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[ad_1] Woody Allen arrived at the Venice Film Festival last night for the premiere of his new and possibly final movie Coup De Chance. The controversial 87-year-old filmmaker was accompanied by his 52-year-old wife Soon-Yi Previn and their adopted daughters, where they were met by protesters. Previn is the adopted …

[ad_1] Barbie hit cinemas earlier this year and has become an overnight sensation. At the time of writing, it has earned more than $1 billion at the box office, beating Oppenheimer and The Super Mario Bros Movie – and becoming the most successful movie of the year. The movie has …

[ad_1] WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD. It’s long been rumoured and now the big reveal has arrived at the end of Ahsoka episode 4. Hayden Christensen has once again reprised his Anakin Skywalker in live-action, a year on from his return in Obi-Wan Kenobi. The cliffhanger saw Ahsoka waking up in …

[ad_1] It’s been 23 years since Aardman Animations’ stop motion classic Chicken Run hit cinemas. And now Chicken Run 2 aka Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget is set for release this year with the first teaser trailer arriving from Netflix today. The upcoming film’s synopsis reads: “For Ginger and …

[ad_1] It’s been six years since the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean movie hit cinemas.  Johnny Depp was set to star in Pirates 6 hoping to give his Captain Jack Sparrow a proper send-off. However, Disney dropped him from the movie following domestic abuse allegations made by the star’s now …

[ad_1] The fantasy-comedy, which was released in July, has made £1.1bn ($1.38bn) globally, surpassing the £1bn ($1.36bn) made by the Super Mario Bros Movies which was released in April. Barbie starred Margot Robbie and Ryan Reynolds as the plastic-fantastic duo Barbie and Ken on an adventure in the real world …

[ad_1] Back in 1966, John Wayne shot The War Wagon with Kirk Douglas, whose liberal political views and hiring of the blacklisted communist Dalton Trumbo as Spartacus’ screenwriter were in stark contrast to Duke’s conservative outlook. The pair avoided talking politics when working, but one day during the Western’s production, …

[ad_1] Daniel Craig’s James Bond era, the longest in the series’ history from 2006-2021, had four directors across his five 007 movies. GoldenEye’s Martin Campbell rebooted the franchise once again with Casino Royale, followed by Marc Forster’s Quantum of Solace. Meanwhile, after Danny Boyle bowed out of the fifth film …

[ad_1] Hollywood’s crippling strikes are set to really hit home, with studios running out of new films and TV shows by Christmas. One senior Hollywood executive warned of an “absolute collapse” of the industry. Production is at a standstill on virtually all scripted movies, drama series, sitcoms and chat shows. …

[ad_1] In this liberal age, few French dramas arrive in British cinemas with an 18 certificate. It seems it was a long, impressively energetic sex scene featuring German actor Franz Rogowski and Paddington star Ben Whishaw that spurred the British censors into action. Although in no way gratuitous (here the …