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Grace Kelly was idolised as the cool and classy paragon of female elegance. That was certainly part of it, but the reality was rather more messy. The blonde bombshell was notorious in Hollywood for sleeping with her co-stars, hardly unusual then or now. But such was her reputation that one …

As teased earlier this week, Warner Bros have finally released their first full trailer for Aquaman 2. Jason Momoa shot Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom back in 2021 and since then the film has been through production chaos with reshoots and multiple test screenings. Set to finally release this Christmas …

If your idea of wrestling is still informed by memories of ITV’s World Of Sport in the 1970s and 80s, Cassandro could hit you like a Big Daddy splashdown. This hugely entertaining biopic is set in the world of Mexican wrestling where agile grapplers perform astonishingly athletic feats. As in …

What is the point of a whodunnit if you already know whodidit? That was the big question that hung over Kenneth Branagh’s first two Hercule Poirot movies. In Murder On The Orient Express (2017) and Death On The Nile (2022), actor-director Branagh freshened up two of Agatha Christie’s most famous …

In a scene straight out of 1940s Venice, London’s canals were transformed this morning – with a spooky twist. Passers-by in the capital were given a frightening surprise as a ghoulish gondola took to the canals, passing through Little Venice, Regents Park and Camden’s canal. Manned by mysterious figures draped …

It’s been almost two years since No Time To Die released and Daniel Craig ended his record 16 years as James Bond. EON Productions will be gearing up for their next 007 auditions, the first to occur since 2005. Back then, Craig managed to beat a young Henry Cavill to …

Kenneth Branagh’s trilogy of films based on Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot mysteries has been a rather mixed bag. Although their lack of superheroes and world-ending threats made for refreshing viewing at the multiplex, Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile struggled to justify their existence amongst a …

It’s been 22 years since the first Harry Potter movie hit cinemas and was followed by a whopping seven sequels. Following the release of Deathly Hallows Part 2 in 2011, Warner Bros and JK Rowling teamed up on three Fantastic Beasts spin-off prequels. Yet now the focus has returned to …

Steve McQueen may have been known for being a Hollywood tough guy who feuded with the likes of Yul Brynner and Paul Newman. Yet The Great Escape star had a huge admiration for John Wayne, having grown up watching the Western legend. McQueen’s biographer Marshall Terrill recalled: “McQueen greatly respected …

Having reprised both Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader in last year’s Obi-Wan Kenobi, Hayden Christensen has returned to Star Wars once again. Last week’s Ahsoka concluded with a sensational cliffhanger as the titular character woke up in the World Between Worlds. There she came face to face with her old …