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Wall Street 2: Gordon Gekko is back

14.09.09
After more than two decades Oliver Stone is making a sequel to Wall Street. Our reporter agrees it’s the perfect time for the monster to be reincarnated... more

Contenders for the top prize at Venice Film Festival

11.09.09
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... more

George Clooney in the wars at Venice Film Festival

08.09.09
A bandaged George Clooney arrived by speedboat at the Venice Film Festival with girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis, 30... more

Pacino is spectacularly over the top in Scarface

21.08.09
Brian De Palma's 1983 version has Al Pacino as Tony Montana, a two-bit hood from Cuba who makes it big in the drug trade... more

Lords’ cigs vote sparks a worry for newsagents

01.05.09
A critical vote in the House of Lords is looming for small newsagents who are being seriously threatened by plans to prevent tobacco products going on display across Britain ... more

Gekko to echo time of crisis

30.04.09
Gordon Gekko is coming back. The slick villain of Oliver Stone’s 1987 classic Wall Street is to return in a sequel tentatively called Wall Street 2 ... more

Tragedy of King George in W.

06.11.08
As Barack Obama sweeps into power, Oliver Stone portrays the outgoing US President in Shakespearean terms in W.... more

Be a pit bull, Boris - grab London any cash on offer

29.10.08
Londoners already look back at the peak of the bubble as if remembering a dream world... more

Whitewashed look at the White House

24.10.08
Oliver Stone's George Bush biopic is sly, old-fashioned melodrama. It works as entertainment but as history, W deserves an F, says Charlotte O'Sullivan.... more

Don't miss these London events

20.10.08
From Francis Bacon and the Turner prize to wildlife photography, here are the must-see and must-do things on this autumn.... more

Film festival begins with a premiere of Frost

15.10.08
The London Film Festival kicks off with the premiere of Frost/Nixon just yards from where it was originally staged as a play at the Donmar Warehouse... more

Must see movies at London Film Festival

10.10.08
The 52nd BFI London Film Festival opens next week and could turn out to be the best in years. Derek Malcolm makes picks his highlights. ... more

25 events to raise your spirits this autumn

24.09.08
Something might be rotten in the City but in London’s arts world there’s plenty to be upbeat about. Here’s our pick of must-sees to brighten up longer nights... more

George W Bush and Tony Blair get a Hollywood makeover in new Oliver Stone blockbuster

29.07.08
The wild past that George W. Bush has tried to put behind him has been immortalised on the big screen in the upcoming film W.... more

Riding through the storm: Doors' keyboard player Ray Manzarek muses on life after Jim Morrison

03.07.08
Thirty seven years ago this week, Jim Morrison, the lead singer of the legendary rock band The Doors, was found dead at his apartment in Paris.... more

Colin Farrell shows off his ultra-thin frame on the beach after dramatic weight loss for war photographer role

24.06.08
Actor Colin Farrell looked slim and toned as he showed off his new ultra-thin physique on the beach in Malibu after dramatic weight loss for a film role. ... more

Is fabulous Colin Farrell turning into Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins?

14.05.08
With his rippling biceps and toned pecs, Colin Farrell used to look as though he would burst out of his clothes. These days, he is in danger of disappearing inside them ... more

Forcing the binge issue

11.03.08
Confrontational playwright Roy Williams talks about his new play, Days Of Significance, which takes a hard look at the faults of modern-day Britain.... more

Ready to mock?

17.01.08
John C Reilly gives easily the best performance in Walk Hard, but is left in the lurch by a spoof that never quite cuts the mustard.... more

Hollywood strike hits Da Vinci movie at Pinewood

22.11.07
Pinewood Studios has become the first British casualty of the American screenwriters' strike which has crippled Hollywood.... more

DVD reviews: Growing up with alco pop

17.10.06
Richard E Grant makes his directorial debut with Wah-Wah, Paul Greengrass explores the horror of 9/11 in United 93 and coming out drama Imagine Me & You is just plain silly. ... more

Is this one 9/11 movie too far?

28.09.06
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.... more

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