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Olivier Rousteing, Gordon Ramsay and Fatboy Slim lead star-studded parties across London this week

The capital’s cultural calendar was packed with star-studded launches, fashion dinners and exclusive parties

Evening Standard

Good Boy review – Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough turn nasty in Kubrickian absurdist nightmare

London film festival: Jan Komasa’s bracingly wicked tale follows a couple who plan to retrain an delinquent teen with a brutal regimen

The Guardian - UK

'MobLand' season 2: Everything we know so far

Led by Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, and Helen Mirren, the Paramount+ crime series MobLand just capped off a dramatic first season

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Young Scottish creators win major film awards in London

THREE young Scottish filmmakers have won major awards at the Into Film Awards at Odeon Leicester Square. The ceremony was attended by a host of…

The National (Scotland)

‘It’s now or never, this is my chance’: Anson Boon on his biggest break, punk and Johnny Rotten

For young actor Anson Boon, playing Johnny Rotten Danny Boyle’s Pistol is a dream come true. But what did punk teach him about himself?

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Pistol; The Midwich Cuckoos; Once Upon a Time in Londongrad; State of the Union

Danny Boyle fails to capture punk’s filth and fury, while Sky nails a fresh take on John Wyndham’s creepy classic

The Guardian - UK

Sex Pistols story spills out in a fast-paced, aggressive bio on Hulu

No punk expertise required to make sense of the flashy six-part series about Johnny Rotten and his bandmates.

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Sex Pistols show's rock 'n' roll swindle

Ever get the feeling you've been cheated? "Pistol" boasts a great premise and cast, but skimps on the insights

Salon

Review: You think you know the Sex Pistols. This new TV show tries to deliver a corrective

It's been 44 years since the Sex Pistols broke up and only a couple more since they played their first gig, having produced only one actual album in their lifetime. And yet they seem very much with us; the best of their music continues to sound massively huge, outside of…

Los Angeles Times

The Sex Pistols rock again in Danny Boyle's FX show 'Pistol'

Anson Boon got so into playing Johnny Rotten that he hurt himself rocking too hard.

Tribune News Service

Disney+ Pistol: Everything you need to know about new biopic series - including cast, release date

The band’s singer Johnny Rotten has criticised the show

Wales Online

Pistol on Disney+: A guide to the real-life punks who brought anarchy to the UK

The new Danny Boyle TV show is out today

Evening Standard

Pistol on Disney+ review: Danny Boyle’s series on the Sex Pistols can’t help but turn very dark

The grim realities of this story mean that the series is tonally uneven, but it’s never boring

Evening Standard

‘I want Johnny Rotten to attack it!’ Danny Boyle on his shocking Sex Pistols saga

How do you make a sympathetic TV show about the most cancelled, most banned, most shamelessly vile band ever – when your cast have barely heard of them and the frontman is taking you to court? The director reveals all

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Daily Mirror

Sex Pistols' John Lydon threatens to sue producers of upcoming miniseries about band

Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon has threatened to sue the producers of FX miniseries Pistol - expected to be released next month - which is an upcoming show about the British punk band

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: ‘Jerusalem is no comment on our green and pleasant land’

In today’s Diary: Jez Butterworth despairs at political critics / Suki Waterhouse finds unlikely inspiration / Johnny Rotten gets the Day-Lewis treatment / Ed Balls runs out of jokes / MP gym-session gets pointed

Daily Mirror

Johnny Rotten actor in new Sex Pistols biopic dropped to eight-stone for iconic role

Anson Boon went all out for his role as Johnny Rotten in the Sex Pistols new TV biopic as he dropped down to just eight-stone in a bid to fully embody the singer

Evening Standard

Pistol: Release date confirmed for Danny Boyle’s Disney+ Sex Pistols series

The six-part series charts the band’s tumultuous journey to punk stardom

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