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Lie down with me, Watson!” beseeches a bare-chested Robert Downey Jr. to Jude Law midway through Guy Ritchie’s follow-up to his 2009 Conan Doyle makeover. Hmm: is Britain’s most celebrated literary sleuth about to swap 221b Baker Street for Brokeback Mountain? OK, so the line in question arrives in the …

[brightcove]970159514001[/brightcove] Although reactions to the announcement of the third Hostel film have been far from positive, we have an abattoir full of newly released images for you to gag over. Scott Spiegel ( Intruder ) has snatched the reins from Eli Roth for the third instalment, setting the torture porn …

Last week saw the arrival of the first hi-res images from Ridley Scott’s Prometheus , and this week, Noomi Rapace has been lifting the lid on what it was like to be a part of Ridley’s return to space. “It’s kind of crazy,” she said in a recent interview with …

A first image has arrived online from swords and sandals sequel Wrath Of The Titans , and my, hasn’t Perseus got curly hair? The new image comes courtesy of Entertainment Weekly and shows Sam Worthington as the aforementioned hero, looking as badass as ever with a weapon in each hand …

Having just released his first 3D film in the form of family fantasy Hugo , Martin Scorsese has been waxing lyrical about using the technology, and even suggests that Taxi Driver might have been better had it been filmed in the same way. “I have always been fascinated by it,” …

Skyfall, the latest instalment of the James Bond franchise, has cast Ben Whishaw as MI6 gadget master Q, according to various reports hitting the web today. It will be the character’s first appearance in the franchise since 2002’s Die Another Day, where he was played by John Cleese. Prior to …

Thirty years before his kinetic Shine A Light, Martin Scorsese redefined rock flicks with a concert movie shot from a 300-page script in imposing 35mm by pro cameramen like Laszlo Kovacs. The gig is root-rockers The Band’s San Francisco farewell in 1976, “a kind of elegy”, says Scorsese, for a …

[brightcove]1198799300001[/brightcove] Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s 50/50, released in the UK next week, is the story of a 26-year-old man who contracts cancer and fights the disease with the help of his best friend. It’s an impressive, funny, emotional film (opens in new tab) and we urge you to go and see it …

Bill Nighy is about to unveil his nasty side again as the lead villain in Stuart Beattie’s I, Frankenstein . Nighy is in talks to play a demon prince, with Socratis Otto ( X-Men Origins: Wolverine ) signed to play his henchman (because every villain needs a henchman). Beattie, who …

<!–{132135 [brightcove]1266548758001[/brightcove] It’s a good week for Tarsem Singh; earlier this week, his Immortals sliced its way to the top of the US box office, and now it’s done the same in the UK – only just slaying Arthur Christmas in the process. The 3D swords-and-sandals epic starring future Superman …