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When will Ridley Scott learn that you can't send a boy to do a man's job? His Kingdom of Heaven was scuppered from the start thanks to the casting of that vapid slip Orlando Bloom in the leading role of a heroic crusader. Now here comes Body of Lies which installs Leonardo DiCaprio as Bloom's modern-day equivalent: a hardball CIA operative on a mission to the Middle East. He hurries through the carnage...
... shall we say... refuse to mature? I adore this winky put-down of the "Leo diCaprio persona," by Xan Brooks. Thank god I'm not the only one who sees what's going on: a hardball CIA operative on a mission to the Middle East. He hurries through the carnage sporting a bum-fluff beard and the irritated air of a youth who can't find his trousers and is running late for the high-school prom. He's...
'This may be the most thought-provoking film I've seen all year,' Xan Brooks says of Ari Folman's inventive animated documentary about the Sabra and Shatila massacre of 1982
This week, Jason Solomons meets Ari Folman, the Waltz with Bashir director whose animated documentary about the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre has been lauded everywhere, even his native Israel; Xan Brooks joins Jason to review Oliver Stone's Bush biopic W as well as Agnes Jaoui's Let's Talk About the Rain and the police drama Pride and Glory ; and Heather Croall, director of Sheffield Doc/Fest,...
It was a time of giants. It was a time of heroes. Find out who's who in W, Oliver Stone's inspirational salute to the most God-fearing, gas-guzzling administration in US history. By Xan Brooks
So Simon Pegg fears that the modern-day ghoul is altogether too speedy for comfort. Is he correct? Find out with our A-Z (ambulatory-to-zippy) guide to zombies old and new. By Xan Brooks
The London Film Festival opened last week and runs through to the end of the month. How's it been going so far? The Observer's Jason Solomons hits a few of the highlights, while the Guardian's Xan Brooks looks ahead,...
