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The curse of the movie trilogyThe Hobbit to The Hunger Games The curse of the movie trilogy
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She’s Beautiful When She’s AngryA well-deserved appreciation of the women’s lib movement, but the approach often feels disjointed -
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Can Deadpool make a superhero of Ryan Reynolds yet?Green Lantern was a flop and the X-Men spin-off Deadpool looked dead in the water – that is until fans saw test footage of the actor as the wisecracking crimefighter, and decided that the red mask fits. By Ben Child -
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Five of the best Bill Murray moments
Slouchy, grouchy, sexy? We look back at five of Bill Murray's best performances
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The 10 best films of 2014: No 6 – Two Days, One Night
This drama of a woman who must persuade her co-workers to let her keep her job may be the Dardennes’ best, writes Xan Brooks
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St Vincent, Black Sea and Men, Women and Children
Bill Murray reels out Bill Murray-isms in grumpy old man comedy St Vincent, while Jude Law hopes his Scottish accent doesn't sink him in submarine thriller Black Sea
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Selma – handsome civil rights drama with topical resonanceDavid Oyelowo plays Martin Luther King with poise and charisma but the glow of prestige myth-making overwhelms the personal
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film-making magic - or stylistic self-indulgence?
The tracking shot film-making magic - or stylistic self-indulgence?
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Why is gay cinema so fixated on the past?
The Circle Why is gay cinema so fixated on the past?
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In Texas if you wanna blow something up, you go outside and blow it upThe Black Sea star on his career as the average guy in adverts, wrangling cattle on his ranch and shooting on a rusting submarine in the Medway
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Arnie's backArnie goes back to the future – or is it the past? – in this convoluted-looking reboot of the James Cameron franchise
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2014's least memorable blockbusters
The forgotten five 2014's least memorable blockbusters
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six things we learned from the James Bond title announcement
In Spectre gadgets six things we learned from the James Bond title announcement
Earlier today, Stuart Heritage liveblogged the name and cast announcement for the 24th James Bond movie. Here he provides a precis of the news, offers the film-makers some tips – and suggests a theme tune chorus -
No 7 – Nightcrawler
The 10 best films of 2014 No 7 – Nightcrawler
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Making a killing: why James Bond is foreverHigh on adventure and glamour, the films have always been a byword for product placement and brand promotion
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Making a killing: why James Bond is foreverHigh on adventure and glamour, the films have always been a byword for product placement and brand promotion
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Mark Wahlberg requests pardon for 1980s assault convictionActor says he has turned his life around since spending 45 days in prison aged 16 – raising money for charity and volunteering
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Hollywood aquiver with plans for two Robin Hood filmsSony aims for an Avengers-style franchise as Disney announces its revisionist take on the legendary outlaw
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Sony hack reveals Seth Rogen and James Franco's fees for The InterviewActor and co-director Rogen took home over $8m for the North Korea-baiting comedy, while co-star Franco received over $6m
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Benedict Cumberbatch to play lead role in Marvel's Doctor StrangeThe Sherlock actor will play the role of neurosurgeon Steven Strange in the latest Marvel caper, as producers praise Cumberbatch’s ‘depth and sincerity’
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007 goes back to the future as new Bond movie, Spectre, channels 60sThe 24th James Bond movie, starring Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Léa Seydoux and Monica Bellucci, is named after the evil organisation first seen in 1965
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Spectre, James Bond film number 24, announced at Pinewood Studios – video
Director Sam Mendes announces plans for a new James Bond film, entitled Spectre, the 24th film in the series
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Ice lolly: Frozen set to become highest-selling DVD of decadeDisney animation set to overtake Avatar as best-selling DVD of the last 10 years
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The title's Spectre, just Spectre: new James Bond movie namedSam Mendes, the director of the 24th James Bond film, has revealed the movie’s title and cast at a press conference in Pinewood Studios – to a generally positive reaction
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens plot 'leak' hints at darkest movie yetInfo dump on 4chan from alleged Lucasfilm employee puts new film on a par with 1977’s Star Wars and claims JJ Abrams is locked in battle with Disney over key issues
