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Sean Penn to direct January 6 drama with Bradley Cooper set to star

Oscar-winning actor to write and direct fact-based movie that will follow a police officer mixed up in 2021 Capitol riot

The Guardian - US · Jun 16

‘Obsession’ is a sensation. Everyone, including Curry Barker, is trying to figure out what it means

Over the last month, “Obsession” has sent shock waves through Hollywood

The Independent UK · Jun 16

‘Don DeLillo gave me his blessing’: film director Ben Rivers on how fan mail from the Underworld author led to his latest work

When Rivers received a surprise letter from DeLillo, it encouraged him to set the author’s one-act play in an adult-free, postapocalyptic world

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16

Fans joke Hollywood casting ‘an actual elf’ after Anya Taylor-Joy joins Lord of the Rings

Studio confirms ‘Furiosa’ star will play a Sindar elf who is ‘a trusted and lethal agent of King Thranduil’

The Independent UK · Jun 16

Russell Crowe says Gladiator II failed because ‘it didn’t have a moral core’

The star added that the original film appealed to a female audience ‘because it’s not about revenge, it is about vengeance’ – and because it didn’t have a gratuitous sex scene

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16

Spider-Man: Brand New Day director urges fans to see the new movie as if it's "the last Spider-Man," and now we're worried for Tom Holland's Peter Parker

Fans think Spider-Man: Brand New Day could be the end of Tom Holland's Peter Parker

Total Film · Jun 16

‘Disclosure Day’ wants us to listen

"Disclosure Day" (2026), the latest work by the wizard of Hollywood, is divisive. On the one hand it is praised as Spielberg's greatest work in 20 years. On the other, it is seen as one of the worst movies some have ever seen. I take the middle ground. I think…

Bangkok Post · Jun 16

‘David Bowie was a crazy workaholic’: Labyrinth at 40 – an oral history

Today, Jim Henson’s dark fairytale is seen as a classic of 80s high camp. But on release, it bombed. Here, members of the cast and crew remember laughter, tricky puppets and Henson’s ‘joyful magic’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16

The Death of Robin Hood review – Hugh Jackman darkens a heroic tale in grim drama

A conceptually intriguing film that turns the outlaw hero into a selfish criminal struggles to find its footing despite some fantastic craftwork

The Guardian - US · Jun 16

Sally Field says she couldn’t understand classic film co-star: ‘I don’t know if he was stoned’

‘I couldn't string two words together!’ Oscar-nominated star confessed

The Independent UK · Jun 16