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Based on the novel by Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl tells the story of the Boleyn sisters and their separate affairs with Henry VIII. Part costume romance, part political drama, The Other Boleyn Girl is all about sisterly rivalry…

Kingdom of Heaven is Ridley Scott’s 2005 Crusades epic. It depicts a period of history when an egomaniac, rallying radicalised jingoists, takes over from a cool-headed man of peace. So a re-watch of its Director’s Cut and some…

When I was young, my family had a great film collection. One corner of the living room was dedicated to a whopping four shelves of VHS tapes; a portion of them, as you might expect, were store bought movies and TV shows, but the majority of…

In the grand old tradition, there are many films that kids will inevitably end up seeing when they are far too young to be doing so. RoboCop may well be the ultimate example of that. A bloody, dark, nightmarishly violent R-rated film but…

The enormous success of the first film (the appropriately titled Batman) meant that Tim Burton had something of a bargaining chip in his corner when Warner Brothers asked him to come back for the sophomore effort. He argued for more…