Clive Owen

Five of the best cinematic unhappy endings

This Valentine's Day, enjoy some movies where the two leads don't live happily ever after

WARNING: This list contains major spoilers.

Morgan Freeman and Clive Owen are The Last Knights

Film gossip

Morgan Freeman and Clive Owen are set to star in 'The Last Knights'. The 'Invictus' actor and the 'Inside Man' star have signed up for the forthcoming adventure drama, which is to be helmed by Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya from a screenplay by…

Shadow Dancer

James Marsh’s IRA thriller is an accomplished, slow-burning drama

Like the late Alan Clarke’s remarkable television film Elephant, which depicted a series of senseless killings in Northern Ireland during the era of the so-called Troubles, director James Marsh’s Belfast-set drama shows sectarian murders being…

Intruders

Derivative, moderately engaging paranormal horror starring Clive Owen

(15) 110min Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo has never quite delivered on the promise of his clever debut feature Intacto. Retro chiller Intruders is cleverly constructed and suspenseful but fades when pitted against superior genre fare like…

Trust

David Schwimmer’s powerful movie should resonate with every parent and teenager in some way

A hard-hitting look at the dangers posed by internet predators, as witnessed by a family whose lives are torn apart by the grooming and eventual rape of their teenage daughter, the film stems from Schwimmer’s decade-long involvement with Santa Monica’s…

Bent and Brother to Brother get DVD release

LGTB DVD Round-Up

Director Rodney Evans’ intelligent, engaging Brother to Brother ●●●● (Peccadillo Pictures), a sleeper hit at the Sundance festival in 2004, explores the gay and lesbian subcultures of the Harlem Renaissance through the friendship between a young gay…

The Boys Are Back

(12A) 103min Based on journalist Simon Carr’s memoir of bringing up his two boys in South Australia, The Boys Are Back is a small scale but quietly pleasing drama about the difficulties of parenthood. Executive producer Clive Owen cannily casts…

Clive Owen's upsetting persona

Celebrity Gossip

The 'The Boys Are Back' star, who plays a grieving father in his latest role, said he believes people should know him for his acting and not his personality. He said: "I'm always at my most comfortable when I'm confusing people. "It's more…

Clive Owen's family balancing act

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Clive Owen finds it a struggle to balance his work and family life. The 'Boys Are Back' actor spends as much time as possible with his daughters Hannah, 12, and Eve, 10, but they are always upset by the irregularity of his working life. He said…

Straight talker Clive Owen

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Clive Owen is not a "professional bulls*****r". The British actor was forced to reconsider his career choices when an outspoken taxi driver in Scotland criticised his work as an actor and labelled him an expert liar. He told Details magazine: "I…

Duplicity

THRILLER Bourne trilogy scriptwriter and Michael Clayton director Tony Gilroy has proved himself something of a dab hand with espionage tales. His second directorial effort, Duplicity, is his attempt at a Mr & Mrs Smith type crowd pleaser with Clive…

Lucky Clive Owen

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Clive Owen thinks he is "f***ing lucky". 'The International' star believes he has achieved Hollywood success because of a series of fortuitous events that led him to big movie roles. He said: "I come from a very working-class background. I feel…

Clive Owen to star in kids film

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Clive Owen's children are desperate for him to make a kids' film. The 'International' actor refuses to allow his kids - Hannah, 12, and nine-year-old Eve - to watch his usual movies due to their adult content, so they have started pestering him to…