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Movie Reviews: Trance, One Mile Away, Identity Thief, GI Joe: Retaliation, Mar 27 2013

Graham Young reviews the new movie releases, including Danny Boyle's latest film Trance and Birmingham gangland documentary One Mile Away.Read

Child star Nicholas Hoult's Giant steps to Hollywood big time Mar 22 2013

Fake tanning isn't a topic you expect to be discussing with Nicholas Hoult, and yet here he is happily expounding on the pitfalls of a spray tan.Read

Movie Reviews: The Croods, Compliance, The Paperboy, Jack The Giant Slayer Mar 20 2013

Graham Young reviews this week's movies, including The Croods, Jack The Giant Slayer, Compliance, Stolen, The Paperboy, Vinyl, Red Dawn and The Incredible Burt WonderstoneRead

James McAvoy's luck is in to land lead in some Scottish play Mar 15 2013

It might be considered bad luck to say Macbeth out loud but James McAvoy can't be doing with any of that superstitious bunkum.Read

Flatpack Festival returns for 11th year of movie treats in Birmingham Mar 15 2013

The Flatpack Festival is back for an 11th year. Graham Young meets its founding father and director, Ian Francis.Read

Movie Reviews: Welcome To The Punch, The Spirit of '45, Side By Side Mar 13 2013

Graham Young and Roz Laws review the latest films including Welcome To The Punch, The Spirit of '45, Side By Side, Parker, Maniac.Read

Down-to-earth role in Parker for legendary diva Jennifer Lopez Mar 08 2013

As the queen of bling, Jennifer Lopez's reputation for diva-like behaviour is legendary, so on meeting the megastar you'd expect a cool, aloof ice queen.Read

Stage legend Jacobi boasts: I bedded James Bond years ago! Mar 08 2013

It’s 50 years since the young Derek Jacobi was plucked from Birmingham Rep by theatre old boy Sir Laurence Olivier. Graham Young talks to the acting legend about how the move changed his life.Read

Movie Reviews: Oz - The Great and Powerful, Robot and Frank, The Guilt Trip Mar 06 2013

Graham Young, Roz Laws and Damon Smith review the latest releases including, Oz - The Great and Powerful, Robot and Frank, The Guilt Trip, No, Side Effects and Stoker.Read

Moseley audio experts hired to improve sound on Spielberg movie Lincoln Mar 01 2013

A Birmingham audio company has shared in the Oscar glory of Speilberg epic Lincoln after it was drafted in to improve the film’s sound quality. Read

Matthew Goode stars in Park Chan-Wook's thriller Stoker Mar 01 2013

Despite a decade's worth of work under his belt, Matthew Goode isn't as recognised as you might expect.Read

Movie Reviews: Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Broken City and Safe Haven Feb 27 2013

Roz Laws and Graham Young review the latest film releases including Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Broken City, Safe Haven, Arbitrage and To The Wonder.Read

Daniel Day-Lewis will take Midlands' film history to extraordinary new heights. Feb 22 2013

If Daniel Day-Lewis is immortalised by winning a third best actor Oscar on Sunday night, he will take the Midlands' already underappreciated film history to extraordinary new heights. Graham Young reports.Read

Stamping a mark on one of life's imponderables Feb 22 2013

His hair may be white now and his face heavily wrinkled, but Terence Stamp has not lost the looks, or charm, that made him an instant film star half a century ago.Read

Movie Reviews: Cloud Atlas, Song For Marion, Mama, A Good Day To Die Hard Feb 20 2013

Roz Laws reviews this week's latest releases including Cloud Atlas, Song For Marion, Mama and A Good Day To Die Hard.Read

Deadpan Paul Rudd has a milestone meltdown Feb 15 2013

Paul Rudd, who dated Alicia Silverstone in Clueless, married Lisa Kudrow’s Phoebe in Friends and enjoyed a ‘bromance’ with Jason Segel in I Love You, Man, seems to be experiencing some sort of existential crisis.Read

Movie Reviews: This Is 40, Beautiful Creatures, Warm Bodies Feb 13 2013

Graham Young and Roz Laws review the latest films including This Is 40, Beautiful Creatures and Warm Bodies.Read

Alma matters in the legend of Hitchcock Feb 08 2013

Meeting any famous actress can be pretty daunting, particularly if they’re a dame and have won an Oscar for playing the Queen. But Dame Helen Mirren is delightfully down-to-earth.Read

Movie Reviews: Hitchcock, Wreck-It Ralph, I Give It A Year and In Brum Feb 06 2013

Graham Young reviews the latest films including Hitchcock, Wreck-It Ralph, I Give It A Year and In Brum.Read

Denzel Washington lets it all hang out in Oscar-nominated role in Flight Feb 01 2013

Flight starts with a phone ringing, disturbing a man who is fast asleep.Read

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