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‘Killing Them Softly’ is ‘about modern living’, says film’s star Brad Pitt
17 hours ago (Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012 at 11:54 am)
Brad Pitt’s role as a brutal mob enforcer is not just a gangster story but a commentary on modern living, he said today.
I’m no friend of Facebook film, says Zuckerberg
Thursday, October 21st, 2010 at 12:00 am
It’s the movie everyone has been talking about, with the word Oscar regularly tripping from the lips of critics. But one voice has been notably absent from the discussion of The Social Network until now.
Freeman to lead British invasion into Middle Earth
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 at 12:00 am
An influx of familiar faces into Middle Earth is expected after the announcement that filming of The Hobbit will finally begin next February, bringing to an end years of delays.
‘Slumdog’ star back on the red carpet
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 at 12:00 am
The indian actress Freida Pinto and Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal attend the premiere of Miral at the 54th British Film Institute London Film Festival at the Vue West End cinema last night. Pinto, 26, who made her name in the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, plays the lead in Jebreal’s autobiographical story of an orphaned Palestinian girl’s experiences of the first Arab-Israeli war. Ian Gavan/Getty Images
Lush landscape forces Mad Max to abandon the well-watered outback
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 at 12:00 am
To the makers of the latest Mad Max film, the harsh outback landscapes around the town of Broken Hill seemed the perfect backdrop for a movie set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Mike Leigh cancels Israel trip over loyalty oath
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 at 12:00 am
Mike Leigh, the British filmmaker, has cancelled a trip to Israel in protest against controversial plans to introduce an oath of loyalty for new non-Jewish citizens.