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Sony Pictures denounces 'brazen' cyberattack but downplays North Korea roleIn memo to staff, the company told staff ‘large amount’ of confidential information, including movies and personnel files, was stolen
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Christian Bale: I won't be back to work with McGStar says he regrets teaming up with Charlie’s Angels director for Terminator Salvation, on which Bale had his on-set meltdown
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Source Code sequel hopes to repeat success of originalA sequel to the Jake Gyllenhaal’s Groundhog Day-on-a-train thriller is production, but won’t feature either the first film’s star, nor its director, Duncan Jones
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Bored of the rings? No more Tolkien, says Peter Jackson – but Ian McKellen suspects otherwiseDirector says that the likes of The Silmarillion out of bounds for film-makers unless Tolkien estate has change of heart, as Hobbit star McKellen later predicts
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Will Smith, Jared Leto and Tom Hardy sign up for Suicide SquadStars, including Leto as the first actor to play the Joker since Heath Ledger’s death, will play supervillians in director David Ayer’s DC Comics film
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Biopic planned of EDM DJ who cross-dressed to avoid industry sexismNews: DJ Tatiana disguised herself as a man to get ahead in the dance music world, before reverting to female dress once she succeeded – and the rights to her story have now been bought by Warner Bros
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Boyhood bags hat-trick at New York Critics Circle awardsRichard Linklater’s coming of age drama chief victor at New York Critics Circle awards, while Birdman triumphs at Gotham awards and The Boxtrolls leads Annie nominations
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The Babadook is the scariest film I’ve ever seen, says Exorcist directorWilliam Friedkin offers to host a screening of Jennifer Kent’s fairytale horror
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Stephen Hawking: I'd love to play a Bond baddieBen Child: Author and physicist suggests his computer-generated voice would make him ideal foil for 007
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FBI joins probe into possible North Korea hack of Sony PicturesNews: A group of US law enforcement agencies are looking into the hack that resulted in films including Fury, Annie and Mr Turner being illegally uploaded online
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Jason Reitman’s patchwork of digital livesAdam Sandler plays a porn-addicted husband in this spirited attempt to capture the essence of modern digital life, writes Peter Bradshaw
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exactly as promisedAndrew Pulver: The final section of Peter Jackson’s monumental Tolkien trilogy rounds off the story of Bilbo Baggins with the monumental confrontation its title suggests
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Angelina Jolie dodges Oscar by rote telling of amazing taleThough epic and ambitious, Jolie’s second outing as a director fails to do justice to the rousing real-life story of Louis Zamperini
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Ben Whishaw proves the perfect voice for a CGI Paddington as endearing as the old 70s favouriteA bear-hug
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Sudeikis, Batemen and Day are back and better than ever in this fast, outrageous and very funny sequel, writes Peter BradshawA silly but irresistible farce
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Ridley Scott’s 3D Moses biopic is very long, very camp and very grim. But one thing it isn’t is offensive – unless you mean the panpipesHoly Moses, wholly acceptable for the devout
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From the hi-tech iPad art to the paintings of shimmering swimming pools, this film portrait is an amiable celebration of David Hockney, but it never goes quite deep enoughIn at the shallow end
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Tim Burton’s art fraud film is a slow-burn study of abuseA study of the talent behind the kitsch 60s images of big-eyed waifs wants to be an oil painting but ends up more like a mass-produced print
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A Benedict Cumberbatch of eggs hatches, takes off and fliesDreamworks have p-p-p-picked up the penguins from the Madagascar movies for their own sugar-fuelled adventure, which comes with cheese puffs jokes for the kids, Cumberbatch, Malkovich and a Herzog gag for the grownups
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Selma review – handsome civil rights drama with topical resonanceDavid Oyelowo plays Martin Luther King with poise and charisma but the glow of prestige myth-making overwhelms the personal
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Penguins of Madagascar review – exhilarating and delirious and hilariousThe best things in the Madagascar movies go it alone brilliantly in this supercharged adventure, writes Peter Bradshaw
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The Grandmaster – Wong Kar-wai pulls his punchesWong Kar-wai’s strained story about Bruce Lee’s trainer lacks the emotional power of his best work, says Peter Bradshaw
