Michael Caine

Cars 2

Uninspired sequel fails to keep the Pixar engine running

13 Jul 2011

(U) 112min After 25 years of animation production and a run of critical and commercial smash-hits, the super-smooth Pixar production line finally blows a gasket with Cars 2, a colourful but overstuffed, noisy and heartless sequel that feels more like…

Inception

Nolan delivers near flawless mind-bender

28 Jul 2010

(12A) 147min. Christopher Nolan adds yet another mind-bending movie to his canon, following the amnesiac flashbacks of Memento and Insomnia's sleep-deprived trippyness. This time round it's dreams he wishes to explore: Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is…

Sean Connery on form as EIFF The Man Who Would Be King screening marks 80th year

Edinburgh International Film Festival Blog

21 Jun 2010

Yet another early start on Sunday, but I’d learnt my lessons from the morning after the Opening Gala, and hadn’t over-indulged at the Ghillie Dhu ceilidh the night before. Thus, I was fighting fit to attend Der Räuber (The Robber) at the Cameo, a…

Terrible giggler Michael Caine

Celebrity Gossip

25 Apr 2010

Sir Michael Caine is a "terrible giggler" who makes filming difficult. The veteran actor caused problems on the set of 'Harry Brown' because he and co-star Emily Mortimer kept making each other laugh, delaying filming as takes had to be redone…

Michael Caine's ignorant struggle

Celebrity Gossip

15 Nov 2009

Sir Michael Caine was too "thick" to realise he was struggling to be a successful actor. The 'Harry Brown' actor said he was so clueless about seeing when he was struggling at the start of his career that he didn't even realise when he was having…

Gambit

13 Nov 2009

(U) 109min (Second Sight) Hot off the back of Alfie and The Ipcress File, Michael Caine made his Hollywood debut with this cleverly conceived 1966 crime caper. In it, Caine’s cat burglar hires Shirley MacLaine’s Eurasian beauty to help him relieve…

Harry Brown

13 Nov 2009

(18) 103min Tabloid frenzied OAP vigilante flick in which an ex military man, played by Michael Caine, takes on the hooded youth of the housing scheme he lives in. Cynical, manipulative and hysterically directed nonsense to make us all more…

Michael Caine's marijuana mistake

Celebrity Gossip

2 Nov 2009

Michael Caine "nearly got a hernia" from smoking Marijuana. The 'Harry Brown' actor said he was never a fan of drugs, and the only time he ever smoked cannabis it had a devastating effect on him. He said: "Marijuana seemed like the most innocent…

Old age and Hollywood

30 Apr 2009

Hollywood producer and one time Clinton supporter Mike Medavoy understands. Old age and Hollywood is the double you just don’t mix. In between closing deals and sitting on the board of California’s Anti Terrorism Information Center, Medavoy once penned…

Is Anybody There?

30 Apr 2009

DRAMA Much as Gran Torino provided a dignified swansong for Clint Eastwood’s popular tough guy persona, John Intermission Crowley’s new film draws on the reservoir of affection that several generations harbour for Michael Caine. Caine plays…

Faithful husband Michael Caine

Celebrity Gossip

12 Feb 2009

Sir Michael Caine has never been tempted to cheat on his wife. The 75-year-old actor - who has worked with the likes of Scarlett Johansson, Kate Winslet, Sigourney Weaver, Demi Moore and Sandra Bullock - insists he only has eyes for his wife of 35…

Flawless

27 Nov 2008

HEIST/THRILLER Sometimes diamonds are not a girl’s best friend. It’s London in 1960 and Laura Quinn (Demi Moore) is beginning to realise that her hard won managerial post for the South African owned London Diamond Company may not be as secure as she…

Michael Caine's vigilante role

Celebrity Gossip

5 Sep 2008

Sir Michael Caine is set to play a vigilante pensioner in a new film. Caine, 75, is to take the lead role in 'Harry Brown', which sees a disillusioned old man take the law into his own hands to fight gangs. Two-time Oscar winner Caine said…

The Dark Knight

31 Jul 2008

SUPERHERO/THRILLER (12A) 152min British filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s revamp of the superhero franchise reaches its apotheosis with this sequel to Batman Begins, a well-imagined, perfectly executed film that combines blockbuster spectacle with indie…

Michael Caine's weather move

Celebrity Gossip

24 Jul 2008

Sir Michael Caine moved back to England because he likes the weather. The 'Dark Knight' star - who previously relocated to Los Angeles to concentrate on his movie career - admits he couldn't stand the unchanging weather in the US city. He said: "I…

Michael Caine's stunt retirement

Celebrity Gossip

21 Jul 2008

Sir Michael Caine is too old to do his own stunts anymore. The 75-year-old actor - who can soon be seen in new Batman movie 'The Dark Knight' - insists it is too dangerous for him to take part in high risk scenes. He said: "I'm 75-years-old. I…

Sleuth

13 Mar 2008

MURDER/MYSTERY (15) 132min (Paramount DVD retail) If you were a ‘bluddy idiot’, as Maurice Micklewhite might say, you could purchase both versions of Sleuth, which are being released on the same day, and then compare the two: this 1972 original…

Sleuth

15 Nov 2007

Some typically terse Harold Pinter dialogue aside, Kenneth Branagh’s reworking of Anthony Shaffer’s theatrical two-hander is an annoyingly clueless affair. Having played opposite Laurence Olivier in the original, Michael Caine now switches to playing…