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Dates for your diary in London

20.10.09
From Disney on Ice to the MPH The Prestige and Performance Motor Show here are some of the best events for your calendar.... more

Doctor Parnassus isTerry Gilliam's flying circus

16.10.09
There are plenty of wild ideas in Terry Gilliam's latest epic — The Imagination of Doctor Parnassus - but his flights of fancy don't really lead anywhere.... more

Amy Gilliam: Why we had to make Heath Ledger's final film

09.10.09
The sudden death of his star devastated director Terry Gilliam. He could have given up on the film they were making but, says daughter Amy, they had to finish it in tribute to their lost friend.... more

Lily Cole leaps from the screen to stage in 24-hour whirlwind

08.10.09
Model Lily Cole is to make her stage debut hot on the heels of appearing in a film with the late Heath Ledger.... more

First review: The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus

07.10.09
That Dr Parnassus was finished at all following the death mid-shoot of its star Heath Ledger is impressive.... more

Animation hits a new high in Up

05.10.09
Up - Disney Pixar's latest hit, about an elderly widower who takes his house airborne with helium balloons, sets a dazzling new benchmark in 3D animation. ... more

British movie heaven - the Brit flicks heading our way

18.09.09
John Lennon, Charles Darwin, John Keats and Heath Ledger are all coming soon in a bumper crop of homegrown releases... more

Cannes is Up and away with Pixar’s 3D cartoon beauty

13.05.09
The Cannes Film Festival got underway today with the Disney/Pixar film Up, the first time the prestigious opening slot has gone to an animated film... more

Meet the Sound of Music's new Captain von Trapp... Simon MacCorkindale

22.08.08
He's friends with Prince Charles and married to Susan George, voted the world's sexiest woman in the sixties... It's not easy being Simon MacCorkindale... more

Back on set without Heath: Lily Cole resumes filming on tragic Ledger's last movie

26.02.08
A sombre-looking Lily Cole resumed filming on actor Heath Ledger's final film the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, following his tragic death last month. The flame-haired British model turned actress, resumed filming on location in Vancouver, Canada where the production had been due to move before his untimely death on 22 January ... more

Horrors of old age

24.01.08
Although clumsy and clichéd, Man in the Chair did make critic Charlotte O'Sullivan rush out and buy groceries for an elderly relative.... more

Time isn't always a great healer

27.12.07
Closing the Ring is well-acted throughout and it has a romantic appeal that is not to be sneered at, even if some may find it bland.... more

DVD reviews: Tommy's quest for justice

08.08.06
Tommy Lee Jones makes his directorial debut with The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada while Clive Owen thinks he's planned the perfect bank robbery in Inside Man.... more

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