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St Vincent review – Bill Murray props up comedy slushIt’s good to see Bill Murray back in a starring role, but there are too many life lessons in store for his cantankerous Vietnam vet, writes Peter Bradshaw
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Open Bethlehem review – heartfelt plea against incarceration of a cityLeila Sansour’s documentary about her campaign to open up Jesus’s birthplace once again is definitely admirable, writes Peter Bradshaw
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Get Santa review – cheap’n’cheerful Yuletide jailbreakJim Broadbent’s Santa has been banged up in Brixton prison in this amiable but lop-sided British Miracle on 34th Street, writes Xan Brooks
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Mea Culpa review – fast-moving French policierGood thing Fred Cavayé’s new-school French crime flick keeps the pace high, because there’s not much under the hood, writes Andrew Pulver
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Eastern Boys review – delicate, ambitious and grippingRobin Campillo’s drama about a businessman and an eastern-European hustler is part love story, part neo-Dickensian immigrant thriller, writes Catherine Shoard
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Bonobo review – Brits plus sex equals a letdownTessa Peake-Jones’s adventures in a commune based on the sexual behaviour of apes quickly turns into something sitcommy, writes Peter Bradshaw
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School of Babel review – absorbing anatomy of a multi-ethnic classroomThe pupils in this documentary about a Parisian classroom are a bit more studious than the ones in its fictional counterpart The Class, writes Andrew Pulver
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Me, Myself and Mum review – stereotypical French sex educationComedian Guillaume Gallienne plays both himself as a boy and his mother in a coming-of-age tale riddled with gender cliches
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Hello Carter review – a melancholy romp, but winningly playedLook past the dreariness and this comedy about a lovelorn schmuck is not without interest, writes Catherine Shoard
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The Pyramid review – ancient cliches terrorise a silly horror filmWhen a new pyramid is discovered, a team of archeologists venture in on the sly. What could go wrong? The script, for one, writes Chris Michael
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Life Partners review – few laughs in this insufferable lesbian dramaA promising-on-paper indie tale of lesbian love and twentysomething friendship is spoiled by flat writing, ready-made types and a stale message
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Comet review – bland dialogue and half-baked gimmickry throw things off orbitDespite a good performance from Justin Long, the film suffers from a lack momentum and uninteresting characters
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Why Open Bethlehem is the one film you should watch this week – video review
Peter Bradshaw recommends Leila Sansour's documentary, about her attempts to unite Christians, Muslims and Jews in their desire for free access to the Holy City
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Michael Smiley and Ben Mendelsohn on Black Sea: 'Going into space is like a one-night stand' – video interview
The stars of Kevin Macdonald's thriller, about a submarine crew fighting each other to the death for Nazi gold, give Catherine Shoard advice on love, sex and Ukip
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Jason Reitman on Men, Women and Children: 'The internet is where we become honest' – video interview
Jason Reitman on Men, Women and Children: 'The internet is where we become honest' – video interview
Jason Reitman and Ansel Elgort, the director and star of Men, Women and Children, a drama about how relationships play out online, talk to Henry Barnes
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens: watch the trailer - video
The first teaser trailer of Star Wars: The Force Awakens has finally been unleashed, giving fans the first glimpse of what director JJ Abrams may have in store
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Paddington, Concerning Violence, Horrible Bosses 2 and 2001: A Space Odyssey: Guardian film show – video reviews
Our critics debate the week's new releases, including a visitor to London from deepest darkest Peru
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Why Stations of the Cross is the one film you should watch this week – video review
Peter Bradshaw recommends Dietrich Brüggemann's drama about a teenage girl who becomes convinced of her own sacrificial destiny
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Jennifer Aniston on Horrible Bosses 2: 'I loved playing someone so twisted' – video
Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis talk to Andrew Pulver about their comedy sequel
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, The Homesman, Winter Sleep and Get On Up: the Guardian film show – video reviews
Peter Bradshaw and Catherine Shoard join Xan Brooks to review the week's big releases
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Mood Indigo: watch Romain Duris in a deleted scene from Michel Gondry's indie romcom – video
Watch a deleted scene from Michel Gondry's romcom about a young couple falling in love and using fantasy to deal with a life-threatening illness
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Why What We Do in the Shadows is the one film you should watch this week - video review
