62 h. ago Tim Key: ‘Filming Alan Partridge, I was living in a lot of fear’

The actor and comic poet speaks to Louis Chilton about his new theatrically released film ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’, the pressures of acting in ‘Peep Show’ and Alan Partridge’s ‘Mid Morning Matters’, and the realisation that made him stop supporting Liverpool FC

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67 h. ago Unsung British comedy The Ballad of Wallis Island is a modern day Local Hero, writes BRIAN VINER

BRIAN VINER: A pair of films open in cinemas today, each as British as a cream tea and both set way out west, yet strikingly different in tone. One is a hoot and the other anything but.

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3 d. ago The Ballad of Wallis Island is an unexpectedly upbeat spin on Stephen King’s Misery

A folk-rock hero (Tom Basden) is tricked into a reunion with his ex-bandmate (Carey Mulligan) in this gentle musical comedy about fame and fandom, that blessedly steers clear of mawkishness at every turn

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3 d. ago Netflix horror film about kinky sex game 'most disturbing fans have watched'

The psychological horror thriller has been adapted from a 1992 Stephen King novel which was long considered to be unadaptable and unfilmable for the big screen.

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3 d. ago Carey Mulligan looks sensational in a sophisticated black gown as she attends The Ballad of Wallis Island film screening in London

Carey Mulligan showed off her incredible figure in a black gown at The Ballad of Wallis Island film screening at the Ham Yard Hotel, in London on Wednesday. 

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7 d. ago Never Flinch book review: Stephen King tries plotting and comes out plodding

Stephen King doesn’t do plotting. “Plot is,” he decreed in his memoir On Writing, “the good writer’s last resort and the dullard’s first choice.” Instead, he likes to drop his characters into a situation, start writing and see where things go. If he gets stuck, he follows the advice of Raymond Chandler: “When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand.”

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8 d. ago Creators behind new British comedy react to ‘mad’ Richard Curtis praise

Curtis has hailed the comedy as ‘one of the greatest British films of all time’

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8 d. ago A classic Arnold Schwarzenegger action film that’s getting a remake is airing on TV tonight

The film is based off of a Stephen King novel he wrote under a pseudonym

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9 d. ago Serial thriller from the king of storytellers; NEVER FLINCH by Stephen King, THE RETIREMENT PLAN by Sue Hincenbergs, DEAD WATER by Simon Toyne

The king is back with a story about a serial killer with a taste for vengeance.

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2 w. ago Kilmarnock close out frustrating season with disappointing home defeat to Hearts

A late Stephen Kingsley goal was the difference at Rugby Park

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2 w. ago Mystery of America's 'lost colony' that haunted Stephen King is SOLVED as new evidence unlocks 400

When rescuers reached the Roanoke colony in 1590, all of its 118 settlers had mysteriously abandoned the camp. Two archaeologists now say they know what happened to them.

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3 w. ago New Stephen King film tipped to be his scariest in years as fans go wild over long

Horror fans have been left stunned by an upcoming film which has been dubbed the scariest Stephen King adaptation in decades. 

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3 w. ago Archbishop calls for peace in Europe as King leads nation marking VE Day

Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York, voiced his concerns about the state of the continent during a service at Westminster Abbey.

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3 w. ago Archbishop warns ‘good’ that came after VE Day is now ‘under threat again’

Stephen Cottrell led a service of thanksgiving in Westminster Abbey on the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

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3 w. ago Underrated Netflix horror 'so menacing it gets under your skin' but fans are divided

Thomas Jane starred in the adaptation of Stephen King's novella in 2010, with the film now available to stream on Netflix

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last month Amanda Abbington insists her son Joe, 19, is not a nepo baby and that the aspiring actor she shares with Martin Freeman 'did not use her name' for role in new Stephen King series

Joe, 19, who actress Amanda, 51, shares with ex husband Martin Freeman, landed his acting debut in a new MGM+ show called The Institute, an adaption of Stephen King's hit novel.

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