10 h. ago Brad Pitt got to drive real McLaren F1 car as new movie hits cinemas

The Hollywood star plays Formula One driver Sonny Hayes in F1: The Movie.

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10 h. ago ‘What a rush’ – Brad Pitt on driving Formula One car as new movie hits cinemas

Pitt had plenty of driving experience – including behind the wheel of modified F2 cars – while filming the movie over the last two years.

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12 h. ago Brad Pitt gets behind the wheel of a real F1 car as his movie hits cinemas

The Hollywood star plays Formula One driver Sonny Hayes in F1: The Movie.

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5 d. ago An underrated Danny Boyle film is airing on TV tonight as 28 Years Later hits cinemas

The director's new film is set to be one of the biggest of the year

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8 d. ago F1 the Movie review – spectacular macho melodrama handles Brad Pitt with panache

The cherubic sixtysomething stars as a supercool old-school driver returning 30 years after a near-fatal crash to break all the rules of Formula One racingWith that amused-cowpoke face of his squashed into his safety helmet, making his sixtysomething cherubic chops bulge in towards his nose, Brad Pitt gets behind the wheel in this outrageously cheesy but fiercely and extravagantly shot Formula One melodrama. Along with a lot of enjoyable hokum about the old guy mentoring the rookie hothead (a plot it broadly shares with Pixar’s 2006 adventure Cars), F1 the Movie gives you the corporate sheen, real-life race footage with Brad as the star in an unreasonably priced car, the tech fetish of the cars themselves (almost making you forget how amazingly ugly they are) with brand names speckling every square inch of every surface, the simulation graphics writ large, and the bizarre occult spectacle of motor racing itself.This is a movie which (like Barbie) has been licensed by the brand, with...

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8 d. ago Legendary British Dragons from virgin killer to knucker hole dwelling woman fiend

Discover Britain's home-grown dragon legends after How To Train Your Dragon hits cinemas from St George to a fella who actually fought the winged beast (well, probably)

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2 w. ago The worst sports movie in history? I asked Sepp Blatter about Fifa’s United Passions | Sean Ingle

Organisation’s former president has no regrets over what was lowest grossing film in US history when released a decade agoThere are movies that bomb at the box office. And then there is the Fifa biopic United Passions, starring Tim Roth, Sam Neill and Gérard Depardieu, which was hit with the cinematic equivalent of a thermonuclear strike when it opened in the US 10 years ago this week.You might remember the fallout; the fact it took only $918 (£678) in its opening weekend, making it the lowest grossing film in US history at the time, and the stories detailing how two people bought tickets to see it in Philadelphia, and only one in Phoenix, before it was pulled by distributors. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Wicked: For Good trailer released as fans celebrate Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo's return

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo return as the iconic Elphaba and Glinda with the second instalment of the epic movie series Wicked hitting cinemas in November this year

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2 w. ago Wicked: For Good first trailer reveals new songs, a wedding, and the first glimpse of Dorothy as fans try to figure out who will play the iconic character

Wicked: For Good is set to hit cinemas on November 21, with the first look at the movie teasing the fate of the protagonists and a first look at new characters.

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3 w. ago How a drag queen thriller became too controversial for Britain: ‘It was queers policing queers’

‘Femme’, a violent erotic drama starring Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay, hit a handful of cinemas in 2023. And its tortured journey to release – as well as its rejection by elite institutions in the British film industry – speaks to the incredibly narrow and polarised landscape for queer stories today, writes Ryan Gilbey

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3 w. ago 'I rewatched the Twilight movies and one character is more problematic than you remember'

When the Twilight saga hit cinemas in 2008, it divided fans in one of the biggest debates in pop culture history

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last month Jackie Chan on the return of the Karate Kid: ‘If I have to jump off a building, I need a stunt double now’

As a revival of the cult franchise hits cinemas, Louis Chilton speaks to the Hong Kong superstar, the original ‘Karate Kid’ Ralph Macchio and new ‘Kid’ Ben Wang about the legacy of the first film, dangerous stunts, and ageing as an action star

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