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Back in the 1990s, Robert De Niro was reportedly so incensed at being quizzed in Paris about an elite prostitution ring, he vowed never to set foot in France again. It seems he’s had a change of heart in recent years, returning to the country to head the Cannes 2011 …

NBA Live 14 is a next-gen game, but not for the reasons you’d expect. Its graphics aren’t amazing, nor does it offer astounding, never-seen-before gameplay. In fact, for the first time ever, a major-label sports game arrives on store shelves as a work-in-progress. See, Live is wholly dependent upon a …

An elderly Irishwoman searches for the son who was stolen from her by nuns 50 years ago. Sounds like a real weepie, right? That it’s nothing of the kind is thanks to Stephen Frears’ understated direction, the skilful script from Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope and, most of all, the …

If you’re a fan of ‘70s Hollywood then chances are you dig John Milius. His writing gigs saw him contribute to Dirty Harry , Jaws and Apocalypse Now . Then there’s the directing credits: Dillinger , Big Wednesday , Conan The Barbarian … A self-titled “Zen anarchist”, Milius is also …

Great social-realist cinema has to do a lot more than just throw in the kitchen sink. Following her 2010 docu-drama breakout The Arbor , Clio Barnard’s first fiction feature is just about as good as it gets. A beautiful, heartfelt, devastating fable about Broken Britain, The Selfish Giant was a …

Eighty-something auteur Andrzej Wajda’s ( Ashes And Diamonds ) latest is an admiring biopic of Lech Wałęsa: trade unionist, Nobel Prize winner and Polish president 1990-95. It’s a surprisingly punchy rendition. Archive footage meshes with jostling strike scenes, while Wałęsa’s tense family life is juxtaposed with his dangerous career with …

Showing subtlety the door almost the minute it starts, David E Talbert’s romcom is the filmic equivalent of a frying pan to the skull. The impossibly gorgeous Paula Patton ( Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol ) plays impossibly single flight attendant Montana Moore, who has 30 days to get engaged before …

Doctor Who: The Doctor – His Lives And Times book review . If you’ve read James Goss and Steve Tribe’s excellent A History Of The Universe in 100 Objects , or 2012’s aptly-named Doctor Who: The Brilliant Book , you’ll have a fair idea what to expect from The Doctor: …

The Making Of The Return Of The Jedi book review. Unlike the movie it documents, the last of the lavish original Star Wars trilogy “Making Of”s is every bit as good as its predecessors – even at 40 quid it’s an essential purchase for any disciple of that galaxy far, …

Armored Core: Verdict Day goes a long way toward addressing one of Armored Core V’s most pressing issues: the fact that it was an online game with virtually no online community. That alone ought to make it intriguing to both newcomers and returning fans alike. But, of course, players will …