Film review: Hancock
DIRECTED BY: PETER BERG STARRING: WILL SMITH, CHARLIZE THERON, JASON BATEMAN, EDDIE MARSAN WITH great power comes … no responsibility. The resulting mess stars Will Smith as John Hancock, an alcoholic asshole-of-a-hero who...
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Lost scenes from Fritz Lang's Metropolis found in Argentina
Critics say restored version of 1927 classic throws light on 'baffling' movie Kate Connolly in Berlin Friday July 4, 2008 The Guardian Still from the Fritz Lang film, Metropolis Photograph: PR The cinematic world is celebrating...
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New Hunter S. Thompson film focuses on writings
NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney began filming the story of drug-addled U.S. journalist Hunter S. Thompson at the late author's funeral, he says it was one of his "greatest failures" in making the...
The unstoppable journey of Mamma Mia! to feelgood summer hit
Charles Spencer charts the success of the Abba musical from stage to screen Back in the Eighties, my sister and I took cruel pleasure in mocking my father about his beloved Abba LPs. The Mamma Mia! dream team: Catherine...
Film reviews: Kung Fu Panda and My Winnipeg
In Kung Fu Panda, the family film of the summer, Jack Black is perfectly cast as the voice of a shambling, pot-bellied panda, who is transformed into a martial arts hero to defend his village. The panda of the title is Po...
The doctor from Oldham goes to Bollywood
Dr Mahesh Kumar is something of a local hero as the head of radiology at Pennine Acute Trust, which runs hospitals in Oldham, Rochdale, Bury and north Manchester. But to achieve international fame he has had to try something...