“I’ve always liked to make characters in the most precarious situations and try to bring them back.” Michael Douglas exclaims. During his acting career, Michael Douglas has enthralled his audience, not by playing heroic characters, but by taking on unsympathetic characters and infusing them with charm and humanity. Among those compelling [...]

Following his previous dramas, The Deal and The Queen, the prolific screenwriter Peter Morgan delivers the last instalment in his trilogy, The Special Relationship, which deals with Tony Blair’s foreign politics and particularly his relationship with America. The film provides an intimate behind-the-scenes look at the unique and sometimes turbulent political [...]

Al Pacino is arguably one of the greatest and most accomplished actors of his generation. He became a cultural icon thanks to revered performances in wide range of classics such as The Godfather, Serpico, Scarface, Scent of A Woman, Heat and many more. [...]

Emily Mortimer is one of the busiest British Actresses these days. She started her film career working on small projects like “Young Adam” and “Bright Young Things” and filling small roles in blockbusters such as “The 51st State” and “Elizabeth”, but in 2005 she leapt to prominence when she took [...]

Sarah Coomes reports from LA I am sitting in Beverly Hills Hotel in LA, thinking about Russia and what Tolstoy would have thought of such an opulent place – fresh flowers, marbled floors, gilt, patterned carpeting disappearing down endless wallpapered corridors; when Helen Mirren, who plays Tolstoy’s wife, Countess Sofia, in [...]

Terry Gilliam is one of the most imaginative and original directors of his time. His films paddle between reality and fantasy and many occur in the minds of his protagonists, raising questions about identity and sanity. His characters are always battling higher powers and bureaucracy. This theme is repeated in [...]

Some raised concerns and doubts when the 22 year-old, Carey Mulligan, was cast to play the 16 year-old, Jenny, in the new film “An Education.” Frankly, had I not known her age, I would’ve thought that she was truly 16 when I met her last week. She sprang into the [...]

I couldn’t help but conjure up the image of Tony Blair when I saw the Welsh actor, Michael Sheen, striding down the Four Seasons Hotel corridor. After all, in spite of his rich career in film and theatre, he is mostly known for portraying the former British Prime minister in [...]