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Russell Crowe is to play The Pope’s Exorcist. Hallelujah for the new Nicolas Cage!
The Gladiator star appears to have given up on an Oscar by taking on a series of low-calorie action roles that might once have been offered to the internet’s favourite OTT actor If there was ...
Fright club: Brad Pitt’s GQ photoshoot is an embarrassment of pictures
A terrible accident clearly befell the mood-board for the actor’s recent magazine spread. Good on him for going through with it anyway If I were part of the Hollywood elite, I would spend an ...
Ray Liotta: Goodfellas actor had boyish radiance to puncture the toughness | Peter Bradshaw
The actor, who has died at the age of 67 , was rightly best known for his staggering, swaggering turn in Scorsese’s mob classic – but other roles added further grit, humour and heart I firs...
Madness in her method: Did Lady Gaga really stay in character for 18 months?
Lady Gaga inhabited her role in upcoming drama House of Gucci off screen and on for a year and a half. Was the ‘psychological difficulty’ she suffered as a result worth it? A Star Is Born w...
Richard Donner, master of macho blockbusters with a human touch
Superman, Lethal Weapon, The Omen, Scrooged – the movie director’s CV tracked Hollywood’s most bankable genres from the 80s onwards Richard Donner was the classic studio director and an a...
Jodie Foster in jim-jams with wife and dog, and Jason Sudeikis at 3am: the real Golden Globes winners
Celebrities were beamed into living rooms from the comfort of … their own living rooms on Sunday evening. Cue pets, children and bring-your-own booze Sporting a neck-tie that matched his owne...
Matt Hancock's vaccine rollout was inspired by Contagion. Here's what he should watch next
It’s understandable – if troubling – when politicians are watching disaster movies for tips on dealing with a global catastrophe. Anybody got a number for The Rock? Like many people, one ...
Netflix's staggering slate of new films escalates the streaming wars
With a star-studded promo video promising a new movie every week, Netflix has stated its intention: to blow Disney+ and its kind out of the water In the latest skirmish of the streaming wars, N...
'Seize it. Enjoy it': Chadwick Boseman embraced the joy and gravity of his films
I interviewed Boseman for Black Panther two years ago and met a man in complete command of how the film might change the world – and his own career Chadwick Boseman dies aged 43 Peter Bradshaw...
Can Margot Robbie save Pirates of the Caribbean from irrelevance?
For a franchise that isn’t exactly bound by historical accuracy, giving the Australian actor free swashbuckling rein shouldn’t be too big an ask How intriguing that Pirates of the Caribbean...
Ian Holm: a virtuoso actor of real sinew beneath the charm and calm | Peter Bradshaw
Alien, Lord of the Rings, Chariots of Fire and so many more extraordinary performances in classic films – what an exemplary career the actor Ian Holm, who has died aged 88, leaves behind Ian Ho...
I've never seen … 2001: A Space Odyssey
Continuing our series in which writers fess up to – and rectify – gaps in their film education, Cath Clarke on whether Kubrick’s space epic stands up See the other classic missed films in t...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2020/mar/30/ive-never-seen-2001-a-space-odyssey
From Fight Club to Brief Encounter: how self-isolation would change classic films
It’s now difficult to watch movies without worrying about the two-metre rule – here are the retrospective plot changes required to mean old movies pass muster In the age of self-isolation, ...
'Just keep laughing!': Judi Dench leads older stars lifting spirits on Twitter
From Dench in a dog hat to Elaine Paige in flower-clad rubber gloves, entertainment royalty is standing up to coronavirus with some bizarre comic relief. Now, where’s Cher? • Coronavirus an...
Kirk Douglas: a career in clips
After a career as one of Hollywood’s most distinguished performers, the actor Kirk Douglas has died. Here we look back at some of his finest moments, from Paths of Glory to Ace in the Hole Kirk...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2020/feb/06/kirk-douglas-a-career-in-clips
A third Blade Runner movie is as inevitable as the coming robot revolution
If Ridley Scott’s film can get a triumphant sequel after more than three decades, a box-office fizzle won’t stop the series Has there ever been a science fiction movie more primed for seque...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2020/jan/30/third-blade-runner-movie-denis-villeneuve
Will the Kung Fu remake right the wrongs suffered by Bruce Lee?
After Lee was passed over for David Carradine to star in the 70s TV series, Universal must cast an Asian actor for its forthcoming film One of the most startling moments in Quentin Tarantino’...
Parasite, Us and the movies' subterranean blues
Bong Joon-ho follows Jordan Peele down the rabbit hole into a hidden world where the underclass lives below society’s surface • SPOILER ALERT – THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS MULTIPLE SPOILERS FOR...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2020/jan/20/parasite-us-living-underground-film
Morbius: has Sony brokered a deal for part of Marvel's Cinematic Universe?
Jared Leto’s new film may look like another comic-book origins story – but it gives a glimpse into the thorny corporate politics behind Hollywood’s most marketable franchise Who’s that ...
No Time To Die trailer review: Bond baddie channels your granny in 1987 | Stuart Heritage
The first proper look at Daniel Craig’s final adventure as 007 has been released – we sift through the frocks and rubble for clues to the movie The trailer for the new James Bond film, No T...