In theory, it must have sounded like a good idea. At least to Hollywood movie studio executives keen to make big bucks by playing it
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Alain Delon buried in ‘strictest privacy’ in grounds of his estate
Alain Delon had expressed the wish to be buried just like “anyone else”. But as a crowd of journalists, television crews and fans gathered outside
‘Eager not to miss it’: Hollywood glitz sto return to Venice film festival
It is hard to think of the Venice film festival without recalling glamorous images of couture-clad stars walking down the red carpet or kicking back
Incoming review – Netflix’s Superbad-esque comedy is super unfunny
There are a few tried and true staples of the American high school: yellow buses, homecoming, prom, the social safari that is the school cafeteria.
The Killer review – John Woo’s John Woo remake is a low-stakes fun time
It’s only fair: after years of the world ripping off the action-movie style of Hong Kong film-maker John Woo, why not let Woo take a
‘It’s like Game of Thrones!’ The return of India’s ancient superhero fantasy epic
When Antonin Stahly was nine years old, his mother took him to the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris to see a production of
The Crow review – unfathomably awful goth remake
There are different types of bad movies. There are those that find an unintended audience after the fact, reframing them as sources of amusement to
‘I felt like the gates of something huge had opened’: Ali Kalthami on his subversive new Saudi thriller
Even when change is long-awaited, it’s not always easy to handle. The Saudi Arabian director Ali Kalthami was born in 1983, the year the country’s
Walk on the weird side: Tim Burton’s movies – ranked!
19. Dumbo (2019) Here is the great clunker of the Tim Burton canon. His cumbersome live-action remake of the Disney hit is a great big
‘Something is in that room’: Guillermo del Toro disturbed by ‘ghosts’ in Scottish hotel
The Shape of Water director Guillermo del Toro has reported being disturbed by a supernatural presence while staying in a hotel in Scotland. Del Toro,