Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie look good in The Tourist

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What Hammer did for us...

The son of James Carreras – Enrique – formed a distribution company in partnership with Will Hinds in 1935. The company was called Exclusive Films and during the 1940’s it produced the occasional few films based on radio characters such as Dick Barton. The company was very much a family run affair, and in 1947 its production activities were rationalised and a new company, Hammer films, was set up.

The name came from the stage name of Exclusive’s co-owner Will Hinds, who was known as Will Hammer in the theatre. James Carreras became the managing director; Anthony Hinds (Will Hinds’ son) became a producer, and Michael, another son of James Carreras, became his assistant. The production company came about at a bad time for film in Britain, with the industry falling into recession as films were not making profit. Hammer though, survived, thanks largely to James Carreras’ idea that if a film would not make profit then it should not be made at all. With ruthless cost-cutting and a determination to treat films as commercial products rather than simply expressionist art, Hammer was able to maintain itself. Find out more here

Andrea Dunbar's life captured on film in The Arbor

Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar's indomitable spirit captured on Clio Barnard's new drama-documentary The Arbor.

Billy Wilder's brilliant Stalag 17...

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Angelina Jolie has a mighty heart...

Daniel Stephens reviews Michael Winterbottom's intelligent adaptation of Mariane Pearl's book in A Mighty Heart.

Whatever Ron is up to...maybe the latest trailer will tell us?

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What is Ron up to here in the new Harry Potter film?

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What is the best Steven Spielberg film ever made?

...this top 10 will answer that very question.

What is your favourite Steven Spielberg film?

10 reasons Jaws might be the best film ever made

Steven Spielberg’s Jaws is one of the most financially successful films ever made. It is also loved by critics as exampled by its 100% Fresh rating on Rottentomatoes.com. Not only that, it is one of the most widely decorated films ever made, collecting three Oscars as well as ranking highly on hundreds of top films lists including being named as one of the top 100 films ever made by Total Film, the 5th best film ever made by Empire, and the 48th best film ever made by the American Film Institute.

Here’s ten reasons why it deserves all the praise it gets.

Controversy surrounds the horror film Poltergeist

Who directed Poltergeist is a question that has been raised many times between fans of the film ever since an article appeared in the L.A. Times in 1982. The article, about a set visit during principle photography, queried whether credited director Tobe Hooper was actually at the helm. On the day of the newspaper’s visit Steven Spielberg was directing some on-location shots and Hooper was nowhere to be seen. [Click here for the full story]

It wasn’t all a bed of roses between David Lean and his most famous fan Steven Spielberg

It wasn’t all a bed of roses between David Lean and his most famous fan. Chris Evans of The Independent wrote an article in 2008 entitled: “How Sir David Lean had an epic falling out with Steven Spielberg over the filming of a Conrad novel”. [More]