3 h. ago How Quentin Tarantino became the most contentious man in Hollywood: After defending Roman Polanski for raping 13

This week, Tarantino raised eyebrows yet again when he took aim at Paul Dano - claiming the actor's 'weak' performance in There Will Be Blood hampered the film.

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14 h. ago TV and film performers to vote on strike action over AI scanning

Actors union Equity said it was ‘at the forefront of the fight to ensure working people are protected from artificial intelligence misuse’.

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5 d. ago ‘Superb’ WWI film with ‘phenomenal’ lead performance is unmissable

The acclaimed 2014 film, based on a memoir, has been praised for its cinematography and impressive acting

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6 d. ago Resident doctors to vote on extending mandate for strike action

If the ballot is successful, the mandate would last until August 2026.

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7 d. ago Rolling Stones’ legendary concert film At The Max returns to IMAX – and features final performance by one band member

“LADIES and gentlemen, the Rolling Stones!” For decades, those six simple words have heralded the arrival on stage of the world’s greatest rock and roll band. The announcement most likely paves the way for the raw, staccato thrill of Start Me Up, followed by at least two more hours of music mayhem. It is the...

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2 w. ago Agency staff covering for Birmingham bin strikers vote for strike of their own

Agency staff will now join directly employed Birmingham City Council workers on official picket lines from December 1

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2 w. ago Netflix film leaves fans in tears over ‘heartbreaking’ scenes and ‘wonderful performances’

The film has left audiences emotional after its recent premiere

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2 w. ago 'Spellbinding performances' in 'gripping' war film now streaming on Netflix

A gripping war epic — starring Chris Pine and Florence Pugh — charts an important era in Great Britain's history and the film is now available to stream on Netflix UK

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3 w. ago Trapped review – rough and ready abuse story that piles bleakness upon bleakness

This occasionally nuanced tale of a woman’s tough existence has some raw power, but is stymied by crude production and ropey performancesRaye, played by Gina Jones is, as the title of the film suggests, trapped. She is trapped in a bleak job, in a bleak relationship and in a bleak house. The bleakest element of this trifecta of bleakness is the relationship: she is involved with the utterly unlovely Frank (Shane McCormick) who, as one character observes, is the sort of guy who throws his entire life away then lashes out in every direction, blaming everyone but himself for how things have turned out. It’s hard to fathom why she stays with someone so awful – except, well, that’s the way the world works sometimes. Their dynamic is an abusive one, and in modern therapeutic parlance, they share the trauma bond of unstable, abusive childhoods. It’s not that Raye doesn’t know Frank’s no good; it’s that she doesn’t believe she deserves better, or that better exists.While Trapped’s poster ar...

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3 w. ago 'Finest war film ever made' with Hollywood icons airing today on BBC

The 1942 war film was a top-grossing film in the UK and was awarded an honourary Oscar for its US box office performance, and has been praised as the 'finest war film ever made'

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3 w. ago Donald Trump threatens legal action against BBC over Panorama scandal: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest fallout from the BBC as director-general Tim Davie and chief executive of BBC News Deborah Turness both resign amid a series of crises at the corporation.

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3 w. ago Alex Winter on fame, AI and reuniting with Keanu Reeves: ‘Sometimes we’re on a groove and go, ‘God damn, that was good!’

Midway through the Broadway run of Waiting for Godot with his Bill & Ted co-star Keanu, the actor-director talks about his new film, Adulthood, overcoming the abuse he endured as a young performer, and why we’re wrong about artificial intelligenceSix weeks ago, Alex Winter was on stage at the first night of previews for Waiting for Godot – the latest Broadway revival of Samuel Beckett’s absurdist masterpiece, in which Winter plays the puttering Vladimir to Keanu Reeves’s equally aimless Estragon.Winter is an old pro at live performance: he spent almost all of his middle and high school years on Broadway, eight shows a week. He and Reeves, his longtime friend and most righteous co-star of the Bill & Ted movies, had the idea for the revival three years ago and have been prepping ever since. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'Achingly sad' war film with 'transcendent performances' on BBC tonight

The film traces the life of famous British poet and decorated World War I combat veteran, Siegfried Sassoon, and it's all set to air at 11pm tonight on BBC2.

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4 w. ago Helen Mirren to receive Golden Globe lifetime achievement award

The multiple Bafta, Emmy, Globe and Oscar-winning actor will receive the film prize in recognition of her ‘transcendent performances and commitment to her craft’Helen Mirren, the British actor who is already the winner of awards including an Oscar, four Baftas, three Golden Globes, five Emmys and a Tony is to add another to the shelf: the Cecil B DeMille Golden Globe for lifetime achievement.Mirren, 80, who was given a damehood in 2003 and made a Bafta fellow in 2014, will pick up the award in a ceremony on 8 January, three days before the main Golden Globes take place, as part of an event billed by the Globes as the “Golden Eve”. Continue reading...

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