John Wayne was so ill on The Shootist the film was almost entirely cancelled | Films | Entertainment
Back in 1964, John Wayne had a cancerous lung and a few ribs removed, leaving him stricken with health problems for the rest of his life. Duke would struggle tenaciously through physical scenes in his movies, secretly relying on an oxygen mask that he was desperate to hide from the public, so as not to taint his strong cinematic image. Pushing on More...
Scarface 40th anniversary – Behind-the-scenes facts even more intense than movie | Films | Entertainment
Scarface celebrates its 40th anniversary today (Image: Getty) December 9, 2023, marks the 40th anniversary of Scarface, a seminal crime film starring Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia, More...
Napoleon proves to be a tall order for Ridley Scott – Review | Films | Entertainment
Over two decades after they worked together on Gladiator (yes, it really was that long ago) Ridley Scott and Joaquin Pheonix reunite on this big-screen biopic of the famously vertically challenged general (it’s More...
MCU ‘recasting Iron Man, Captain America and more after Avengers Secret Wars’ | Films | Entertainment
Since Avengers Endgame witnessed a farewell to Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man and Chris Evans’ Captain America, the MCU has been struggling to follow up in quality and box office success. Yet as the X-Men and More...
Freddie Forsyth’s ghost story The Shepherd finally makes it to the screen | Films | Entertainment
John Travolta in The Shepherd (Image: Disney ) It began as a joke. Two days before Christmas in 1974, bestselling novelist Frederick Forsyth’s first wife Carole was hunting through the cupboards in their More...
Don Quixote inspires heartwarming laughter in ‘The Inseparables’ | Films | Entertainment
In cinemas now This animated buddy comedy is set in New York’s Central Park where a deluded talking marionette called Don (voiced by Dakota West) has fled his puppet theatre to make his name as a swashbuckling More...
Wonka shines in Director King’s British ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ | Films | Entertainment
In cinemas now American star Timothée Chalamet hits on the perfect blend of pluck and innocence as a wide-eyed young Wonka. King tips a top hat to Gene Wilder’s confectioner by opening his film with the refrain More...
Blue Jean ‘isn’t just a time capsule’ – BAFTA Breakthrough director on timely LGBTQ+ drama | Films | Entertainment
Up-and-coming director Georgia Oakley was ‘shocked’ when she learned more about Section 28, which prohibited the promotion and teaching of homosexuality in the UK until 2003. In her debut feature Blue Jean, More...
Netflix viewers outraged over ‘disgusting’ incest scene in new Christmas movie | Films | Entertainment
One viewer wrote: “Marks a real low point body-swap comedies as it steals from all others before it without compunction. But you can thank your lucky stars they don’t go for the lowest hanging fruit: More...
Octopussy Bond girl on ‘devouring’ Roger Moore and his cheeky 007 set pranks | Films | Entertainment
Sir Roger Moore, who starred in a record seven official 007 movies, was known for his cheeky sense of humour which has been highlighted fondly by his Bond girls over the years. Kristina Wayborn, who played Magda More...
