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Back in 1964, John Wayne had a cancerous lung and a few ribs removed, leaving him stricken with health problems for the rest of his life. Duke would struggle tenaciously through physical scenes in his movies, secretly relying on an oxygen mask that he was desperate to hide from the …

Scarface celebrates its 40th anniversary today (Image: Getty) December 9, 2023, marks the 40th anniversary of Scarface, a seminal crime film starring Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia, F. Murray Abraham, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Set in 1980s Miami, the film portrays the rise of Cuban refugee Tony …

Over two decades after they worked together on Gladiator (yes, it really was that long ago) Ridley Scott and Joaquin Pheonix reunite on this big-screen biopic of the famously vertically challenged general (it’s called a “Napoleon complex” for a reason!) Even if you slept through history in school, you are …

John Travolta in The Shepherd (Image: Disney ) It began as a joke. Two days before Christmas in 1974, bestselling novelist Frederick Forsyth’s first wife Carole was hunting through the cupboards in their bedroom, hoping to find her present. But after ransacking every shelf and coming up empty-handed, she turned …

Since Avengers Endgame witnessed a farewell to Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man and Chris Evans’ Captain America, the MCU has been struggling to follow up in quality and box office success. Yet as the X-Men and Fantastic Four are set to join the Marvel franchise in Deadpool 3 and beyond …

In cinemas now American star Timothée Chalamet hits on the perfect blend of pluck and innocence as a wide-eyed young Wonka. King tips a top hat to Gene Wilder’s confectioner by opening his film with the refrain of Pure Imagination, the near-­perfect song from Wilder’s 1971 musical. And Chalamet’s charming …

In cinemas now This animated buddy comedy is set in New York’s Central Park where a deluded talking marionette called Don (voiced by Dakota West) has fled his puppet theatre to make his name as a swashbuckling leading man. On the way, he teams up with adorable battery-operated toy pooch …

Up-and-coming director Georgia Oakley was ‘shocked’ when she learned more about Section 28, which prohibited the promotion and teaching of homosexuality in the UK until 2003. In her debut feature Blue Jean, actress Rosy McEwen stars as PE teacher Jean, who tries to keep her private life as a lesbian …

One viewer wrote: “Marks a real low point body-swap comedies as it steals from all others before it without compunction. But you can thank your lucky stars they don’t go for the lowest hanging fruit: incest jokes.” “Just kidding. Those are there. I had you,” they added. Another viewer commented: …

A master sculptor has spent five weeks carving a life-sized Willy Wonka, using more than 100kg – of chocolate. The 6ft 2in model, inspired by the eponymous character in the new movie, Wonka, went on display in London’s Trafalgar Square. Sculpted into the popular character’s iconic pose, along with a …