Film: Cooper and Gaga radiate Star quality

A Star Is Born is more than just a cash-grabbing remake or a rebooted throwback: it’s a passionate reminder of the grand ambition that movies are all about

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in A Star is Born
Tom Hardy in Venom

Cinema

A Star Is Born: Directed by Bradley Cooper, nationwide, 15A,Rating:****

Venom: Directed by Ruben Fleischer, nationwide, 15A,Rating:**

Every generation gets its own take on A Star Is Born. If you’ve seen any of the previous iterations – William A Wellman’s 1937 Technicolor fantasy with Janet Gaynor and Frederic March, the 1954 musical heartbreaker with Judy Garland and James Mason, or the 1976 rock epic with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson—you’ll ...