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A reel life: Jordan Scott

20.11.09
Her father made Gladiator and her uncle made Top Gun, so it was inevitable that Jordan Scott, Ridley's daughter, would end up in the family business.... more

Designer dresses for a bargain in jumble sales of the stars

13.11.09
It might conjure up visions of rummaging through piles of musty clothes in village halls - but now the jumble sale has gone glamorous... more

Douglas Booth: the new boy at Burberry

23.10.09
The youngest and most gorgeous of all the Burberry boys is an all-action acting hero whose looks are equalled only by his ambition... more

Pinewood counts cost of US film disputes

25.08.09
The Pinewood, Shepperton and Teddington studios group has reported a 55% slump in half-year profits following the recent screenwriters' and actors' disputes in America.... more

The Milky Bars are on him ... all over again

13.05.09
The Milky Bar Kid and the Hovis Boy are back on our television screens as household brands turn to nostalgia to get consumers buying again... more

Stylish spies but little substance in Body of Lies

20.11.08
Body of Lies can't decide whether to be an all-out thriller or a savvy political drama but since it is directed by Ridley Scott, you can forgive a lot.... more

Body of Lies leaves you feeling cheated

07.11.08
Peep beneath the veneer of topicality and Ridley Scott's latest thriller, Body Of Lies, looks hollow. ... more

Film

08.10.08
Given the financial hurricane that devasted the City last month, that 2008 is shaping up to be a good year for British film and our leading directors and actors ... more

Josh Hartnett: I’m really just a regular guy (but don’t ask me to chill out)

29.08.08
Josh Hartnett has been a Hollywood heart-throb for a decade but he hates his celebrity status. Now he is set to be the star of the West End version of Rain Man: how on earth will he cope?... more

Favourites come out of the cold for Frijj

14.08.08
The Frijj Film Festival offers Londoners the chance to experience again classics such as Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather.... more

The wrong type of leaves cause Ridley Scott to cancel Robin Hood movie

30.07.08
The director of the new Robin Hood blockbuster has pulled the plug on the film shoot after realising the green Sherwood Forest would turn brown before filming was over.... more

Wrong leaves halt filming of Robin Hood

30.07.08
The director of the new Robin Hood blockbuster has pulled the plug on the film shoot after realising the green Sherwood Forest would turn brown before his crew had finished work... more

'I could have been dead but gained self-esteem'

16.07.08
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Cutting edge Blade

18.06.08
The Heritage Orchestra brought musical heroics to their performance at Massive Attack's Meltdown Festival, during which they delivered an atmospheric interpretation of the Blade runner soundtrack.... more

Different role for Leonardo DiCaprio in 11th Hour

06.06.08
Leonardo DiCaprio gives us an insight into why he chose to make The 11th Hour and what the future holds for his acting career now that he has unleashed another talent. ... more

BAZ BAMIGBOYE IN CANNES: Sienna Miller, Penelope Cruz, Naomi Campbell and more...

23.05.08
The Cannes Film Festival hands out its prizes on Sunday and the top stars are preparing for an action-packed weekend. BAZ BAMIGBOYE has all the gossip from the French Riviera.... more

Now for Oscars as Julie and Daniel are honoured

28.01.08
British stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie both became front-runners for Oscars after they were honoured by the Screen Actors Guild.... more

A man and a dog versus the vampires of New York

27.12.07
The third adaptation of Richard Matheson's novel about the last man on Earth, I am Legend starts well but goes downhill after the first hour.... more

A new king of New York

15.11.07
Crime pays for director Ridley Scott as he ditches his old flashy approach to tell the true story of a drugs baron in American Gangster.... more

Project Pinewood to take on Hollywood

15.11.07
Pinewood Studios have announced plans for a huge development which could trigger a boom in film-making in Britain. ... more

Story of a charming man

12.11.07
Reformed hellraiser Russell Crowe talks tales of fatherhood and how his new film helped him pay back a debt to friend Denzel Washington.... 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

Close to yakitori glory

25.07.07
Bincho Yakitori is a collaboration between heavy-hitters and major investment, where you spend as much or as little as you like.... more

Space oddity is a hell of a trip

05.04.07
Danny Boyle's audacious and original sci-fi adventure may not make much sense - but it's a dazzling achievement.... more

The sun worshipper

02.04.07
28 Days Later director Danny Boyle explains how he hopes to shine a light on the human condition with new film Sunshine.... more

Scent and sensibility

27.12.06
A 16-year-old Londoner is the star of Perfume, the film of the cult novel. But she's determined not to follow Peaches Geldof on the celebrity circuit.... more

An unbelievable year in Provence

26.10.06
Ridley Scott directs Russell Crowe in A Good Year, a film that leaves the viewer feeling that it would be fun to leave the real world behind and bask in wine, food and women in Provence.... more

Jude is back on form

11.09.06
All The King's Men showed up for this year's Toronto Film Festival. As well as the movie of that name, in which Jude Law put in his best performance for years, the festival's guest list outgunned Cannes and Venice.... more

The sweet smell of success

01.09.06
It has taken 20 years to bring the 'unfilmable' bestseller Perfume to the screen. The Standard has had an exclusive preview and here we tell the intriguing story of how it was made.... more

The nightmare after tomorrow

17.08.06
Richard Linklater turns his stars into cartoons to create a cold but stylish vision of the not-too-distant future. But A Scanner Darkly suffers from a lack of real emotional involvement.... more

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