Jemaine Clements' vampire comedy – a mockumentary about blood-suckers sharing a flat in Wellington, New Zealand – is bizarre, brilliant and very funny, says Peter Bradshaw
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The Homesman's Tommy Lee Jones: 'That's a baffling question' – video interview
The director and star of a western about a frontiersman tasked with escorting three mentally ill women across the plains, talks to Catherine Shoard
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Get on Up star Chadwick Boseman: 'James Brown understood his audience' - video interview
Get On Up star Chadwick Boseman explains how he got to the soul of singer James Brown
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Angelina Jolie attempts an Aussie accent: 'no worries' - video
Angelina Jolie and Jack O'Connell try some Australian slang during a press conference at the Sydney Opera House after the world premiere of Unbroken in Sydney Filmed entirely in Australia, Unbroken is the second film directed by Jolie.
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The Guardian Film Show: The Imitation Game, Life Itself, The Drop and Third Person - video reviews
The film team review this week's cinema releases, which include Benedict Cumberbatch playing Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing in The Imitation Game and Tom Hardy following a pup into a dog's dinner in mob drama The Drop
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Why David Bowie Is is the one film you should watch this week - video review
Peter Bradshaw explains why David Bowie Is, a documentary on the smash hit V&A exhibition on the rock musician's career, is worth your time this week
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Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley on Alan Turing and The Imitation Game: 'There's an armour around his heart' – video interview
The stars of a biopic about the Enigma codebreaker tell Andrew Pulver how his sexuality forced his isolation and why his genius deserves widespread recognition
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The Guardian Film Show: Interstellar, Leviathan, Say When and The Possibilities are Endless - video reviews
The film team rocket through the wormholes and plot holes of Interstellar and raise a glass to hard-hitting, heavy-drinking Leviathan
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The Imitation Game: watch Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing in the Oscar-tipped biopic - video exclusive
Watch an exclusive clip from the acclaimed biopic of the Bletchley Park codebreaker
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How well do you know Frozen?
Cynics, let it go How well do you know Frozen?
How much do you know (or, frankly, can guess) about the animated Disney film?
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Trailer set to become most popular everPromo for Star Wars 7 already clocked up over 50m views, with multiple spoof and fan versions hitting internet
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A new look for CultureToday our Culture sites – including Film, Music, Books, TV and radio, Stage, Art and design and Children’s books – have adopted our new design. Discuss the changes with us here
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No 10 – The Lego MovieThis $60m advert that deconstructs Hollywood leaves you feeling exhilarated and utterly conflicted
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer – fan art strikes backThe 88-second teaser trailer for the new Star Wars movie was released last Friday, meaning Saturday and Sunday was a time for DIY posters. Stuart Heritage feels the force of Photoshop
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The Imitation Game breaks US box office with cracking screen averageBenedict Cumberbatch Oscar-tipped biopic takes $120,500 average over four cinemas, bettered only by The Grand Budapest Hotel this year
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Give in to your anger: Stars Wars Episode 7 needs a dose of Princess Leia's furyAs the world reacts to The Force Awakens teaser trailer it’s worth taking a moment to remember the disdainful heroine who stood out in a man’s world
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Shia LaBeouf art show collaborators speak out about his alleged rapeBritish artist Luke Turner and Finnish artist Nastja Säde Rönkko tweet to say they intervened and stopped the incident during #IAMSORRY show
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Lars von Trier: I was addicted to drugs and alcoholDanish director said he is now sober and receiving treatment for dependency, but expresses concern over whether he will be able to make films in the future
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer - a classic recipe trailed across the taste budsPeter Bradshaw: With this brief teaser footage, director JJ Abrams looks to sweep away memories of the awful Star Wars prequels – and just about manages it
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Kevin Spacey: five best momentsJoin us as we pick five of Spacey’s top film roles, and let us know which you would add
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Terminator Genisys trailer: Arnie's backArnie goes back to the future – or is it the past? – in this convoluted-looking reboot of the James Cameron franchise
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The forgotten five: 2014's least memorable blockbustersJames Luxford: While Marvel continued to turn out films with darker themes and sharper writing, other superheroes and sci-fi villains have had trouble keeping up
