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21 Feb 2008
James McAvoy, Ewan McGregor, KT Tunstall, Midge Ure, Johnny Depp, Bob Dylan, Angelina Jolie, David Beckham, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, JK Rowling, Lord Richard Attenborough, Sienna Miller and Bob Geldof are among the celebrities who have been…
29 May 2008
James McAvoy is set to play Bilbo Baggins in 'The Hobbit'. Film bosses are rumoured to be close to signing McAvoy - who played the faun Mr. Tumnus in 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe' - to play the fantasy hero in the…
28 Feb 2008
The final call has gone out for nominations for the Robert Burns Humanitarian Award. Charitable stars, such as James McAvoy, Ewan McGregor, KT Tunstall, Angelina Jolie (pictured) and David Beckham have all been invited to nominate a charity or…
6 Sep 2007
There’s a visually astounding set-piece at the centre of this adaptation of novelist Ian McEwan’s superb tragic romance set before, during and after World War II. It’s a lengthy tracking shot of the beach at Dunkirk during the Allied troop withdrawal…
3 Jan 2007
Name Kevin Macdonald Born 28 October 1967, Glasgow, Scotland. Background Celluloid runs like blood through Macdonald’s veins. He’s the grandson of legendary writer/director Emeric Pressburger and younger brother of Trainspotting producer Andrew…
26 Jun 2008
James McAvoy is terrible with guns. The actor says he dislikes handling firearms, despite them featuring heavily in his latest movie, 'Wanted', in which he plays an assassin. He said: "In 'Band of Brothers', I shot my rifle three times and hit…
22 May 2008
The Incredible Hulk The big angry green killing machine gets another bite at the superhero film franchise cherry (after the box office disaster of Ang Lee’s Hulk). This version is adapted by the folk behind the X-Men films, directed by Louis Leterrier…
10 Apr 2008
Mirren and Plummer also star in The Last Station in Germany Atonement star James McAvoy will begin filming the Leo Tolstoy biopic The Last Station in Germany this week alongside wife and fellow actor Anne-Marie Duff. Rumour has it that the film’s…
30 Aug 2007
The curtain raised on the Venice Film Festival yesterday, opening with British film Atonement starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. The film, which is based on the best-selling novel by Ian McEwan, is only the second feature film from director…
The only similarity that the Nicholas Garrigan of this film has with his namesake in Giles Foden’s book is, indeed, his name. The Garrigan of the book is a dull-witted, slightly ignorant and rather un-endearing Scot, whereas in the movie James McAvoy…
9 Jul 2008
James McAvoy loves playing "d***s" in movies. The actor - who can currently be seen starring alongside Angelina Jolie in assassin movie 'Wanted' - admits he prefers playing unlikeable characters to lovable ones. He said: "I like romantic comedies.
3 Jul 2008
James McAvoy hates it when fans interrupt him when he is using the toilet. The 'Wanted' star is often approached by men in public conveniences who attempt to talk to him or shake his hand while he's relieving himself. He said: "People are never…
19 Jun 2008
THRILLER/ACTION (18) 111min Scottish comic book writer Mark Millar's ultra-violent graphic novel gets the Hollywood blockbuster treatment in this sfx-heavy actioner that benefits from the skewered perspective of Russian director Timur Bekmambetov, who…
31 Jan 2008
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away from self-conscious satire, there lived a girl named Penelope (Christina Ricci). With her moneyed background, good sense of humour and French language skills, Penelope should be a bit of a catch. Sadly, Penelope…
27 Feb 2007
BIOPIC/DRAMA/ROMANCE As the occasionally inspired Boston Globe film critic Mark Feeney pointed out: ‘Once the implicit aim of biography was to uplift now it is to unveil.’ And so it is that we reach the point where it seems OK to release a film about…
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