CHARISMATIC French actor Vincent Cassel is known for taking on villainous roles in films such as Ocean’s Twelve, but his latest incarnation is perhaps the most feared of them all.Read
RUNNING TO a self-indulgent 145 minutes, Funny People is the latest movie from Judd Apatow – a writer-director described as a ‘genius’ on BBC Breakfast News this week.Read
THE second half of the film about the French gangster Jacques Mesrine arrives at Cineworld Broad Street today – and it’s even better than part one, Killer Instinct, which has sadly just left the cinema.Read
THE flavour-of-the-month gimmick of digital 3D breathes new life into this uncalled for fourth edition of the Final Destination series. But only just.Read
GERMAN-born actress Diane Kruger was a natural choice to play the role of Bridget von Hammersmark – because she moved to Paris at the age of 15 where Inglourious Basterds was set and made.Read
WHEN Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez teamed up for their ill-fated, four-hour ‘Grindhouse’ double bill in 2007, we had to wait eight weeks to see the latter’s Planet Terror accompaniment to Death Proof.Read
THE co-creator of Watchmen, the most critically acclaimed comic of all time, will be introducing the big screen adaptation at Birmingham’s IMAX Cinema next month.Read
HORRENDOUSLY violent, brilliantly acted, well shot and cleverly orchestrated, this classy French film shows that you don’t need Michael Mann directing Christian Bale and Johnny Depp to make a top-notch gangster epic.Read