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In Spectre gadget: six things we learned from the James Bond title announcementEarlier today, Stuart Heritage liveblogged the name and cast announcement for the 24th James Bond movie. Here he provides a precis of the news, offers the film-makers some tips – and suggests a theme tune chorus
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The 10 best films of 2014: No 7 – NightcrawlerJake Gyllenhaal is great in Dan Gilroy’s spot-on satire of US media, writes Henry Barnes
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The game's bingo, Bond bingo: James Bond movie to be called SpectreSony and MGM are have announced the name (Spectre) and cast (yep, Christoph Waltz) for the new James Bond movie. Stuart Heritage followed the excitement
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The 10 best films of 2014: No 8 – IdaAndrew Pulver: Paweł Pawlikowski’s story about a young nun discovering the troubled past of her Jewish family is as remarkable for its subtlety as for its power
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Mockingjay makes most in poorest countries, but Paddington doesn't mint it in MexicoPhil Hoad: Michael Bond’s marmalade-munching bear has good start to cinematic career in UK, but the future looks bleak for the Madagascar and Horrible Bosses franchises
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All aboard the Paddington express to UK box office supremacyCharles Gant: Plucky ursine hero draws in a family audience to nudge Hunger Games: Mockingjay off the top spot
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The 10 best films of 2014: No 9 – The Grand Budapest HotelWes Anderson’s delightful trifle conceals a depth of feeling, which means it stands out among the director’s back catalogue and this year’s crop of movies
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser trailer - as it happenedWe round up reaction to the release of the new Star Wars trailer - let us know what you think of it in the comments below
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David Shariatmadari: The late Mike Nichols’s fairytale of an ambitious woman in 80s Manhattan is undeniably fun, but it is also a more genuine portrait of ruthless business cut-and-thrust than Oliver Stone’s Wall StreetWhy Working Girl offers the real deal
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Mining your life is the only way to stumble on anything realThe star of Boyhood and Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy reflects on his past work, life experience and blurring the lines between reality and fiction
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Annette Bening I like being a veteran, I have fewer illusions
The actor talks to Alex Clark about her three new films, raising teenagers with husband Warren Beatty, and her co-star Robin WilliamsI like being a veteran, I have fewer illusions -
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Impending apocalypse, seatbelt safety and his favourite saint
The gospel according to Bill Murray Impending apocalypse, seatbelt safety and his favourite saint
The venerated actor is back on screen in new film St Vincent. Meanwhile, an audience with the man brings with it the offer of a bath and a lesson about the greatest living American -
Scoot McNairy: ‘In Texas if you wanna blow something up, you go outside and blow it up'The Black Sea star on his career as the average guy in adverts, wrangling cattle on his ranch and shooting on a rusting submarine in the Medway
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No spoilers: meet the film critic who's never watched a single filmHe reviews dozens of movies but hasn’t seen any of them. Tommy Edison, the Blind Film Critic, talks to Luke Buckmaster about American Hustle, audio description and the joys of his first silent movie
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Foxcatcher: the tale of two Olympic stars and an offer they should have refusedNancy Schultz tells Elizabeth Day the extraordinary story of the brutal murder of her husband, now the subject of the film Foxcatcher, starring Steve Carell
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Paddington: ‘I came over to England as a stowaway in a ship’s lifeboat’The Peruvian bear on how he got through customs, why his new film is a PG and being more polite than Ted
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Jennifer Aniston on Horrible Bosses 2: 'I loved playing someone so twisted' – video
Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis talk to Andrew Pulver about their comedy sequel
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Film-maker Jim Jarmusch on his transition to rock star: 'Music is just a release'His films have already put music at their heart – and now the director, currently making a film about Iggy Pop, wants to make his own sounds with his band Sqürl
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Anjelica Huston: ‘I wanted a perfect romance and a lovely husband’The affairs and the scandals of a life among Hollywood royalty – and where Renée Zellweger and Jennifer Lawrence get it wrong. By Emma Brockes
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I got the feelin’ – Chadwick Boseman on playing James BrownWhen he saw the Get On Up script, Chadwick Boseman wasn’t interested. The Godfather of Soul was too big an icon – and anyway, how do you dance the mashed potato?
