Aaron Sorkin to write script for Sony’s Steve Jobs biopic
The Social Network's Oscar-winning screenwriter is to pen film based on bestselling biography of the late Apple founderHis legacy already surrounds us in the shape of iPods, iPhones, iPads and myriad other iconic, sleek and indispensable examples of 21...
Take that, fanboys
Kapow! is a comic convention run by sisters – but will women ever be welcomed by the boys' club?It's a world where guys have superpowers and the girls are very often disempowered. But now two Glasgow-based women are attempting to shake up the often m...
Happy Birthday, A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess's diabolical tale of juvenile ultraviolence is 50. Five decades on, the novel holds a lofty position as one of pop culture's most influential and enduring pieces of literatureFifty years ago today, Anthony Burgess published his ninth no...
Will The Amazing Spider-Man’s Lizard scale new heights?
Rhys Ifans's reptilian rogue runs the risk of being the CGI elephant in the room of Marc Webb's new film. But can this new featurette put the Lizard in a new light?The Amazing Spider-Man seems to be the Peter Parker of this year's summer blockbusters, ...
Faust – review
This ponderous movie is regarded by its writer-director, the talented Russian mystic Alexander Sokurov, as the concluding section of a quartet of films on the subject of the corrupting effects of power, following on from his biographical studies of Hit...
The Avengers: why Hollywood is no longer afraid to tackle 9/11
The Avengers, which has had the biggest US opening in history, climaxes with towers crumbling and mayhem in Manhattan. Squeamishness, it seems, is shortlived in HollywoodMad terror in the streets as flying whatsits and killer robots from outer space r...
Why the world needs Val Kilmer
He could have been another Brad Pitt. Instead he's doing one-man stage shows. Is it time for a rescue plan?For some time now, I have belonged to a secret society known as the League of Rueful Val Kilmer Enthusiasts. It consists of men of a certain age...
Paddington Bear to take big-screen voyage
Michael Bond's polite bear from Peru will have to dust off his duffle coat as his live action/CGI debut, directed by Paul King, gets the go-aheadDeepest, darkest Peru's most famous accident-prone, marmalade eating emigré is heading for the big screen,...
Roman Polanski to direct film about Dreyfus affair
Carnage director to work with author Robert Harris on film about turn-of-the-century French spy scandalRoman Polanski is to follow up his success with Carnage with a film about the Dreyfus affair, the notorious turn-of-the-century French spy scandal th...
Harry Potter theme park to open in Japan
A third Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park is to open at Universal Studios' Osaka site in 2014Harry Potter is heading off to Japan following the announcement that a new theme park attraction based on JK Rowling's famous boy wizard is to open at...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Guidebook Adaptations …
... But Were Afraid to Ask. Pregnancy guide What to Expect When You're Expecting is the latest self-help book to be turned into a film. Which manuals would you tout around Tinseltown?No Hollywood genre has been quite as strange as the loose ensemble co...
Maurice Sendak obituary
Children's author and illustrator best known for Where the Wild Things AreMaurice Sendak, who has died aged 83, was both one of the most individual and one of the most successful illustrators of the 20th century. Since 1951 his 90-odd titles have sol...
