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[brightcove]1213024251001[/brightcove] The Dark Knight Rises ’ Wally Pfister is one of the pre-eminent cinematographers working today, thanks in no small part to his work on Christopher Nolan’s films. He’s currently working on his own directorial debut (details of which are very hush-hush), and he recently sat down for a chat …

Set in suburban Moscow, writer/ director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “pitiless look at human nature” is a sombre, elegantly shot parable. When her wealthy husband Vladimir (Andrey Smirnov) announces that he plans to leave the bulk of his inheritance to his hedonistic daughter (Elena Lyadova) from a previous marriage, his dutiful second …

Essentially The King’s Speech with an American president, Roger Michell’s latest tells of a fateful weekend in June 1939 when George VI paid a house call to Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the hope he might be so kind as to give Britain a hand in its impending war against Germany. …

Skyfall has released a new clip online, in which Bond is introduced to the latest in a long line of femme fatales in the form of Bérénice Marlohe’s Sévérine. The new clip shows Bond and Sévérine exchanging a few words over a gambling table, as the latter pronounces how impressed …

Wes Anderson’s typically eclectic ensemble cast for The Grand Budapest Hotel continues to grow, with Ralph Fiennes the latest A-lister to check in. Fiennes has confirmed that he will play the “perfectly composed” M. Gustave, a concierge at the hotel who also runs a sideline as a psychic. Sounds about …

Hollywood’s ongoing battle to adapt anything and everything is set to continue apace with the news that classic cartoon strip Peanuts will be made into a movie by Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios. However, this hopefully won’t just be another example of hammering a well-loved property into a movie-shaped …

After weeks and months of industry speculation (and no small amount of pitching tweets from Bret Easton Ellis), Universal has settled upon Kelly Marcel to write its adaptation of Fifty Shades Of Grey . Marcel was previously responsible for putting together the Mary Poppins screenplay Saving Mr. Banks for Disney, …

With James Gunn now officially confirmed as the director of Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy , attention is now turning to who he might cast in the production, with regular collaborator Michael Rooker putting himself forward for every role going. “All of them,” he answered, when asked which character he …

Of all the bizarre movie trends of recent years, converting board games into movies has to be right up there with the weirdest. Following on from their “success” with Battleship , toy and game manufacturer Hasbro has announced a deal with indie production company Emmett/Furla Films to adapt three more …

Taken 2 is in cinemas now, and sees Liam Neeson return to ass-kicking form when he and his wife are kidnapped in the middle of a trip to Istanbul. The original revenge flick helped Neeson muscle his way into action man territory as part of an unexpected but welcome career …