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�Being in the UK is the best place to make movies�

2009-11-18T08:04:52Z

Harry Brown producer Kris Thykier made his money in PR and is using it to carve a path in the movie industry

Portrait of a leading lady: Monica Bellucci

2009-10-15T12:26:47Z

Monica Bellucci and her actor husband Vincent Cassel are known in France as 'Les Glamours'. From a youth spent modelling for Bruce Weber to a film career that spans art-house grit and Hollywood blockbuster gloss, she hasn't put a high-heeled foot wrong

Bruce Willis finally gets the body beautiful in Surrogates

2009-09-24T23:00:00Z

Surrogates is an enjoyable parable, a candy-coloured reminder that while it may be liberating to have a healthy body, perfection � whether for men or women � is a gilded cage

Contenders for the top prize at Venice Film Festival

2009-09-10T23:00:00Z

A-list stars and A-grade films have distinguished this year�s Venice festival. Lee Marshall looks at who is in the running for the big prize tomorrow

Venice Film Festival: Nicolas Cage is just very naughty in Bad Lieutenant

2009-09-03T23:00:00Z

This remake of Bad Lieutenant proves an interesting point - that the same story nugget can give rise to two utterly different films.

Action and animation from Disney in G-Force

2009-07-30T23:00:00Z

Disney has combined 3D live action and animation to tell the story of three guinea pigs trained to work in human espionage in G-Force.

Francis Ford Coppola's comeback

2009-05-19T08:39:02Z

Now, at 70, Francis Ford Coppola is back with Tetro, the kind of small-scale film he started out making � only this time, it's personal.

Premise of Knowing is intriguing

2009-03-26T00:00:00Z

For a movie with absolutely no sense of humour, Alex Proyas�s sci-fi action thriller, Knowing, manages to raise a few laughs.

Nicolas Cage forced to pay back taxman $650,000 for 'fiddling his expenses'

2008-09-10T15:41:37Z

The actor has been forced to pay �650,000 (�378,000) in back taxes and penalties after he was accused of wrongly writing off almost $3.4m (�1.9m) in personal expenses.

Bad hair day in Bangkok Dangerous

2008-09-03T23:00:00Z

Bangkok Dangerous is a Hollywood remake of the Pang brothers' cult hit that gives new meaning to the word cynical.

Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman in fight to save trouble-hit marriage

2008-08-31T22:41:25Z

Strictly Come Dancing presenter Claudia Winkleman is battling to save her marriage after a series of rows with her husband over their work commitments.

Kidman and Diaz 'top of the flops' for box office value... while Pitt and Aniston reign supreme

2008-07-25T11:47:01Z

Nicole Kidman was today named as Hollywood's least value-for-money star, coming two places below Tom Cruise. The actress came bottom of Forbes magazine's annual Ultimate Star Payback League.

Eva Mendes bounces back from rehab with seductive Calvin Klein lingerie campaign

2008-07-24T11:52:46Z

After a stint in rehab earlier this year, Hollywood star Eva Mendes is back in business.

Will Smith tops Hollywood earners list with £40m salary... while Keira is the highest paid Brit with £16m

2008-07-23T19:03:04Z

In his latest film, Will Smith plays a superhero fallen on hard times. In real life, he has never had it so good.

Pregnant Presley: Lisa Marie shows off her bump

2008-06-08T17:57:07Z

Elvis Presley's only daughter Lisa Marie has been pictured sporting a fuller figure as she prepares for her third child.

Pregnant and proud: Lisa Marie Presley shows off her baby bump

2008-03-10T11:59:41Z

Lisa Marie Presley looked pregnant and proud as she unveiled her budding baby bump in Los Angeles. The daughter of rock icon Elvis stepped out with third husband, musician and producer Michael Lockwood in Beverly Hills, following confirmation that she is pregnant with her third child. Dressed in a fashionable print maxi dress, chunky platform sandals, and large hoop earrings Lisa Marie looked radiant and every inch the happy mother-to-be

Lisa Marie Presley confirms: Yes, I'm pregnant

2008-03-07T10:43:26Z

If Elvis was alive he'd be a grandfather of three. The King's only daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, has revealed she is expecting a baby with husband Michael Lockwood

No sign of treasure here

2008-02-07T00:00:00Z

National Treasure: Book of Secrets uses good actors to dim effect and director Jon Turteltaub should be given a good slap.

Magic mushrooms sprout in Kensington Gardens

2007-07-11T10:19:07Z

Large glowing mushrooms have sprung up beside the Serpentine Gallery to provide shelter for guests at the gallery's annual summer party.

DVDs of the week

2007-07-02T23:00:00Z

Magic from The Illusionist, Nicholas Cage is Ghost Rider, and a French horror are among the week's top DVD releases

All action, no talk

2007-04-25T23:00:00Z

Maori director Lee Tamahori's Next is too concerned with spectacular chase sequences to be an effective character drama.

I don't think sex or violence is harmful in movies

2007-04-12T11:21:51Z

Quentin Tarantino has directed some of the most violent films ever made. Here, in a rare interview, he makes no apology for his latest slasher tribute.

Cage is on fire at the box office

2007-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ghost Rider is an adaptation of the old Marvel comic strip and stars Nicholas Cage as a biker who sells his soul to the Devil and is duly transformed into a firebreathing skeleton.

Is this one 9/11 movie too far?

2006-09-27T23:00:00Z

For some in the US it's too soon for Oliver Stone's 9/11 movie. But here we've already seen too many recreations of that awful day, says Derek Malcolm.

DVD reviews: Entertaining oddballs

2006-09-18T23:00:00Z

It's a first-time-on-DVD release for peculiar thriller The Fantasist, there are four pearls in The Max Ophuls Collection and a young Charlotte Rampling gets her claw out in The Night Porter.

Anty climax

2006-08-02T23:00:00Z

Film review: In Ant Bully, a 10-year-old takes out his angst on a colony of ants. They fight back. More interesting is how on earth producer Tom Hanks persuade Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts to voice this below-average animation.