Jack King

London

Entertainment Critic and Writer at Freelance

Making words at the word factory. GQ UK. Occasionally elsewhere • [email protected]

Articles

28 Years Later's insane Jimmy Savile moment, explained

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

Huge spoilers for the end of 28 Years Later to follow. The reviews are out, and the consensus is clear. 28 Years Later is a great, daring movie; it is also exceptionally weird. Eh, works for me: I don't know about you, but I'd rather sit through a film that takes big, risky swings than a cookie-cutter blockbuster that plays it safe. And if you allow yourself to settle into its curious rhythm, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland's zombie sequel is enormously rewarding.
28 Years Later isn't the film you thought it would be - and might just be an emotional masterpiece

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

The following article contains minor spoilers for 28 Years Later. A shuddering group of terrified Scottish kids huddle in front of a box TV, on which Dipsy, Po, Tinky-Winky and Laa-Laa dance in front of Teletubby Hill. Outside, the tell-tale sounds of commotion: shouting, smashing, distant screams. But then an eerie quiet seems to fall. One of the kids presses his ear up against the door.
Will Netflix's prestige thriller A House of Dynamite land Idris Elba in an Oscar race?

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

With the real world in terrifying flux and seemingly seconds from disaster, acclaimed director Kathryn Bigelow couldn't be any more timely with her latest. Which is A House of Dynamite, coming to Netflix in October, just right for an Oscar run, presuming it has the juice to blow up awards season.
The best Ralph Fiennes movies, definitively ranked

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

We tend to think of Ralph Fiennes as being painfully, almost excessively, English. His name is one that immediately comes to mind when we think of screen Shakespeare; he has performed enough roles with RP accents to fill a dining hall at Eton. In the Bond movies, he is the stiff-upper-lip Mallory, who becomes “M,” carrying over Judi Dench's severe, classically English stoicism.
Stormzy just opened a production company — and he's starring in his first-ever film

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

It's more big news for Big Mike. Stormzy, the multi-hyphenate grime artist who has already bossed the British rap scene, performed for sell-out crowds at just about every major festival in the UK, and launched a publishing imprint, is adding another feather to his snapback: a production company. Announced this morning, #Merky Films marks yet another major — and surprising — milestone in the artist's increasingly expansive portfolio. What's more?
The best time travel movies of all time, ranked

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

Among the best time travel movies are those that address the really big, serious, cerebral questions about life (see: Interstellar). There are also those that just want to have some big, silly fun (see: Bill & Ted's Big Adventure, Time Bandits, Hot Tub Time Machine). Some very special examples even manage both.
Tom Hardy and Pierce Brosnan both want MobLand season 2

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

The following article contains major spoilers for MobLand season one. With the way that the first season of MobLand ends, you'd think there's plenty of room for more gnarly gangster shenanigans, Tom Hardy badassery and dubious Irish accents. To recap, briefly: by the end of season one, the Harrigans have come out on top in their bloody war with the Stevenson crew, their checkmate victory assured by a bloody scheme masterminded by loyal family fixer Harry (Hardy).
What It Feels Like for a Girl star Ellis Howard on frank sex scenes, that toilet brush moment, and the emotional finale

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

The following article contains major spoilers for the entirety of What It Feels Like for a Girl. TV that is as genuinely audacious as the BBC's What It Feels Like for a Girl doesn't come around often. Insofar as queer media goes, the first comparison that might come to mind is Queer as Folk, which arrived on British TV screens in the ‘90s like a bright pink meteor. This series, an adaptation of trans writer Paris Lees’ bestselling memoir, feels every bit as fearless and frank.
Will 007 First Light be the first Bond game to match up to GoldenEye?

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

There was a period in the early 2000s — around, and just after, Pierce Brosnan's 007 stint — when Bond games were all the rage. And they were, for the most part, pretty decent. I'd argue they peaked with Nightfire in 2002, a solid shooter with fun gadget-laden missions and a gloriously silly plot that eventually takes Bond to space because, well, why not?
Rolex at the heart of motor sport’s ultimate test

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

For nearly a century, Rolex has been at the forefront of motor sport. Let’s go all the way back to 1935, when legendary racer Sir Malcolm Campbell set a world record while wearing none other than a Rolex Oyster on his wrist — needless to say, he exposed it to extreme conditions. At the wheel of Bluebird, the “king of speed” set a land speed record of over 300mph at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.