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  • Melania's White House screeening

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    Black cakes and branded buckets: welcome to the White House premiere for Brett Ratner’s Melania movie

    Monochrome catering was all the rage at the VIP screening on Saturday for Ratner’s officially sanctioned $75m feature-length documentary about the First Lady. Have the photos whetted your appetite?
  • Russell Crowe Arrives At Incheon Airport<br>INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA - JANUARY 17: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Actor Russell Crowe is seen upon arrival at Incheon International Airport on January 17, 2015 in Incheon, South Korea. (Photo by Han Myung-Gu/WireImage)

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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
  • Brad Pitt waits while his Oscar is engraved, February 9 2020.

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    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
  • Ray Liotta in 1980

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    Ray Liotta: Goodfellas actor had boyish radiance to puncture the toughness

    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
  • Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci.

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    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?
  • Peter Bradshaw

    Film blog
    Richard Donner, master of macho blockbusters with a human touch

    Peter Bradshaw
    Superman, Lethal Weapon, The Omen, Scrooged – the movie director’s CV tracked Hollywood’s most bankable genres from the 80s onwards
  • In this video grab issued Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, by NBC, Jodie Foster, left, holding her dog Ziggy, kisses her wife Alexandra Hedison as she accepts the award for best supporting actress in a motion picture for “The Mauritanian” at the Golden Globe Awards. (NBC via AP)

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    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
  • Jude Law in Contagion.

    Film blog
    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?
  • Netflix 2021 Film Preview | Official Trailer

    Film blog
    Netflix's staggering slate of new films escalates the streaming wars

    Luke Walpole
    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
  • Boseman arriving at the 2016 Oscars.

    Film blog
    '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
  • Margot Robbie

    Week in geek
    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
  • Film and Television<br>Director David Hare No Merchandising. Editorial Use Only. No Book Cover Usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock (1654826a) Wetherby, Judi Dench, Ian Holm Film and Television

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    Ian Holm: a virtuoso actor of steel, sinew – and charm

    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
  • ‘I understood the pop culture parodies without having watched it’ ... 2001: A Space Odyssey.

    The classic film I've never seen
    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
  • Oh no you don’t! Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in Brief Encounter.

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    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
  • Judi Dench appearing on … Twitter.

    Film blog
    '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?
  • Kirk Douglas in Paths of Glory

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    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
  • Blade Runner 2049

    Week in geek
    A third Blade Runner movie is as inevitable as the 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
  • Brad Pitt and Mike Moh in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

    Week in geek
    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
  • The view from below … Parasite.

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    Deep trouble: 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
  • A coup for Sony … the MCU film Morbius, with Jared Leto as antihero Dr Michael Morbius.

    Week in geek
    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
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