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John Wayne, whose 1949 film She Wore a Yellow Ribbon airs on TCM from 6.15pm this Saturday, offered a brutal evaluation of where his Hollywood roles would go as he aged. Wayne, affectionately known as the Duke, was renowned for delivering his honest assessment of situations, often wearing his heart …

On screen the grand set-pieces looked spectacular and convincing as did the central passionate affair. But behind the scenes, that was also far less glamorous and passionate than it appeared. Hilariously, it was Christie’s love of a good old-fashioned British egg sandwich that caused the problem, especially when it came …

With a year and a half having passed since the release of Daniel Craig’s final James Bond movie, speculation continues to be rife over his replacement. Producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson have let slip that the next 007 can be of any race but must be male and …

Initially, she had refused to say the mystery words, writing in her memoir years later, “I couldn’t possibly say that to Duke!” However, Ford insisted that the actress do it, so as to get a genuinely shocked reaction from her co-star, which totally worked. Only those three knew what the …

It’s been a year and a half since the last James Bond movie was released. Daniel Craig bowed out so spectacularly and definitively at the conclusion of No Time To Die, but at the end of the credits it was promised that 007 would return. Of course, the reboot will …

Meanwhile, the post-credits scene depicts the return of Mark Strong’s Dr Sivana, the villain from the first Shazam! movie who’s now in jail with scrawlings all over his cell. We previously saw him there in the mid-credits scene for the first movie, when he was visited by Mister Mind, an …

The first Shazam film was a much-needed bright and big-hearted burst of fun. It beautifully balanced superheroics with tongue-in-cheek wit and some surprisingly touching emotion as young teen Billy Batson discovered his powers and also battled for his new adopted found family of waifs, strays and adorable moppets. Rather like …

Michael Caine, the iconic actor who tonight stars as fabled secret agent Harry Palmer in Funeral in Berlin, was hailed for his incredible attitude on set, with his co-star Gary Oldman admitting the Londoner “doesn’t f**k around” when he is on set. The pair starred opposite each other as Alfred …

Back in 2017 everything looked set for the franchise to sail the Hollywood seas for many years and sequels to come. But then Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s imploding marriage and subsequent toxic revelations in a succession of court cases ran his film career aground. But amid the wreckage, his …

Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow future has been in flux ever since Disney dropped him from the role in 2018, after his ex-wife Amber Heard alleged domestic abuse. The 59-year-old star strongly denied this and despite having lost a libel case in the UK, he won one stateside and now fans …