, early signals suggest that the summer war for multiplex supremacy is going to rage on for months. For one, we've got two of the most hotly anticipated comic book movies since Avengers: Endgame in Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
The Last of Us's Isabela Merced on crying to Bella Ramsey's “Take on Me” in episode 4

1 week ago | gq-magazine.co.uk | Jack King

We're midway through the second season of The Last of Us, and its so-far broadly faithful adaptation of The Last of Us: Part II is officially in full Seattle swing. It's about to get gnarly, folks: in episode four, Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Dina (Isabela Merced) arrive in the city to find it torn asunder by an ongoing turf war fought by two brutal factions.
The 10 best binge-worthy shows for back-to-back entertainment

2 weeks ago | gq-magazine.co.uk | Jack King

What makes a good TV binge? Well, anything is bingeable as long as it's good — but the most binge-worthy shows are the ones that hold your attention from the outset and refuse to let go, so much so that you'll find yourself ignoring your better judgement to catch just one more episode at 3 a.m. on a school night. They'll have tantalising twists, 180 plot switches and cliffhangers that leave you craving more.
Don't bet against Sinners 2 happening

2 weeks ago | gq-magazine.co.uk | Jack King

Sinners has comprehensively rocked the box office in a manner we just don't see with original movies anymore, and if it continues on its current trajectory, it will be the first live-action film based on a wholly original idea to make more than $200 million in the U.S. since 2013's Gravity. It's a staggering success story for director Ryan Coogler and star Michael B.
Why is no one talking about The Uninvited, the Zaddiest movie of 2025?

2 weeks ago | gq-magazine.co.uk | Jack King

In 2025, there are few men you'd rather be than Walton Goggins and Pedro Pascal, both enjoying the high points of their careers and their attendant statuses as the moment's biggest sex symbols. (Not to overly objectify anyone, but just look at this cheeky Goggins shoot.) On top of that, Goggins is riding high after his turn in The White Lotus season three, following his mainstream breakthrough as the lead of Prime Video's Fallout.
What to watch on Paramount Plus after MobLand

2 weeks ago | gq-magazine.co.uk | Jack King

All products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. So, you've finally caved and stumped up the cash for a Paramount Plus subscription to watch MobLand, the streamer's first real hit. But there are only so many episodes of the Tom Hardy crime drama — what else is there to watch that'll scratch your itch for Irish mobsters, gangland fixers and Helen Mirren doing an Irish accent?
How Sinners became the most unique box office hit in years

2 weeks ago | gq-magazine.co.uk | Jack King

It has been a hot minute since we saw a wholly original movie like Sinners dominate the cultural conversation. But is it such a surprise that one has arrived in this moment? There has been a feeling for a while, not least with the Marvel Cinematic Universe on the wane, that film audiences are hungry for something new. That's not to say that there isn't room for a Minecraft Movie doing astonishing business in its own right.
How (and why) The Last Of Us got Pedro Pascal's Joel dressing like a soft dad

3 weeks ago | gq-magazine.co.uk | Jack King

The following article contains spoilers for The Last of Us season two, episodes one and two. In The Last of Us season two, we find a version of Joel (Pedro Pascal) who has softened over the five years since his journey across the post-apocalyptic American landscape with surrogate daughter Ellie (Bella Ramsey). They now live a relatively comfortable life in the safety of Jackson, Wyoming, a walled settlement established by his brother Tommy (Gabriel Luna) and Tommy's wife Maria (Rutina Wesley).
Behind the scenes on Warfare's jarringly funny “Call on Me” opening

3 weeks ago | gq-magazine.co.uk | Jack King

The following article contains minor spoilers for Warfare. Not all that much happens in Warfare until everything happens all at once. Set in 2006 Iraq, the film — co-directed by Civil War filmmaker Alex Garland and Navy SEAL veteran Ray Mendoza, based in part on the latter's memories from his deployment — sets out to be a hyperreal, hyper-immersive, and hyper-discomforting take on modern conflict.
Predator: Badlands is going to be the Predator movie we've always wanted

3 weeks ago | gq-magazine.co.uk | Jack King

On the face of it, a Predator movie shouldn't be all that hard to crack. The unique appeal is pretty self-explanatory: we're there to watch a hulking, crab-mouthed alien hunter blast, slash and stab its way through the victims of the day, be it a squad of jungle marines, a police department's worth of LA cops or a nest of snarling xenomorphs. We want to see heads blown off with plasma cannons, heads torn off with trailing spines, heads decapitated with futuristic wrist-blades.