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Red bikini photo haunts me, says Dame Helen Mirren

21.09.11
Actress was snapped by a photographer on a beach in Italy three years ago on holiday and the pictures went round the world - cementing her reputation as a sex symbol... more

Helen Mirren: bikini photo will haunt me for rest of life

21.09.11
Dame Helen Mirren has said the famous photograph of her in a red bikini will "haunt" her for the rest of her life... more

The Conspirator - review

01.07.11
You get more than a whiff of present discontents in Robert Redford's film, The Conspirator, about the awful aftermath of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. It is almost as if nothing much has changed... more

Sting in the old crime-fighting tale The Green Hornet

14.01.11
You may not remember but it was the Green Hornet television series, which ran from 1966 until 1967, that introduced Bruce Lee to the world... more

Blimey Burke & Hare - we was robbed

29.10.10
Burke & Hare is an excursion into Ealing comedy territory with a smart cast led by Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis as the two hopeless 19th-century grave-robbers... more

Isla Fisher hid pregnancy from her co-stars in Burke and Hare

26.10.10
Burke and Hare actress Isla Fisher revealed that she only pretended to squeeze into a corset for the period comedy because she was three months pregnant during filming... more

Arctic Monkeys are pure poetry, says Laureate Carol Ann Duffy

28.01.10
Poet Laureate praises the pop 'poetry' of rock band Arctic Monkeys ahead of a literary Live Aid for the victims of the Haiti earthquake... more

44 Inch Chest sees tough guys laid low

15.01.10
44 Inch Chest is a strange kitchen-sink psychodrama about a cuckolded tough guy that ought to be better... more

What's love got to do with Duplicity?

19.03.09
Clive Owen and Julia Roberts are smart and sassy as rival agents but they fail to spark when it comes to romance in Duplicity.... more

Black cabs, red buses and minis: it must be ... Berlin

12.02.09
Street scenes of London have been recreated in Berlin for the filming of Roman Polanski's new film because the director cannot enter Britain... more

Kate Winslet rules the Golden Globes

12.01.09
Kate Winslet was the star and Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire top film in an extraordinary night of British success at the Golden Globes ... more

Kate Winslet rules the Globes

12.01.09
Kate Winslet was the star and Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire the top film in an extraordinary night of British success at the Golden Globes.... more

DVDs of the week

30.09.08
The over-hyped hit of the summer Sex and the City now makes an overpriced appearance on DVD. ... more

Heidi Klumped at the Emmys

22.09.08
Supermodel Heidi Klum showed the world she's not just a pretty face after a bruising moment at the Emmys.... more

Gangster Guy hits the mark in RocknRolla

04.09.08
The latest guns 'n' geezers romp from the maker of Lock Stock is a welcome return to his early promising form.... more

It's all RocknRolla for Ritchie

02.09.08
Is Guy Ritchie's latest mockney gangster flick a return to form, or a repeat offence? A bit of both, to be honest, says Nick Curtis.... more

Script adviser for Guy Ritchie's new mob movie on £100,000 cocaine and cannabis charge

16.08.08
Guy Ritchie's script adviser on his new gangster film RocknRolla has been charged with possessing more than £100,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis with intent to supply.... more

Dame Judi Dench and Ricky Gervais lead British nominees at Emmy Awards

17.07.08
BBC costume drama Cranford has received eight Emmy nominations, while Ricky Gervais's Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale got six, it was announced today.... more

There's life in Woody yet

22.05.08
Woody Allen has restless hands and, as Cassandra's Dream proves, they're still capable of weaving a little magic.... more

Wealthy foreigners are buying up London, says er... Madonna's husband

23.04.08
Guy Ritchie has complained that English "natives" are being priced out of the London property market by wealthy foreigners... more

THE OSCARS: Arise, Sir Daniel: Helen Mirren knights victorious Day-Lewis and Tilda Swinton seals great night for Brits

25.02.08
It was a spine tingling moment that capped an extraordinary evening for British Oscar winner Daniel-Day Lewis. Having just been announced as Best Actor in There Will Be Blood, the London-born actor was 'knighted' by last year's British success story, Dame Helen Mirren. Imitating the famous pose on stage at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre, Day-Lewis joked about her performance as the Queen, saying: 'This is the closest I'll ever come to getting a knighthood, so thank you' ... more

DVDs of the week

19.02.08
Courtroom drama in Michael Clayton and substandard twaddle from Simon Pegg's Run, Fat Boy, Run, are among this week's DVD offerings.... more

Will it be Daniel's day as Brits lead Oscars line-up

22.01.08
British stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie move closer to Oscars glory after confirming predictions they would make the nominations list.... more

Why the Brits are lining up to storm Oscar night

17.01.08
Hollywood's showcase may be threatened by the writers' strike but that won't stop British talents bound for glory.... more

Clooney finds his conscience

27.09.07
George Clooney has seldom been better than he is as Michael Clayton, a man beginning to feel that his skill is not exactly being put to good use.... more

Ewan's great but Woody fails to catch fire

03.09.07
Woody Allen's third film shot in London, Cassandra's Dream, is mildly entertaining but never gripping. ... more

Cut-rate Clooney given a first-rate part

31.08.07
Moralistic thriller Michael Clayton stars George Clooney as an American star prepared to work for less than his going rate on intelligent films. ... more

Coming soon for autumn

24.08.07
After the silliness of the summer blockbusters, autumn brings a crop of films for grown-ups. See our preview here.... more

Will the Brits get the gongs?

21.12.06
British actors have put in some prizewinnning performances this year. They'll get Oscar nominations, just don't expect them all to win.... more


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