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Action never stops in Speed Racer

Mike Davies reviews the latest cinema releases, including Speed Racer, What Happens In Vegas, Doomsday and Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden. Read

Spurlock on the trail of Bin Laden

Mike Davies goes looking for Osama with Morgan Spurlock. Read

Iron Man's shock and ore tactics

Mike Davies reviews the week's new cinema releases, including Iron Man, P2 and Nim's Island. Read

Jon Favreau proves his metal with Iron Man

Mike Davies rides the ferrous wheel with Iron Man's Jon Favreau. Read

Colin Farrell's killer instinct

Colin Farrell talks to Alison Jones about Bruges, booze and Brendan Read

Russell Brand shows potential in Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Mike Davies reviews the week's cinema releases including Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Stop Loss, Persepolis, Three And Out, The Eye Read

Bringing a focus on a human rights issue

Mike Davies gets a rendition from writer-director Jim Threapleton. Read

Laurel and Hardy meet Fellini for In Bruges

Mike Davies review the latest cinema releases including In Bruges, Street Kings, Fool's Gold, Lars and the Real Girl, Protege, Botched, Flashbacks of a Fool and Happy-Go-Lucky Read

Scream queen Hazel Court dies

Hazel Court, the Sutton Coldfield-born beauty who co-starred with the likes of Boris Karloff and Vincent Price in horror movies of the 1950s and 60s, has died. Read

Daniel Craig moves from hero to zero

Daniel Craig decided the best way to celebrate becoming a movie star was to be a notorious one. Read

Kevin Spacey familiar with the risk business

Kevin Spacey talks to Mike Davies about his dual role as actor and producer in the latest casino movie 21. Read

Leatherheads plot hits gridlock

Mike Davies reviews the latest cinema releases, including Leatherheads, [rec], 21, Mr Lonely and the Rolling Stones film Shine A Light Read

We Are Together packs a cinematic punch

Mike Davies talks to local filmmaker Paul Taylor about his award-winning documentary about African HIV orphans. Read

Rambow adventure is a pure delight

Mike Davies reviews the latest cinema releases, including Son Of Rambow, Funny Games (US), How She Move, Awake and Never Back Down. Read

Katherine's frocky horror laughter show

27 Dresses star Katherine Heigl tells The Birmingham Post she prefers to play comedy roles in movies. Read

Heigl dresses to impress

ike Davies reviews this week's cinema releases, including 27 Dresses, The Hottie And The Nottie, Drillbit Taylor and Four Minutes. Read

Second blood to the Rambow schoolboys

Director Garth Jennings tells Mike Davies why he looks back with affection at the blood and violence of his first 'adult' movie. Read

Spiderwick does the fantasy adventure in style

Mike Davies reviews the latest cinema releases, including The Spiderwick Chronicles, Meet The Spartans, Love In The Time Of Cholera, The Orphanage, Step Up II and Dr Seuss' Horton Hears a Who. Read

Oscar winner Paul Scofield dies

Oscar-winning actor Paul Scofield, who had strong connections with the Birmingham theatre scene has died peacefully in a hospital near his Sussex home, aged 86. Read

Goblin-fighter Freddie has twice the fun

Alison Jones hears why Freddie Highmore is content to carry on juggling schoolwork with stardom. Read