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Jack O’Connell: Down to earth lad with real star quality

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:03:12 GMT

Bright young thing or flash in the pan? Film Critic Tony Earnshaw talks to rising star Jack O’Connell as his new film The Liability opens.

A matter of life and death: Angelina’s lesson in courage

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:29:12 GMT

Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a double preventative mastectomy rather than risk an 86 per cent chance of breast cancer proves that not everything in Hollywood is banality, artifice and fluff.

Review: The Great Gatsby (15)

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:09:42 GMT

At every great party, there is that inescapable moment when the music stops, the lights go up and all of the imperfections which have been concealed under a cloak of darkness, are suddenly thrown into sharp relief.

Review: The Liability (15)

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:03:39 GMT

A taciturn, desensitised hitman is briefly partnered with a garrulous, teenage companion. What could possibly go wrong?

Benedict Cumberbatch: Heading for superstardom at warp speed

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:10:24 GMT

A few short years ago he was playing support. Now Benedict Cumberbatch is about to go interstellar courtesy of a sci-fi supervillain. He spoke to Tony Earnshaw.

Review: Star Trek Into Darkness 3D (12A)

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:34:51 GMT

This second outing for the rebooted Starship Enterprise tries to cram in so much intrigue, epic villains, action, romance and comedy that it almost comes apart at the seams. Cue Scotty wailing “She cannae take it, Cap’n!”

Review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist (15)

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:31:23 GMT

A superior film about paranoia, suspicion and the United States’ ingrained fear of all things non-American, Mira Nair’s adaptation of Mohsin Hamid’s novel is a genuine star vehicle for Riz Ahmed, one of the quartet of Four Lions.

Review: Mud (15)

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:15:19 GMT

Pick apart the various strands of this terrific character piece and one can spot elements of Stand by Me, Whistle Down the Wind, Great Expectations and The Go-Between.

Video: Bollywood star Jackie Shroff in Bradford

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:16:58 GMT

Bollywood superstar Jackie Shroff visited Bradford to mark the centenary of Indian cinema.

The Big Interview: Sir Ben Kingsley

Fri, 03 May 2013 10:59:28 GMT

Plucked from obscurity to play Mahatma Gandhi, Ben Kingsley has become one of the most compelling forces in movies. Interview by Tony Earnshaw

In the footsteps of golden age comedy greats

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:35:09 GMT

Like him or loathe him, Pedro Almodovar is a genuine auteur in the old tradition. Film Critic Tony Earnshaw explores his art to present the facts in the case of Mr Almodovar.

Tears of a clown as critics revisit Jerry Lewis’s lost film

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:31:26 GMT

I was in York last weekend. Would that I had been in New York. Then I might have been able to attend the closing night of the 11th Tribeca Film Festival and its reunion of Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis as they celebrated the 30th anniversary of The King of Comedy.

Review: Bernie (12A)

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:12:28 GMT

Jack Black’s is a peculiar talent, and bizarrely Bernie is a vehicle for his singing voice.

Review: I’m So Excited! (15)

Fri, 03 May 2013 08:58:23 GMT

An aircraft with a technical problem. Passengers drugged so they can’t complain. An alcoholic chief steward. A psychic virgin. An embezzler on the run. A hitman with a contract to fulfil.

Review: In the Fog (12A)

Fri, 03 May 2013 08:58:16 GMT

There is an overwhelming sense of waiting for something to happen as one watches Sergei Loznitsa’s slow-moving wartime drama in which various characters spend a great deal of time staring at one another.

Broader picture of movie classics

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:25:44 GMT

Bradford’s annual Widescreen Weekend aims to give movie buffs the ultimate treat. Tony Earnshaw reports.

Robert Downey Jr: Flying high on superhero career success

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:07:44 GMT

He’s the unlikely comeback kid who, against the odds, has become the poster boy for cinema’s comic book heroes. Film Critic Tony Earnshaw meets Robert Downey Jr.

Review: Iron Man (15)

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:58:05 GMT

Just as Jason Bourne helped in the resurrection of James Bond, so 007 does his bit for Iron Man in this third outing for the flying superhero.

Review: The Look of Love (18)

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:55:07 GMT

Part biopic, part quasi mockumentary, Michael Winterbottom’s take on the drug-fuelled life and seedy times of self-made porn baron Paul Raymond represents a descent into a peculiar netherworld of off-kilter family life and full-on philandering.

Review: The Lords of Salem

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:16:41 GMT

Flashing back and forth between 1696 and the present day Rob Zombie’s The Lords of Salem attempts to connect ancient black magic with modern possession courtesy of his wife Sheri Moon Zombie and a coven of modern witches.