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Two weeks ago, Ben Affleck announced he was leaving Baz Luhrman’s Great Gatsby to direct his third featue – true-life thriller Argo . Set to direct and star, the film will based on a 2007 Wired magazine article written by Joshuah Bearman , titled ‘How The CIA Used A Fake …

J.J. Abrams has given details on what Brad Bird brings to the table for the fourth Mission: Impossible film. Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol marks Brad Bird’s live action debut after having won Oscars for both of his Pixar animated films, Ratatouille and The Incredibles . Fans have yet to see …

Blame Michael Flatley for this post-Riverdance documentary about hoofing children heading to Glasgow for the 40th Irish Dancing World Championships, each with hopes of becoming the year’s finest high-kicker. Yet while it’s easy to sneer at the tweens and their scary parents, you can’t ignore their dedication to their dying …

The British ‘hood movie has gone from near-the-knuckle realism (Kidulthood) to fist-in-the-face parody (Anuvahood) of late, but Attack The Block beams in from a whole new angle. Billed as ‘Inner City vs. Outer Space’, this feature debut from Joe Cornish (yes, he of The Adam And Joe Show) offers a …

The first full-length trailer for Conan The Barbarian has swept online. And despite some impressive scope-boosting visuals, there are distinct echoes of The Scorpion King to be found in its beefy hero fighting silly-looking foes in sandy landscapes. Jason Momoa plays the titular Conan, tagging the role from Arnold Schwarzenegger. …

Tom Hiddleston gave great villain as evil god Loki in the newly-released Thor , and we should expect to see more of him in The Avengers. Joss Whedon’s comic adap, which unites Hulk, Thor, Captain America and Iron Man, is currently deep in production (despite script leak problems). And according …

Larry David has been recruited to play a nun in The Farrelly Brothers’ new Three Stooges movie. The former Seinfeld writer and star of Curb Your Enthusiasm has signed on to play Mother Mengele, the “unfortunate” nun who oversees the orphanage where the Stooges are raised. That means you can …

The Orphanage (2007) Language: Spanish The Movie: Genuinely terrifying horror films are few and far between these days, with a reliance on cheap jumps and fake scares seeming to take precedence over set-ups of genuine menace. Not so Juan Antonio Bayona’s old-fashioned ghost story which sets about unravelling a tightly …

Back To The Future director Robert Zemeckis could finally be making a return to live-action filmmaking after years spent crafting mo-cap movies. With his CG Yellow Submarine remake cancelled by Disney after the poor returns of Mars Needs Moms , Zemeckis has reportedly been thinking about wending his way back …

Dominic Monaghan & Evangeline Lilly The Couple: Worth including if only for the sheer WTF-ness of it! Lost co-stars Lilly and Monaghan managed to keep their off-screen relationship as closely guarded as the most top secret of storylines, with headlines only really emerging when the duo announced (and then retracted) …