Oscars short films 2025 review – from immigration hell to kiss-averse kids and inspirational octogenarians

Fifteen films have been nominated in the categories of live action, animation and documentary – some cliched, some excellent and others truly powerful

Sidelined: The QB and Me review – hot cheerleader meets star quarterback movie is streaming-age bubblegum

Slickly made high-school movie is packed with slow-motion corridor walks and flawless cheer-squad routines – but it’s hard to get caught up in a plot with so few surprises

‘Comedy and art should push up against a line’: Rich Peppiatt on class, controversy and Kneecap

Ex-tabloid reporter shares how an encounter with Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan led to his acclaimed film about an Irish-language rap trio

Audrey Hepburn and Marc Bolan among stars to get London blue plaque

Others to be remembered for their impact on capital’s cultural heritage include Una Marson and Graham Sutherland

X to pay Donald Trump $10m to settle lawsuit over Capitol attack – report

President brought suit under X’s previous leadership after he was banned from platform following January 6 events

Google defends scrapping AI pledges and DEI goals in all-staff meeting

Exclusive: Google executives gave employees details on dropping the company’s promise against weaponized AI and nixing diversity goals

From Blitz to Gladiator II: the Oscar-aiming films that missed this season

This year’s nominations were led by smaller, less expected films like The Brutalist, Anora and Emilia Pérez, which left bigger bets in the cold

Captain America: Brave New World review – Harrison Ford juggles green screens, red fists and vanilla plotting

Ford has gravitas as the new president and Anthony Mackie makes a charismatic captain, but this is a tired and uninspired dollop of content from the Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Dead Thing review – sexy state-of-dating thriller opens up the algorithmic death-drive

Office drone Alex meets Kyle on a dating app and he seems perfect. But all is not what it seems in Elric Kane’s clever supernatural foray

I was a content moderator for Facebook. I saw the real cost of outsourcing digital labour

Tech firms must invest in and respect the people who filter social media and label the data that AI relies on, says Sonia Kgomo, an organiser with African Tech Workers Rising

To a Land Unknown review – Palestinian refugees seek a better life, whatever it takes

Director Mahdi Fleifel’s tale of displacement, desperation and the lengths one man will go to survive makes for suspenseful, melancholic viewing

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy review – giant laughs for Hugh Grant but weepie sequel is strangely dazed

Renée Zellweger looks as if she’s thinking of something else in weird fourquel that sees our heroine choosing between new suitors Leo Woodall and Chiwetel Ejiofor

The Stepford Wives at 50: a compelling idea in search of a better movie

The 1975 adaptation of Ira Levin’s influential sci-fi thriller has its share of unnerving moments but its brainwashed housewives concept is still in search of a better vehicle

Elon Musk owning OpenAI would be a terrible idea. That doesn’t mean it won’t happen

My heart says he is settling scores and making mischief. My head fears Trump might like an ally controlling the key AI company, says tech writer and author Chris Stokel Walker

Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 review: Apple’s best workout buds are back with a bang

Better fit, great sound, noise cancelling, longer battery life and heart rate sensors upgrade just about everything