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Rock star: Julian Cope is a renowned expert on ancient stone circles

From smash hits to stone circles, Julian Cope's life to be filmed

He's the cult rock icon who swapped LSD-dosed appearances on Top of the Pops to become a leading authority on Neolithic stone monuments.

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US army medic, Corporal 'Doc' Old, treats a casualty during a Taliban attack. Restrepo follows Battle Company on a 15-month deployment in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley

Restrepo: Is this the greatest war film ever?

Sunday, 10 October 2010

A documentary about a platoon of US soldiers in Afghanistan is a haunting depiction of life on the front line.

Secretariat races to victory in the 99th Kentucky Derby

Winning tale of superhorse gets the Disney treatment

Sunday, 10 October 2010

David Usborne: Secretariat captured US hearts with his Triple Crown victory but can he reach a new generation?

Demi Moore's Striptease is film fans' 'favourite guilty pleasure'

Wednesday, 6 October 2010

Demi Moore's film Striptease - awarded the title of worst movie of the year when released - was today named film fans' favourite guilty pleasure.

Christopher Reeve in the 1979 movie

'Comic book nerd' to direct new Superman adventure

Wednesday, 6 October 2010

After Christopher Nolan's success at rejuvenating the Batman movies, fans of the Superman series reacted with understandable glee when it emerged that he was in line to produce a new film about the caped hero.

Sir Norman Wisdom, pictured in Birmingham in 2007

Veteran comic Sir Norman Wisdom dies

Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Death of comedian Sir Norman Wisdom brought tributes from every corner of the entertainment business.

Stills from the 10:10 campaign film show pupils who are 'blown up' and reduced to a bloody mess

Climate change film blows up in Curtis's face

Monday, 4 October 2010

A short film scripted by Richard Curtis has been withdrawn following complaints about its graphic scenes of exploding climate change refuseniks.

Jesse Eisenberg (left) and Joseph Mazzello star in 'The Social Network'

Facebook, the movie ... it's a whole new hash-tag

Sunday, 3 October 2010

Stephen Foley: Would-be Zuckerbergs are split over his portrayal in a film about the founding of the social networking site

'Endhiran' is the latest highly dramatic outing for Rajinikanth

Meet India's biggest film star

Sunday, 3 October 2010

Andrew Buncombe: Balding, paunchy, 61-year-old Rajinikanth is an unlikely leading man. But his new film, out this week, looks set to break all records

1965: Curtis sits for a Hollywood studio portrait, two years before the birth of his sixth wife, Jill Vandenberg

Farewell Tony: a great man, an even better woman

Friday, 1 October 2010

Geoffrey MacNab salutes the life and work of Tony Curtis, the star of 'Some Like it Hot' who died on Wednesday at the age of 85

Shelley Conn has played occasional roles in Casualty and Mersey Beat; now she will star in Terra Nova

Spielberg picks new leading lady from wards of 'Casualty'

Friday, 1 October 2010

When he began looking for a leading lady to star in his highly anticipated new television series Terra Nova, Steven Spielberg could have taken his pick from the cream of Hollywood's most famous acting talent.

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