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Don’t be fooled by the lack of suicidal penguins and bear-loving oddballs in Werner Herzog’s documentary about Death Row. His tenacious curiosity, eye for absurd-yet-telling details and passionate humanism are upfront here, braiding a study of capital punishment in Texas with an incisive, compassionate portrait of life in death’s shadow. …

The Avengers swoops into UK cinemas in just over a month and director Joss Whedon has been speaking about the amount of material he had to edit out of his final cut, as well as clarifying the situation with Loki’s army. “There’s a lot of me that got cut out,” …

Silent House , the forthcoming real-time horror movie starring Elizabeth Olsen, has released a new clip online, introduced by none other than Miss Olsen herself. The new footage does contain any scares or spoilers, but does contain a brief bit of exposition that sets up the fright-fest that follows. Take …

Bill & Ted 3 sounds as though it’s definitely happening, with Alex Winter following up Keanu Reeves’ recent comments by talking to MTV about the sequel’s new direction. “I think the reality is there probably will be another one,” began Winter, lending weight to Reeves’ assertion that a script has …

The first image of Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp in The Lone Ranger has been tweeted to the world, by producer Jerry Bruckheimer! Using his Twitter account to reveal the new look of the duo, it’s clear Tonto, played by Johnny Depp, looks a little miffed he’s saddled with Armie …

[brightcove]1410676177001[/brightcove] Project X has only been in cinemas for a week, but it has caused a stir Stateside with opening figures at a respectable $21m, and Warner Bros has already earmarked a seque l . Screenwriter Michael Bacall has been roped in to draft a treatment for the sequel, which …

Casey Affleck will play Christian Bale’s murdered brother in Scott Cooper’s revenge-fuelled feature Out Of The Furnace . As well as that awesome brotherly pairing, the rumour mill has been put into overdrive as Zoe Saldana has also been linked to the cast, perhaps in an effort to leaven the …

Inception (2010) The Improvisation: “You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling,” advises Eames (Tom Hardy), as he shoulders Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) out of the way and whips out a super-huge firearm. What Was In The Script: The “darling” part was Hardy’s own affectionate, plummy addition. “The ‘darling’ …

Writer/Director Daniel Edelstyn makes an affable debut with this personal doc chronicling the unexpected, vodka-flavoured turn his life took after he discovered his gran’s journals. Fixated on his ancestors’ titular empire, he heads to their now-defunct Ukrainian distillery, taking it on himself to re-launch the vodka, despite lacking business nous. …

Shoah (1985) The Bad Date Movie: A nine-hour long movie about the Holocaust. Put it this way, if this date doesn’t go badly, you probably know you’ve found yourself a keeper! Impact On Your Evening: It will occupy all of it, and staring at a screen for nine hours probably …