Category: Film

Steve Coogan stars as Tom Michell in The Penguin Lessons, directed by Peter Cattaneo (Picture: Lionsgate) ‘It was a tiny movement, really. I almost missed it. If the penguin hadn’t flapped his swings I would have assumed he was dead like all the others… Then none of this would have ever happened.’ This was the moment when Tom Michell, a 23-year-old science teacher working in South America, first spotted a penguin on the coast of Punta del Este in Uruguay … Continue reading “‘50 years ago I rescued a penguin, now Steve Coogan is playing me in a film’”

Two Big Feet just won the Manchester Film Festival over films with £1,000,000 budgets (Picture: Noah Stratton-Twine) To succeed in making a feature film as a normal person without funding seems nigh on impossible, let alone to win any awards – especially when you’re up against films with a £1million budget. Forget it. That’s what actor Oliver Woolf, 26, and director Noah Stratton-Twine, 26, thought – until they did it. Last month, their debut full-length film Two Big Feet, which was … Continue reading “My micro-budget film I made with friends beat £1,000,000 movies – here’s how we did it”

Ryan Gosling will be starring in a new Star Wars film (Picture: AP) Ryan Gosling has announced he will be starring in a new Star Wars film. The Canadian actor, 44, began his career when he was just 13 in the Disney Channel’s The All New Mickey Mouse Club. He later went on to star in blockbuster films including The Notebook, Crazy, Stupid, Love, La La Land, Blade Runner 2049 and Barbie. Throughout his career, Gosling’s films have grossed over … Continue reading “Ryan Gosling and Shawn Levy confirm Starfighter will be ‘new adventure’ for Star Wars fans”

An action movie fronted by Vin Diesel has been soaring up the Netflix charts for weeks, despite being branded a ‘waste of film’ by unimpressed fans. Bloodshot was released in 2020, and followed a soldier who was killed in action, before an organization brought him back to life and gave him superpowers, with the intention of using him as a weapon. The Fast and Furious icon led the way in the flick, based on the Valiant Comics character of the … Continue reading “‘Hot piece of garbage’ action movie dominates Netflix chart with 3,100,000 views”

Snow White has suffered yet another blow (Picture: Disney) Disney’s live-action remake of Snow White has been banned from playing in Lebanese cinemas. Released last month, the movie is a reimagining of Walt Disney’s 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The remake stars Rachel Zegler as the titular character, while her evil stepmother the Queen is played by Gal Gadot. However, even before it hit screens, Snow White was clouded in controversy, which has only ramped up … Continue reading “Snow White banned in Lebanon as boycott of £91,000,000 box office flop ramps up”

A comedy movie starring Angelina Jolie has raced up the Netflix charts despite being panned (Picture: Diyah Pera/ New Regency/ Aei/ Kobal/ Rex/ Shutterstock) Netflix viewers haven’t been deterred by critic reviews of an Angelina Jolie movie dubbed a ‘miserable mess’. Released in 2002, the romantic comedy-drama Life or Something Like It starred the actress as television reporter Lanie Kerrigan, who is on a ‘quest to find meaning in her life’. After interviewing the self-proclaimed prophet Jack, played by Tony … Continue reading “Netflix viewers rush to watch ‘contrived’ movie starring Hollywood legend that critics panned”

The Return is the first time Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche have worked together since 1996’s The English Patient (Picture: Maila Iacovelli) It’s hard to pin down exactly why it was that The Return brought Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche back together for an onscreen reunion nearly 30 years after their last film, but the pair certainly seemed enchanted with the idea from the start. There’s the obvious attraction of filming a version of Homer’s mythic epic the Odyssey. ‘The … Continue reading “Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche’s reunion after nearly 30 years: ‘I’ve never felt that before’”

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The Home Alone 2 director revealed why he can’t ‘cut’ Donald Trump’s cameo (Picture: 20th Century Fox / Rex) Chris Columbus has opened up about Donald Trump’s infamous cameo in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and why he ‘can’t cut it’. The iconic Christmas flick was released in 1992, and saw Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) accidentally hopping on a flight to New York for the festive period, after getting separated from his Miami-bound family. The quick-thinking youngster set … Continue reading “Home Alone 2 director claims terrifying reason he ‘can’t cut’ Trump’s controversial cameo”

Johnny Depp is taking on a new role in Hollywood (Picture: Lionsgate) Johnny Depp was the definition of unrecognizable after his latest movie transformation was revealed. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor is set to reunite with Penelope Cruz on the big screen in their upcoming film, Day Drinker, by director Marc Webb. Production got underway yesterday, with new pictures emerging of the 61-year-old looking drastically different for his role as a ‘mysterious’ guest on board a private yacht. In … Continue reading “Johnny Depp is unrecognisable with new movie makeover after his libel trial”