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However bleak the future appears for Greece right now, at least it can comfort itself with the knowledge that the roost isn’t ruled by Mickey Rourke’s loopy king Hyperion, the big bad in Tarsem Singh’s stylised actioner. Here, the mad monarch has put the country to the sword in his …

It’s a trick Kurzel repeats often, promising juicy (if disgusting) morsels then withholding them from the audience for maximum effect. Based, like Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer , on real events, Snowtown is set in slums straight out of Animal Kingdom , with which it shares a painfully inexpressive …

With production underway on new Bond film Skyfall , a bit of casting news has been announced through the film’s official Twitter feed, with Helen McRory and Ola Rapace joining the impressive ensemble. McRory is probably best recognised for her work on the Harry Potter films where she played Draco …

In a rare break from his usual brand of headline-making antics, Charlie Sheen has uploaded a selection of snaps from the set of Roman Coppola’s A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III. Covering a mixture of on-screen and off-duty moments, it’s nice to see the troubled star back …

Some 14 years after her horrific death in a Parisian road tunnel, Hollywood has apparently decided that the time is finally right for a biopic of the colourful life of Princess Diana. According to Thompson On Hollywood , Jessica Chastain is in talks to star in Caught In Flight as …

[brightcove]970174815001[/brightcove] Total Film embarked on a not-so-secret mission to central London earlier today (real spies don’t use Twitter (opens in new tab) half as much as we do) to uncover the true identity of Daniel Craig and Sam Mendes’ Bond flick, codename: Bond 23. But as it turned out, we …

Now that’s a title. It sounds like a lost Grindhouse trailer, or the great Neveldine/Taylor flick we’ll never have. Some surprise is forgiven, then, when Machine Gun Preacher turns out not to be a beefy slab of exploitation but a furrowed-brow issue drama. Gerard Butler plays real-life biker and bad …

Ah The Wolverine … if ever there were a film to file under the heading “Development Hell”, the long-awaited sequel to X-Men Origins would surely be it. However, things do appear to be moving again, with Walk The Line director James Mangold having discussed his vision for the project. And …

The tensions of the segregated South have been explored more darkly and deftly in better tomes and films. But Kathryn Stockett’s bestseller was embraced by millions charmed by the female dynamics at work amid the Jim Crow laws. This deft addressing of difficult subjects was ripe for a movie – …

Elizabethtown co-stars Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom are set to reunite for Roger Donaldson’s upcoming financial thriller Cities , once again playing a young couple in love. With the film set across a trio of global locales, Dunst and Bloom will feature in the London-based segment, as a pair of …