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Horror anthology V/H/S has released a new red-band trailer in which a set of mysterious videotapes contains a host of horrifying vignettes, each directed by a different member of the horror community. The film uses the framing device of a bunch of petty crims who are hired to break into …

Bored with school in the Home Counties, middle-class Tia (Ashley Madekwe) takes her gap year in sunny south London, moving in with chav cousin Davina and a gang of teenage armed robbers. As Tia falls for brooding pack leader Tyson (Ashley Chin) – trying to raise his little sister and …

Surprisingly slow out of the blocks, this glossy, girl-power athletics drama about the UK relay-team rivalry between feisty council-estate sprinter Shania (Lenora Crichlow) and her posh rival Lisa (Lily James) feels like a TV movie on steroids. Noel Clarke, who co-scripted and co-stars, doesn’t get any Kidulthood -style grit going, …

Francis Ford Coppola & Robert Duvall The Shared CV: Duvall’s performance in Coppola’s The Rain People was rewarded with roles in all of the director’s 1970s films. All four just happen to be classics. Defining Traits: The ever versatile Duvall moved from playing watchful Tom Hagen in the first two …

A hard-bodied hooker with a laser-sighted weapon. Robert Pattinson blasting a bloody hole through his left hand. A pounding nightclub. A man stabbed in the eye. A modified handcannon. Naked bodies. A giant rat prowling crowded city streets. Gunfire. Graffiti. Tantalising images flash by in the teaser for Cosmopolis , …

Gary Oldman ( Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy , The Dark Knight Rises ) and Dominic Monaghan ( The Lord of the Rings Trilogy , Lost ) will join Malcolm McDowell in the upcoming true story of jewel-thief, con-man and serial killer Ray Fontaine (AKA Archibald Hall). Director Douglas Rath will …

Naturally, it begins with “once upon a time”. And yes, along the way there’s romance, a poisoned apple, a stimulating smooch and a queen with a heart as black as coal. But despite Kristen Stewart’s pasty-faced princess catching the covetous moongazes of at least two would-be suitors, this fantasy epic’s …

In the absence of a trailer, this’ll be the first glimpse for many at Brad Pitt’s ace new Cannes-impressing thriller, Killing Them Softly . The latest film from director Andrew Dominik ( The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford ), Killing Them Softly (formerly known as Cogan’s …

With his latest film Cosmopolis set to capture the imagination of the Cannes crowd on Friday, and the finale of the Twilight saga set to drop later in the year, Robert Pattinson’s stock has never been higher in Tinseltown. Rumour has it however, that he could be about to gain …

The Glasgow tourist office must be getting fed up with Ken Loach. From My Name Is Joe to Sweet Sixteen and Ae Fond Kiss , his films have hardly shown the brighter side of the Scottish city. Once again penned by Paul Laverty (their tenth feature collaboration), The Angels’ Share …