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Rebel Moon director Zack Snyder has revealed why he doubled down on fascist iconography for the oppressive government of the Motherworld in his new Netflix blockbuster. The action auteur’s new epic follows Kora (played by Sofia Boutella), a former soldier hiding out with a community of farmers on the moon …

“The reason they gave is that my voice now sounds ‘too old’ and they want a younger actress to reprise the role,” she wrote. “Usually in these circumstances, an actress would be given the chance to do a voice test in order to determine the suitability of their pitch and …

UK BAFTA Breakthroughs: Adjani Salmon, writer/performer/exec producer – Dreaming Whilst Black Bella Ramsey, performer – The Last of Us Cash Carraway, creator/writer/exec producer – Rain Dogs Charlotte Regan, writer/director – Scrapper Cynthia De La Rosa, hair & makeup artist – Everyone Else Burns Ella Glendining, director – Is There Anybody …

In cinemas now American star Timothée Chalamet hits on the perfect blend of pluck and innocence as a wide-eyed young Wonka. King tips a top hat to Gene Wilder’s confectioner by opening his film with the refrain of Pure Imagination, the near-­perfect song from Wilder’s 1971 musical. And Chalamet’s charming …

In cinemas now This animated buddy comedy is set in New York’s Central Park where a deluded talking marionette called Don (voiced by Dakota West) has fled his puppet theatre to make his name as a swashbuckling leading man. On the way, he teams up with adorable battery-operated toy pooch …

Awards season kicks off on January 7, 2023 with the 81st Golden Globes awards held by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The first major gong ceremony gives movie fans and industry pundits the first good idea of who could be up for Oscars in March. Barbenheimer’s rematch returns as Barbie …

Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques in Carry On Doctor (Image: ITV) It was 5.30am and still dark when Sally Geeson arrived at Pinewood Studios to start filming Carry On Abroad. In spring 1972, the comedy franchise already had legions of adoring fans, tickled pink by its bawdy humour. But the …

Speculation is rife over who the new 007 will be and by the sounds of it, big changes could be afoot for the franchise. We’ve just had two Doctors at once in the final Doctor Who 60th anniversary special and now the latest rumour is that James Bond will follow …

Since Avengers Endgame witnessed a farewell to Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man and Chris Evans’ Captain America, the MCU has been struggling to follow up in quality and box office success. Yet as the X-Men and Fantastic Four are set to join the Marvel franchise in Deadpool 3 and beyond …

John Travolta in The Shepherd (Image: Disney ) It began as a joke. Two days before Christmas in 1974, bestselling novelist Frederick Forsyth’s first wife Carole was hunting through the cupboards in their bedroom, hoping to find her present. But after ransacking every shelf and coming up empty-handed, she turned …