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Inside Netflix’s $320 million bet on Millie Bobby Brown
Everything the British star touches turns to Netflix gold – and that’s good news for its troubled sci-fi money pit, The Electric State
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The film being blacklisted for ‘humanising’ Russians At War
Anastasia Trofimova spent seven months with a frontline Russian unit in Ukraine. Is her film brave reporting – or Putin propaganda?
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The gloriously camp horror of The Cat and the Canary
This tale of lesbian big-game hunters and eccentric aristocrats has inspired many imitators – and now a new stage show
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Why Harry Potter (and Google) is terrible for deceased actors
Maggie Smith is not the first great thesp to have a legacy dominated by the film franchise of JK Rowling’s series
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Why Daniel Day-Lewis retired – and where he’s been
Years after quitting Hollywood for a quiet life in Wicklow, the great actor is returning to film. But is there still method to his madness?
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How A Star is Born nearly starred Elvis Presley
Kris Kristofferson made the role of Barbra Streisand’s hard-drinking lover his own. But he certainly wasn’t the first choice for the part...
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Killer drones and AI lovers – 10 films that predicted the future
From Robocop to 2001: A Space Odyssey, Hollywood’s crystal ball has often proved chillingly accurate. These are its most prescient visions
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The real reason you’re seeing more reality TV than ever
Audiences are too distracted by their phones to focus – and execs are encouraging them. Is this the end for complex, original storytelling?
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Maggie Smith had the rare gift of showing us the soul of the outsider
From Downton Abbey to Harry Potter, the late star, who has died at 89, excelled at portraying eccentrics – and revealing their humanity
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Why Michael Clayton is George Clooney’s greatest achievement
Good looks and a conspiratorial edge – Tony Gilroy’s paranoid thriller made the best-ever use of the star’s talents
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The 15 best Sherlock Holmes pastiches – and five to avoid
Conan Doyle’s beloved detective has inspired countless homages. From Young Sherlock Holmes to Elementary, these are the best of the bunch
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How Emmanuelle made soft porn chic – but excused rape
The notorious (and profitable) 1974 erotic thriller has been remade – and is stirring up queasy memories of a franchise best forgotten
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Britain after the atomic bomb: 40 years on, why Threads is more terrifying than ever
The BBC’s TV film showed the appalling aftermath of atomic war. It traumatised a generation – but did it also change nuclear policy?
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American Beauty is a stain on Hollywood – but don’t blame Kevin Spacey
Acclaimed on its release, Sam Mendes’s drama swept the Oscars. Today, it looks trite and uncomfortable – but not because of its star
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Monty Python’s long, not entirely serious history of hating each other
As Eric Idle’s recent gripes prove, members of the revered comedy troupe have spent more time feuding than working. But is it all a joke?
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Natasha Lyonne: ‘I cried harder for Lou Reed than I did for my dad’
The star of Poker Face and Orange Is the New Black on stepping back from addiction – and out of the shadow of her ‘loser con artist’ parents
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The 25 best film musicals ever made – ranked
Did The Greatest Showman make the cut? How about Chicago? And which West Side Story? Here are the films worth making a song and dance about
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What A Bridge Too Far got right – and wrong – about the Battle of Arnhem
Dickie Attenborough’s all-star film of the Allies’ great folly went to great lengths to do right by history. But he had a fight on his hands
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Leonardo DiCaprio in Baywatch? Acting’s 10 greatest ‘what ifs’
From Steve Martin as Indiana Jones to De Niro as Jack Sparrow. A guide to Hollywood’s strangest casting near-misses
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Remake Lawrence of Arabia? It’s not as stupid as it sounds
The director of Independence Day’s plan to update David Lean has cineastes fuming. But isn’t TE Lawrence’s life too epic for one film?
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When Bogie met Bacall: The red-hot romance that killed a screen siren’s career
Humphrey Bogart left a fiery marriage and fell hard for Hollywood’s hottest femme fatale. But he had no idea how hot she really was
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This Japanese masterpiece is the most devastating war film ever made – and it’s now on Netflix
Tokyo’s Studio Ghibli is known for cute, bright cartoons that warm the heart. But Grave of the Fireflies – now streaming – simply breaks it
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Pussy Galore and poison paint: Why Goldfinger is still the perfect Bond film
In 1964, the third 007 film wowed the world with its singular mix of girls, cars and villainy. No wonder it remains the gold standard
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Like it or not, you’re already being cloned
While geneticists – and horror directors – get bogged down in biochemistry, our digital doubles are running amok
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‘I never thought people would empathise with Hitler’: The truth about the Führer’s Downfall
Twenty years ago, the film of Hitler’s final days showed him as he’d never been seen before – as a sniveling mortal. Why did Germany object?
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Francis Ford Coppola: ‘Hollywood doesn’t want me any more’
No studio would back the Godfather director’s Megalopolis, so he used his own money, cast ‘cancelled’ stars – and leapt into the unknown
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The 56 best films on Netflix
Oscar contenders, explosive action films, family-friendly animations… Our pick of the best original films on Netflix UK
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The ‘conservative Michael Moore’ taking on the ‘crazy’ diversity industry
In his new film, satirist and podcaster Matt Walsh goes undercover to ask the question: Am I Racist? His answers may surprise you
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What an expanded James Bond universe might look like
007 during wartime? Miss Moneypenny’s early years? The origin of Blofeld’s evil? Here are the Fleming spin-offs and prequels that could be
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How James Earl Jones became the voice of Darth Vader – for ever
The late actor described his role in Star Wars as ‘just a special effect’. But thanks to AI, he’ll be playing it for decades to come
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Beetlejuice and cake in the rain: The wild story behind MacArthur Park
Richard Harris, three-day binges and Beetlejuice – Jimmy Webb’s 1968 hit is an unlikely classic. But its origins are even more strange
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How Jack Black became the world’s highest-paid children’s entertainer
A Minecraft Movie is just the latest dire career choice for the once-credible star. Will he ever grow up?
