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From Quentin Tarantino’s violent blockbusters to Steven Spielberg’s family entertainment, and from indie gems premiering at Sundance film festival to popular Hollywood franchises making waves at Comic-Con, this is the place to go for features, interviews and reviews about movies both classic and new from the United States.

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Donnie Yen’s stand-out appearance in John Wick: Chapter 4 is an excellent opportunity to raise Hong Kong’s global prominence, and the city’s government must step up to take it.

The film Shang-Chi, starring Simu Liu, Awkwafina and Tony Leung, showcases how Asian filmmakers and actors are moving ever further away from racist stereotypes. The cultural diversity now visible on screen is the result of larger demographic trends that the US far right cannot hold back even if it tried.

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  • In a recent interview on CBS Sunday Morning, the activewear Fabletics co-founder said that she ‘doesn’t really have [a relationship with her dad],’ before adding, ‘but it’s warming up’
  • Kate and her brother Oliver Hudson come from their Hollywood actress mum Goldie Hawn’s marriage to Bill, who used to play in a band called The Hudson Brothers with his 2 younger brothers
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From Natalie Portman’s complicated feelings about her ‘Lolita’ like character in Léon, to George Clooney’s bouffant hairstyle in sitcom E/R – here are 9 stars’ career progression, in pictures

As the quintessentially British Shaun of the Dead turns 20, we look back at this genre-defining rom-zom-com and how it came to be lauded by cinema luminaries in America as well as at home.

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Challengers is out in theatres! So what do we know about Faist, Zendaya’s co-star in the new tennis film? From getting his head start in theatre to singing and dancing in West Side Story …

Hollywood couple Zendaya and Tom Holland have become superstars in the past few years, with the former starring in new tennis film Challengers – but how did their relationship begin?

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Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers, starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist, may look like a sports film, but the real focus is on a steamy love triangle. Actors and director share their thoughts.

Photographer Carolyn Cole, who won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography, offers her thoughts on what Alex Garland’s movie Civil War gets right and wrong about photojournalism.

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Starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal and directed by Andrew Haigh, All of us Strangers on Disney+ is a heart-shattering melodrama that dares to explore love and loneliness at its most raw.

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Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt team up in this retread of the hit 1980s US TV series. Gosling plays an injured stuntman who is searching for the missing star of a sci-fi series directed by his ex (Blunt).

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In 1998, Rush Hour shot Jackie Chan to international fame. But after making the film with Chris Tucker, Chan ultimately decided not to abandon Hong Kong, and continued to make films in both places.

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From starring in Guy Ritchie’s anticipated new flick to news that he’s about to become a dad, we think this is going to be the year of Henry Cavill – but what do you know about his talented family?

Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver, on Netflix, rounds off Zack Snyder’s instantly forgettable sci-fi series, with even less depth, humour and emotional complexity than the first movie.

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Maya Hawke’s brother recently starred in her music video for ‘Dark’, is set to act in Zoë Kravitz’s film, and attends Dior and Prada events with his Kill Bill actress mum

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If Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver holds little appeal to you, try these five related movies instead - they’re all amazing.

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Actress Zoe Saldaña and Marco Perego-Saldaña’s love story gets cuter the more we learn about it – here’s what you need to know about the Guardians of the Galaxy star’s Italian husband

Abigail stars Alisha Weir as the titular 12-year-old daughter of a crime lord, who is kidnapped for a US$50 million ransom. Abigail is, however, a vampire, and takes her revenge on the extorters.

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Hannah Gutierrez, the armourer who loaded the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Alec Baldwin movie ‘Rust’ is headed to prison.

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Flower Drum Song (1961), the first Hollywood film with a mostly Asian cast, was a rare box-office dud for Rodgers and Hammerstein. Was it a coincidence? We look back at the groundbreaking musical.

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Andrew Scott is making waves with his mesmerising performance in Netflix’s neo-noir Ripley – so what else has the actor been in, and how much do we know about his personal life?

Zendaya plays a young tennis prodigy, while Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor play doubles partners who are both infatuated with her, in this romantic drama from Bones and All director Luca Guadagnino.

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The biographical film, starring Marvel actor Sebastian Stan as young property tycoon Donald Trump, was announced on Thursday as part of the festival being held in France in May.

Amy Winehouse’s parents just made a rare public appearance together, attending the world premiere of Back to Black in London on Monday – but why is the film controversial?

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Alex Garland, the director of Civil War, about a near-future America at war with itself, talks about making a film that foreshadows the breakdown of society while avoiding tying it to current events.

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Finding Her Beat is a documentary feature film about a historic women’s taiko drumming performance in the US, with many involved in the project from the Asian-American and LGBTQ communities.

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The producer-director of Amazon Prime series Fallout, Jonathan Nolan, who also co-produced Westworld, talks about how video games could increasingly become an inspiration for films and TV.

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Stellan Skarsgård describes his only daughter Eija as ‘stronger than the boys’ in the family, while Sam Skarsgård is a literal lifesaver – here’s what we know about them