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Family friction in Glorious 39

2009-11-20T12:38:48Z

British period pieces are regularly mocked as pretty pieces of cinema devoid of real bite. But you couldn't call Stephen Poliakoff's first film for more than a decade, Glorious 39, namby-pamby

Romola Garai is perfect as Jane Austen�s Emma

2009-09-25T10:18:35Z

Bossy, argumentative and irresistible, Romola Garai is the ideal Emma

British movie heaven - the Brit flicks heading our way

2009-09-18T09:01:04Z

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

Bill Nighy has a coffee and tease

2009-08-28T13:54:29Z

Bill Nighy was enjoying a late-night cuppa when a young fan stopped to chat.

Will Gompertz is light on laughs

2009-08-09T23:00:00Z

Edinburgh Comedy: Will Gompertz's act is good clean fun but as close to stand-up as Rothko is to Ricky Gervais.

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.

Bob Dylan's tunes they are a-changing

2009-04-26T23:00:00Z

Bob Dylan's Roundhouse gig was a special, relatively intimate event ahead of the release of his decent new album Together Through Life.

Hold the front page for State of Play

2009-04-22T23:00:00Z

Russell Crowe makes a good journalist, Helen Mirren is a great editor � and Hollywood has made a fine job of remaking Paul Abbott's State of Play.

What a carry on, Curtis

2009-04-01T23:00:00Z

He reinvented the feelgood British comedy � but Richard Curtis takes it too far in smutty tribute to Sixties pirate radio, The Boat That Rocked.

Bill Nighy's bothered by his body

2009-03-24T12:13:53Z

Bill Nighy has revealed he has never had a sex scene, because he's too embarrassed about his body.

Radio rules waves in Boat that Rocked

2009-03-23T00:00:00Z

Richard Curtis turns out a reliably funny, upbeat, and above all commercial comedy every few years. This time it is The Boat That Rocked.

Cruise's message of support for Obama

2009-01-22T09:14:50Z

Tom Cruise urged his fellow countrymen to get behind new President Barack Obama at the London premiere of his new film Valkyrie.

Jon Snow adds his weight to campaign to save local pub

2008-10-09T07:53:06Z

Newsreader Jon Snow will tonight speak out in protest against development plans he says threaten the future of his local pub

Stalker is Cate's movie choice while life's a Cabaret for Dyke

2008-09-02T10:20:23Z

Cate Blanchett favours a little-known Seventies thriller, while Little Britain star Matt Lucas prefers Billy Elliot

It's not love actually: Just what was it that drove Bill Nighy and Diana Quick apart?

2008-08-29T20:20:23Z

This week in a short, sad statement Nighy announced his separation from Miss Quick, the mother of his daughter Mary.

Is there actually a love reunion for Bill Nighy and his estranged partner of 27 years?

2008-08-29T07:47:47Z

Love Actually star Bill Nighy stepped out with his partner of 27 years Diane Quick last night, a week after announcing their separation.

It's not Love Actually after all as star Nighy splits with partner of 27 years

2008-08-25T00:27:40Z

Nighy, who played ageing singer Billy Mack in the Love Actually, has abruptly ended his 27-year marriage to actress Diana Quick and moved out of their London home.

Actors join battle to save cobbled lane from lorries

2008-02-18T10:17:24Z

Protesters led by actor Tom Conti lay down in the road as they tried to save a historic London street from becoming a rat run for lorries from a nearby building site

Not-so naked ambition

2008-01-22T16:25:03Z

The star of David Hare�s controversial new play tells Claire Allfree how she swapped the steaminess of Kama Sutra and Basic Instinct 2 for passion of a political kind.

A London love story

2007-07-26T11:39:15Z

After 2002's award-winning Lawless Heart, directing duo Tom Hunsinger and Neil Hunter vanished. Now they're back with a very British tale. What took them so long?

Captain Jack capsized

2007-05-23T23:00:00Z

The third instalment of Disney's billion-dollar Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise is just as simple-minded as its two predecessors says Nick Curtis, but longer, louder, bigger and brasher.

Hot Fuzz stars swap red carpet for blue

2007-02-14T08:32:05Z

The stars of police comedy movie Hot Fuzz swapped the traditional red carpet for blue at the film's world premiere.

There's nothing like this Dame

2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Give Judi Dench half a chance, and she'll make a lot more of a good role than almost any other actor. In Notes on a Scandal she gives a performance as powerful as it is subtle.

Dame Judi at her best

2007-01-29T00:00:00Z

Whether she wins an Oscar or not, Dame Judi Dench's performance in exceptional British film Notes On A Scandal deserves to be accounted one of her best on screen, says Derek Malcolm.

Brits sweep the Globes

2007-01-16T08:36:27Z

The Brits are celebrating their biggest ever haul of Golden Globes. Helen Mirren led the way at the Beverly Hills ceremony seen as a forerunner to the Oscars.

The Golden Globe winners in full

2007-01-16T09:07:46Z

Dame Judi is riveting as a lonely old maid

2006-12-19T00:00:00Z

Give Judi Dench half a chance, and she'll make a lot more of a good part than almost any other actress. But in Richard Eyre's very British Notes On A Scandal she excels herself.

Plays fight back against musicals

2006-12-06T14:32:57Z

A string of high-profile plays has been planned for next year to take on the likes of musicals such as The Sound Of Music and Spamalot.

DVDs of the week

2006-11-21T00:00:00Z

Captain Jack is back in Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. And the good news is he's still as mad as a box of parrots.

A classy tribute to Betjeman

2006-09-10T23:00:00Z

The late poet laureate John Betjeman died in 1984, but the calibre of performers at last night's celebration of his work spoke volumes about the esteem in which he is still held.