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Movie Reviews: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Big Miracle, A Dangerous Method, The Vow

Birmingham Post — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:11:00 GMT

Graham Young reviews the latest cinema releases, including Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Big Miracle, A Dangerous Method and The Vow.

Daniel Radcliffe begins laying the ghost of Harry Potter

Birmingham Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:25:00 GMT

He could have opted to sit on his millions but the magic lives on for Daniel Radcliffe, as Alison Jones discovers.

Movie Reviews: The Muppets, The Woman In Black, Chronicle, Tatsumi, Jack and Jill

Birmingham Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:02:00 GMT

The latest cinema releases reviewed and rated, including Daniel Radcliffe in The Woman In Black and the latest offering from The Muppets.

Charlize Theron relates to her latest role in Young Adult

Birmingham Post — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Everyone sees the Oscars as a great show of artistic backslapping and the opportunity to wear some rather nice dresses.

Movie Reviews: Carnage, Man On A Ledge, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Young Adult, Martha Macey May Marlene, Intruders

Birmingham Post — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:20:00 GMT

Graham Young and Roz Laws review the latest cinema releases, including Carnage, Man On A Ledge, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Young Adult, Martha Macey May Marlene and Intruders

'Blasphemous' 1989 movie Visions Of Ecstasy finally awarded BBFC certificate

Birmingham Post — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:51:00 GMT

The only film to have ever been banned in the UK on the grounds of blasphemy has finally been given a certificate, more than 20 years after it was made.

Felicity Jones showered with praise after Like Crazy audition

Birmingham Post — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:00 GMT

Elijah Wood reportedly slipped on home made hobbit feet for his while Hugh Laurie faked an American accent and filmed his in a Namibian bathroom.

Movie Reviews: The Descendants, A Monster In Paris, Like Crazy and W.E.

Birmingham Post — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:03:00 GMT

Graham Young and Roz Laws review the latest cinema releases, including The Descendants, A Monster In Paris, Like Crazy and W.E.

Inspired by the vision of Madonna

Birmingham Post — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT

It must be nerve-wracking enough to hold a Skype conversation with Madonna, so imagine the computer screen freezing on her at a particularly unflattering moment.

Blood, sweat and tears in new film Coriolanus

Birmingham Post — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Alison Jones speaks to Ralph Fiennes about the trials and tribulations of making his big screen directorial debut.

Movie Reviews: J. Edgar, Haywire, Coriolanus, That Girl With Yellow Boots

Birmingham Post — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:49:00 GMT

Graham Young and Roz Laws review the latest cinema releases, including the Clint Eastwood-directed J.Edgar, and Ralph Fiennes's screen adaptation of Coriolanus.

The Artist leads Bafta nominations

Birmingham Post — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:05:00 GMT

Meryl Streep has continued her awards run while silent film The Artist and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy have been showered with nominations at this year's Baftas.

War Horse: A very British movie from Steven Spielberg

Birmingham Post — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:21:00 GMT

Graham Young meets the all-American film director Steven Spielberg at the launch of his new, very British movie, War Horse.

No shame in playing the role of sex addict for Michael Fassbender

Birmingham Post — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT

A staunch supporter of method acting, Michael Fassbender dropped to just nine stone to play Bobby Sands in the 2008 biopic of the IRA terrorist’s hunger strike.

Movie Reviews: War Horse, Shame, Margin Call, Goon, The Darkest Hour

Birmingham Post — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:04:00 GMT

Graham Young and Roz Laws review the latest cinema releases including War Horse, Shame, Margin Call, Goon, The Darkest Hour.

Phyllida Lloyd on directing Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady

Birmingham Post — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Filmmaker Phyllida Lloyd took a risk in turning American actress Meryl Streep into the Iron Lady. She tells Alison Jones how she recreated a woman who divided a nation for the screen.

Adapting the classics of Dickens and Shakespeare for screen

Birmingham Post — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Steven Cutts looks at a new wave of on-screen adaptations and asks what, if anything, can the camera do for great works of literature.

Tom Hiddleston: I have been inspired by Ibsen and Indiana Jones

Birmingham Post — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Back in 2010, few cinemagoers had Tom Hiddleston on their radar.

Movie Reviews: The Iron Lady, Mother and Child, We Have A Pope, Resistance, An African Election

Birmingham Post — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:17:00 GMT

Graham Young and Roz Laws review the latest cinema releases including, The Iron Lady, Mother and Child, We Have A Pope, A African Election, Resistance.

2011 - The year at the movies

Birmingham Post — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Graham Young rounds up the best and the worst movies of 2011