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And my next creation will be a film all about ... films

Pedro Almodóvar's latest lampoons the movie industry. But making a film about a world that you know can prove tricky, writes Charles Gant Plenty of people harbour the illusion that their lives would make great material for a movie, so we shouldn't be too surprised that film-makers feel the same way. The only difference is that they are more likely to be right. And while we civilians sometimes fail to appreciate the difference between a novel situation (insufficient) and an actual story with ... (read more)


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Robbins Not in Iron Man 2

It seems those rumours that emerged from Latino Review last December that Tim Robbins would play Howard Stark (dad of Tony) were false. (read more)


Tags: Iron Man  Tim Robbins  April 3rd, 2009

Peter Morgan returns to Tony Blair for The Special Relationship

After exploring Blair's persona in The Deal and The Queen, the Frost/Nixon writer may make his directorial debut with a film about the transatlantic bond between the former PM and Bill Clinton The Deal (2003) was a duel. The Queen (2006) was a chess match. And The Special Relationship – Peter Morgan's latest take on Tony Blair's career – looks likely to be a love-in. The film will focus on Blair's close bond with Bill Clinton between 1997 and 2000: the years when their tenures at the top on both ... (read more)


Tags: Peter Morgan  Tony Blair  The Special Relationship  The Deal  The Queen  PM  Bill Clinton  Michael Sheen  Helen McCrory  Dennis Quaid  Russell Crowe  Philip Seymour Hoffman  Alec Baldwin  Tim Robbins  Julianne Moore  Stephen Frears  Primary Colors  Oliver Stone  United States  March 25th, 2009

Film picks

Away from Her 11.10am, Sky Movies Indie (Sarah Polley, 2007) Polley's touching, thought-provoking drama stars Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent as an ageing couple coming to terms with her Alzheimer's. Installed in a geriatric home, her relationship with another patient (Michael Murphy) raises questions about the nature of memory in a hugely impressive film, adapted from an Alice Munro story. Elizabeth: The Golden Age 2pm & 8pm, Sky Movies Drama (Shekhar Kapur, 2007) This sequel moves swiftly on, ... (read more)


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Tim Robbins to star in 'Iron Man 2'?

Tim Robbins is to play Tony Stark's father Howard in the Iron Man sequel. (read more)


Tags: Tim Robbins  Iron Man  December 19th, 2008

Tim Robbins Joining Iron Man 2?

At the moment, it's just an unsubstantiated rumor, but according to a Latino Review source, Tim Robbins will be playing Tony Stark's dad in "Iron Man 2" - and he won't be the only new face audiences see. (read more)


Tags: Tim Robbins  Iron Man  December 18th, 2008

Tony Stark's Dad Cast?

There's a rumour (from latinoreview) that Tim Robbins might be set to play Howard Stark (dad of Tony) in a flashback sequence in Iron Man 2. (read more)


Tags: Tim Robbins  Iron Man  December 18th, 2008

Which Hollywood star would you most hate to spend Christmas with?

Great news for Jennifer Aniston! According to the discerning voters on "AOL's PopEater.com and NiceOne.aol.com websites", the former Friend is the Hollywood celebrity that Americans would most like to spend their Thanksgiving holiday with . This, it should be pointed out, is not really going to happen. Aniston will be spending this weekend as she spends every other: rolling around a bed-full of banknotes and laughing, laughing at the plebs who put her there. And look – here's a picture to prove ... (read more)


Tags: Jennifer Aniston  Tyra Banks  Keira Knightley  Tom Cruise  Lindsay Lohan  Kate Hudson  Hugh Grant  Sharon Stone  Tim Robbins  Sofia Coppola  November 25th, 2008

Robbins may sue over voting row

Tim Robbins threatens legal action after his voting records were allegedly sent to news outlets. (read more)


Tags: Tim Robbins  November 11th, 2008

Robbins exercises right to vote, eventually

Actor and prominent Democratic party supporter Tim Robbins had to get a court order to vote when his name apparently went missing from the electoral roll at his local polling station (read more)


Tags: Tim Robbins  November 5th, 2008