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The Homesman's Tommy Lee Jones: 'That's a baffling question' – video interview
The director and star of a western about a frontiersman tasked with escorting three mentally ill women across the plains, talks to Catherine Shoard
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Get on Up star Chadwick Boseman: 'James Brown understood his audience' - video interview
Get On Up star Chadwick Boseman explains how he got to the soul of singer James Brown
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Tommy Lee Jones – ‘I don’t think there’s a woman who hasn’t been objectified or trivialised because of her gender’The famously prickly actor-director talks about his feminist western The Homesman, ‘malevolent’ Putin and his Savile Row tailor
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Nuri Bilge Ceylan on Winter Sleep: ‘I don't like comedies – I don't like to laugh’The Turkish director talks to Peter Bradshaw about the battles with distributors and fights with his wife in the creating of his Palme d’Or winning film
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Liam Neeson: ‘I've never been more nervous than when singing in front of Julie Andrews’Stuart Heritage: Liam Neeson on his amateur boxing glories, acting into his 90s and leaving voicemail messages on his son’s phone
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Leviathan director Andrei Zvyagintsev: ‘Living in Russia is like being in a minefield’Oscar contender Leviathan is a frank portrayal of corrupt Russia. In a rare interview, its director talks to Shaun Walker about his country’s ‘eternal curse’ and why voting there would be a ‘completely pointless step’
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Christopher Nolan: the man who rebooted the blockbusterThe long read: He is one of the few directors who can walk into a Hollywood studio with an idea and come out with $200m. So, asks Tom Shone, will Nolan’s latest epic, Interstellar, reinforce his reputation as the auteur who thinks big?
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Matthew McConaughey and the cast of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar: 'Mother nature's going to be just fine, it's us that might not be' - video interview
The stars of Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic, about a mission to find a new home away from ecologically-ravaged earth, talk to Catherine Shoard about climate change, human endeavour and getting tangled up in string theory
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The 10 best films of 2014: No 8 – IdaAndrew Pulver: Paweł Pawlikowski’s story about a young nun discovering the troubled past of her Jewish family is as remarkable for its subtlety as for its power
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National Board of Review names A Most Violent Year best film of 2014JC Chandor drama gathers critical momentum ahead of Oscars season, with wins for leads Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac
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The 10 best films of 2014: No 9 – The Grand Budapest HotelWes Anderson’s delightful trifle conceals a depth of feeling, which means it stands out among the director’s back catalogue and this year’s crop of movies
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Birdman flies high at the Film Independent Spirit Award nominationsMichael Keaton drama leads pack with six nominations at awards increasingly seen as sound indicator of Oscars success
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Oscar buzz ignites at Governors awards ceremonyStars from Benedict Cumberbatch to Jessica Chastain were out in force at a glitzy dinner kicking off the 2015 Academy awards
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A Most Violent Year review: plucky Oscars outsider draws bloodXan Brooks: Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain star in the latest film from Margin Call and All is Lost director JC Chandor – a rigorous crime drama which paints a knotty, nuanced portrait of the man who fuelled the 1980s
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Leviathan director Andrei Zvyagintsev: ‘Living in Russia is like being in a minefield’Oscar contender Leviathan is a frank portrayal of corrupt Russia. In a rare interview, its director talks to Shaun Walker about his country’s ‘eternal curse’ and why voting there would be a ‘completely pointless step’
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Neil Patrick Harris to host 2015 OscarsActor, Broadway star and seasoned awards show host to pick up DeGeneres’s baton at Academy awards, Variety reports
