The Great Gatsby

11:01am Friday 17th May 2013

I REMEMBER the first time I saw Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge that the first half-hour or so was so frenetic, so full-on, so in your face in both sound and visuals that I wanted to scream out, “Stop it, calm down, just stay still for a minute”.

Coogan’s buff

Bare necessities: Steve Coogan as Paul Raymond

12:18pm Monday 29th April 2013

Paul Raymond was the man who porned the future as we know it. The man known as The King Of Soho has been brought to the big screen by Steve Coogan. Steve Pratt reports.

Ironing out a franchise

Iron Man 3 (12A)

11:33am Monday 22nd April 2013

Steve Pratt meets Robert Downey Jr, Sir Ben Kingsley, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle and director Don Black at the Iron Man 3 launch.

‘Scotland made me’

To the rescue: Gerard Butler

3:52pm Monday 15th April 2013

WHEN they were filming, Gerard Butler had no idea just how topical the action thriller Olympus Has Fallen would become. The bad guys are North Korean extremists from a country that has been headline news in recent weeks for its attitude towards South Korea and US reaction to events.

Bang goes the president

Acting power: Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart

3:49pm Monday 15th April 2013

So, how do you blow up The White House and kill most of its secret service and make it look realistic? Steve Pratt talks to presidential actor Aaron Eckhart and action-man Gerard Butler about the disaster-laden movie Olympus Has Fallen.

From 007 to little tinker

Magical: Timothy Dalton voices Lord Milori in Tinker Bell And The Secret Of The Wings

10:53am Monday 8th April 2013

HE’S played James Bond and a Time Lord in Doctor Who.

Mr Franchise Viagra

Hot shot: Dwayne Johnson, who stars in GI Joe: Retaliation

3:17pm Wednesday 3rd April 2013

DWAYNE JOHNSON, alias the wrestler known as The Rock, is a handy man to have around in an emergency. If you’ve got a film franchise that needs boosting to improve its performance at the box office, then he’s the man for you.

Je t’aime for a laugh

Time for humour: Kristin Scott Thomas and Fabrice Luchini

3:07pm Wednesday 3rd April 2013

THERE’S no need to worry, Kristin Scott Thomas assures me, as she’s getting offered roles she wants. “Well, I wouldn’t do it if I didn’t want to do it. Because I’ve learned my lesson. But do I get a lot of offers? Yes,” she says.

The ultimate Bond girl

Rosario Dawson

11:14am Monday 25th March 2013

Danny Boyle hit an all-time high when he directed the Queen in the Olympic opening ceremony. But he’s equally happy with the more run-of-the-mill stars in his latest thriller Trance, he tells Steve Pratt

The ‘villain’ who can’t say no

The ‘villain’ who can’t say no

4:48pm Wednesday 20th March 2013

Mark Strong is used to playing the bad guy – it’s something British actors enjoy, he tells Steve Pratt ‘WHO did you just have?” asks Mark Strong, entering the room for his round table interview. Your director Eran Creevy, we tell him.

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