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Iconic ‘levitation’ scene from the 1973 movie (Image: Allstar Picture Library Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo) “On December 26, a movie called The Exorcist opened in theatres across the country…and since then all Hell has broken loose.” That opening sentence from a Newsweek article 50 years ago was written barely …

Before his passing in July 2022, James Caan, who played Will Ferrell’s biological father in the Christmas classic Elf, revealed why a sequel to the 2003 hit never happened. In an interview, he shared that despite the cast, including Zooey Deschanel and Mary Steenburgen, being keen for a reunion, tension …

For the past few years, Hollywood star Ezra Miller has been ingrained in controversies after rising to fame in the Fantastic Beasts series, part of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter franchise, which airs on ITV at 5:30pm today. The Perks of Being A Wallflower star is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, …

Having worked with formerly blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo on Spartacus to great success, Kirk Douglas hired the scribe to adapt Howard Rigsby’s 1957 novel Sundown at Crazy Horse. The 1961 movie, retitled The Last Sunset, would see the Hollywood star play fugitive Brendan O’Malley, who crosses the Mexican border and …

John Wayne’s final movie The Shootist (which is on ITV4 today) hit cinemas in 1976, just three years before he died. For the past 15 years, Duke had been struggling with severe health problems after having had a cancerous lung and some ribs removed in 1964. The Western legend would …

23 years after Chicken Run thrilled fans across the world in 2000, Rocky, Ginger and the rest of the formerly cooped-up gang are back with a new addition to the family after a number of obstacles threatened to stop the project in its tracks over the years. Speaking to Daily …

On Netflix now Aardman’s animators spent four years hatching this sequel. The Wallace & Gromit creators have now made nine decent films but it’s a shame they didn’t spend more time polishing this script. The entertaining but laugh-free follow-up begins with a recap of the events that helped make 2000’s …

Zack Snyder’s passion project inspired by Seven Samurai and Star Wars has been in the works for years and is now set to hit Netflix in time for Christmas. The multi-million dollar space opera is split across two parts, with Part One: A Child of Fire to be followed in …

Nearly 24 years after the beloved children’s film blew audiences away in 2000, Ginger, Rocky and the rest of the Chicken Run crew return to screens for Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget. The announcement of a sequel after two decades stunned fans but filmmakers revealed the journey behind the …

Cert 12A In cinemas now In the first part of Martin Bourboulon’s rousing Musketeers double bill, we saw young D’Artagnan (Francois Civil) join the king’s elite guard, pull the Queen’s lady-in-waiting (Lyna Khoudri), and clash with sultry spy Milady (Eva Green). The film ended with him being bashed over the …