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Neil Patrick Harris: the new Oscar host's 10 best performances so farNew Academy Awards compere Neil Patrick Harris has straddled film, TV and stage for 20 years. Here’s the pick of his performances so far, including highlyacclaimed hosting turns at the Tonys
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Neil Patrick Harris: an Oscars host not a million miles from Seth MacFarlaneNeil Patrick Harris is a seasoned MC, but his selection for next year’s Academy Awards is still surprising, given his affinity with the much-maligned 2013 compere - and the fact his movie career is going so well
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Inherent Vice review: a free range freak-out for California dreamers
Xan Brooks: Paul Thomas Anderson gives the New York film festival a high with his woozy, inspired Thomas Pynchon adaptation, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a stoner sleuth
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Putin-bashing film Leviathan named as Russia's Oscar contenderMajor surprise sees Andrei Zvyagintsev’s Cannes award winner nominated by Russian committee despite film’s attack on governing elite
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Oscars race for best foreign-language film expands as Saint Laurent biopic sashays inAndrew Pulver: French film about fashion designer faces strong competition from other foreign-language favourites, including the Dardenne brothers’ Two Days, One Night
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Reality bites at this year's Toronto film festival
Lineup at Toronto film festival and Oscars release schedule show new appetite among audiences for films based on recent headlines
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Cannes 2014 review: The Search - silence may be best policy on followup to The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius has relocated Fred Zinnerman's 1948 Oscar-winner about a westerner who helps a lost child to the Chechen war. You can't fault the intention, you can't help but query the corny execution
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The Act of Killing misses out on best documentary Oscar
Controversial documentary about anti-communist massacres in Indonesia loses out to 20 Feet from Stardom at Academy Awards
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The Great Beauty wins best foreign language film Oscar
Italian study of Rome high society, directed by Paolo Sorrentino, takes Academy award
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Mockingjay makes most in poorest countries, but Paddington doesn't mint it in Mexico
Global box office report Mockingjay makes most in poorest countries, but Paddington doesn't mint it in Mexico
Phil Hoad: Michael Bond’s marmalade-munching bear has good start to cinematic career in UK, but the future looks bleak for the Madagascar and Horrible Bosses franchises -
Kajaki – an impressive war movie with questions and ballistic gritA group of paras get stuck in a minefield in this historically accurate, mordant account of death and soldiering in Afghanistan in 2006, writes Alex von Tunzelmann
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All aboard the Paddington express to UK box office supremacyCharles Gant: Plucky ursine hero draws in a family audience to nudge Hunger Games: Mockingjay off the top spot
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Cynics, let it go: how well do you know Frozen? – quiz
How much do you know (or, frankly, can guess) about the animated Disney film?
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Clip joint: tense mealtimesJoin Guardian reader George Washbourn as he counts down his top five tense family dining moments
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Can Deadpool make a superhero of Ryan Reynolds yet?Green Lantern was a flop and the X-Men spin-off Deadpool looked dead in the water – that is until fans saw test footage of the actor as the wisecracking crimefighter, and decided that the red mask fits. By Ben Child
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From The Hobbit to The Hunger Games, the curse of the movie trilogyYou can’t move for trilogies this festive season but the best things shouldn’t come in threes
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Bill Murray: five best momentsIt’s a tough call to make, but which of Murray’s film roles would you add to our chosen five?
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