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The Artist star Jean Dujardin has been at the centre of controversy in France this week after a promotional poster for his new film has been criticised as being far too risqué. Not only that, but many people have also been questioning whether or not this will damage his chances of winning an Oscar for...

Sometimes, you've got to wonder what they're smoking in Hollywood. Trashy action films and endless period dramas mean lots of revenue and Academy Awards, but the diamonds in the rough, so lauded by the web, go ignored. Why should it be this way? I love indie cinema. I say this unabashed, because I believe that...

With so many huge egos forced to share the red carpet, it is perhaps unsurprising that clashes of character frequently take place in Hollywood. Bill Murray famously fell out with Lucy Liu on the set of Charlie's Angels, Megan Fox got herself fired after likening Transformers director, Michael Bay, to Hitler, and...

Digital content streaming via the web seems to be the next big thing in terms of watching a film or two at home. But will it stand the test of time, and is it an adequate replacement for DVD? Streaming films is one of the best things that ever happened to my evening's cinematic entertainment. Being able to...

High-kicks and hi-ya's! are two of the great things we love about Chinese martial art films. Hollywood has tried to compete by bringing out their own combat fighting films including Rush Hour, The Tuxedo and Shanghai Knights, but they seem far too rehearsed and polished compared to the raw talent displayed...

Glasgow Film Festival provides "cinema for all", according to the festival's co-director, Allison Gardner. This is just one of the many qualities that the event's organisers hope will bring in visitors from near and far. This year's Glasgow Film Festival will be taking place from the 16th to the 26th...

It's great to hear that the Prime Minister, David Cameron, reckons the UK film industry should be given more lottery cash. Although his desire to see film makers produce more mainstream and cost-effective movies is a bit more contentious. According to Arts Minister Ed Vaizey, the industry was "still not as...

With The Avengers coming out on 27th April, we thought we'd give you a quick refresher course on each of the superheros who will attempt to save the world in the film. When Loki, the Norse god of mischief who was previously seen disappearing into a wormhole in Thor, decides it would be a good idea if he became...

No, really. Some of those who have attended screenings of The Artist, the Golden-Globe-winning film, have asked for their ticket to be refunded because it turned out to be a silent film. Now, I know it's not completely silent, but my mind instantly goes to Disney Pixar's Wall-E as the example-in chief,...

Having recently been underwhelmed and baffled by Garry Marshall's latest flick, New Year's Eve, a film that was full to the brim with A-Listers doing nothing for two hours, it got me thinking. The Brit-flick Love Actually, happens to be one of my favourite films. The two are very similar in style and both are set...