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The Shawshank Redemption: a prisoner of the big screen

14.09.09
Owen O’Neill and Dave Johns have based their stage version of The Shawshank Redemption not on Frank Darabont’s film but on the Stephen King novella that inspired Darabont... more

Opening this week in London

07.09.09
Watch the first night of Stockwell at the Tricycle, The Shawshank Redemption at Wyndham's Theatre and comtemporary dance, Rosas Danst Rosas, at Sadler Wells ... more

Who says boys don't cry in (500) Days of Summer?

04.09.09
An unsentimental look at young love from a male perspective makes for a refreshingly different date movie in (500) Days of Summer.... more

Shawshank play is ideal for escapists

18.08.09
Preview: Shawshank Redemption, the 1994 film, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, has been adapted for the stage by Owen O’Neill and Dave Johns... more

Standing on the Trafalgar Square fourth plinth: Is it art?

02.07.09
Next week, Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth will play host to Antony Gormley's latest artistic creation. Alastair McKay, one of those chosen to take part, finds out what he's trying to do... more

Sporting Miscellanies

02.06.09
Football: Mystery enshrouds the boos that serenaded Kofi Annan at the FA Cup final... more

Fact is the new fiction in film

18.05.09
Their films cost a pittance but can earn millions – no wonder documentary-makers are on a roll.... more

Star wars: mega-rich tycoons go head to head

03.04.09
Sir Philip Green and Sol Kerzner, his friend and fellow boy made good, both hosted extravagant launch parties last night — albeit on opposite sides of the world... more

Hollywood epic can't gloss over row behind scenes for Springboks

18.11.08
The world champions’ Twickenham encounter with England on Saturday provides some relief from the struggles back in South Africa... more

Morgan Freeman divorcing wife of 24 years... days after car crash with a younger female companion

06.08.08
Morgan Freeman is getting a divorce from his wife of 24 years, according to US reports.... more

Too Many Broken Bones: Jason Donovan's arm in a cast after mystery injury

05.08.08
Former Neighbour actor Jason Donovan is recovering after breaking his right arm and thumb.... more

Pictured: The horrific car crash which nearly killed Morgan Freeman

04.08.08
The Oscar-winning star and a female passenger were cut free from the vehicle after it veered off the highway and flipped over several times before ending up in a ditch.... more

This Joker's serious in The Dark Knight

24.07.08
Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale set a new standard for summer blockbusters in new Batman film The Dark Knight - but Heath Ledger steals the show.... more

Review: Magnificent Ledger's tour de force gives this complex film its energy

22.07.08
With this taut, intelligent blockbuster Christopher Nolan surpasses the success of his earlier Batman Begins... more

Ledger's tour de force gives Dark Knight its energy

22.07.08
The late Heath Ledger gives a grandstanding performance as the Joker in complex, intelligent blockbuster, The Dark Knight.... more

Glowing Amy Winehouse takes to the stage at Mandela's birthday concert in London

27.06.08
A glowing Amy Winehouse bounced back from her recent health problems tonight to sing at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday concert in Hyde Park last night.... more

Babe amongst beasts in wanted

26.06.08
There may be jokes about James McAvoy's height in Timur Bekmambetov's fantasy action thriller but he's definitely the hero of Wanted.... more

Lost in Gone Baby Gone

05.06.08
Ben Affleck's confident debut as a director is a taut thriller that tackles the controversial subject of child abduction head-on.... more

Tom Cruise and the woman he looks up to: Katie towers over her husband in killer heels

06.05.08
It takes a big man to allow his wife to overshadow him on a regular basis. Or simply a small one with no choice in the matter. Tom Cruise didn't appear too diminished by the experience as he accompanied his wife Katie Holmes on a night out to a Broadway show at the weekend... more

Jack's back! Hollywood heavyweight Mr Nicholson hits the high seas again

31.03.08
Keen Jack Nicholson watchers were treated to yet another sighting of the Hollywood heavyweight yesterday as he enjoyed his second week holidaying on the Caribbean island of St Bart's. The actor, who is approaching his 71st birthday, spent the after flailing around in the waves during an afternoon at the beach. The Joker then heaved his hefty paunch and man-cleavage out of the surf to retire on the sand, where he covered up from the sun - and perhaps gasping onlookers - in a beige t-shirt... more

Have a free weekend

22.02.08
London is a great city but pricey. With that in mind here's a few ideas for the weekend that won't hit your pockets too hard.... more

Jack's back and feeling his age

14.02.08
The Bucket List hurls an odd couple together, then asks us to watch as they transform each others' lives.... more

Old pros bring warmth to feelgood cancer movie

24.01.08
The Bucket List, starring veterans Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, is a film elevated by its subject matter.... more

Clichéd feast of love

04.10.07
Nobody seems to know what they are doing from one moment to another in Feast of Love.... more

Flood warning comes from the highest authority

02.08.07
Evan Almighty, the follow-up to the highly succesful Bruce Almighty, misses the mark by miles. This sentimental comedy just isn't funny enough.... more

Ben's back in business

17.08.06
Good will ran out for Ben Affleck after too long with J-Lo and too many turkeys. But with his new film Hollywoodland premiering at Venice, he's about to regain credibility.... more

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