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Johnny Depp

Interview: Johnny Depp

HE may be one of the biggest stars in the world, but Johnny Depp doesn’t have the stellar ego to match. Read

A scene from the movie Public Enemies

Review: Public Enemies

The film surveys a volatile period in America’s history when a group of hoodlums ran rings around J Edgar Hoover and his fledgling Federal Bureau of Investigation. Read

A scene from the movie Ice AGe 3: Dawn of the dinosaurs

Review: Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

DINOSAURS ruled the Earth for more than 100 million years, but the third instalment of the computer-animated Ice Age series will struggle to reign at the UK box office for more than two weeks Read

A scene from the movie Blood: The Last Vampire

Review: Blood: The Last Vampire

THE live-action version of Hiroyuki Kitakubo’s animated feature steps back in time to the 1970s, when the Vietnam War continued to dominate newspaper headlines Read

sunshine cleaning (PA: DO NOT REUSE)

Review: Sunshine Cleaning

FEUDING sisters rediscover life amid the detritus of the recently deceased in Christine Jeffs’s portrait of dysfunctional family life. Read

cameron diaz my sister's keeper (PA: DO NOT REUSE)

Interview: Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz acts all grown up, as Kate Whiting discovers Read

year one (PA: DO NOT REUSE)

Review: Year One

WHAT do you call a comedy without a single laugh? The punchline is: Harold Ramis’s ramshackle road movie through the Paleolithic era headlined by Jack Black and Michael Cera, two of the most gifted comic actors of their generations. Read

my sister's keeper (PA: DO NOT REUSE)

Review: My Sister's Keeper

BRINGING Jodi Picoult’s challenging novel to the screen was always going to be tough, but director Nick Cassavetes just about pulls it off. Read

A scene from the movie Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen

Review: Transformers - Revenge Of The Fallen

THE robots in disguise continue their age-old feud in the eagerly-awaited sequel to one of the biggest box office hits of 2007. Read

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Reggae and road movies lead a feast from Australia and Jamaica

FILM buffs can take their phones off the hook and keep their diaries free this week as Tyneside Cinema launches a double-bill film festival. Read

A scene from the movie The Hangover

Review: The Hangover

“WE lost Doug...” mumbles a disheveled and bloodied man into his mobile phone, sweating in the heat of the Nevada desert. Read

A scene from the movie Looking For Eric

Review: Looking For Eric

IT didn’t win any prizes but the much-admired Looking For Eric was the talk of last month’s Cannes Film Festival. Read

A scene from the movie The Last House On The Left

Review: The Last House On The Left

IN 1972, writer-director Wes Craven - then unknown - shocked audiences with grisly rape revenge thriller, The Last House On The Left. Read

A scene from the movie Red Cliff

Review: Red Cliff

DIRECTOR John Woo heads back east to helm the most expensive Chinese- language film in history, set during the rule of the Han Dynasty in 208 AD. Read

Chris Taylor of Engage Media

Unassuming champions of the voiceless

IF you were looking for a film company in Newcastle, the very ordinary blue door on a city centre side street is possibly the last place you would look. It screams “credit crunch” but this is actually the home of Superkrush. Read

A scene from the movie Last Chance Harvey

Review: Last Chance Harvey

LOVE blossoms when two lonely people least expect it in writer-director Joel Hopkins’s gently paced and incredibly charming romance, set in bustling, modern-day London. Read

Christian Bale

Interview: Christian Bale

Christian Bale’s new film role was nearly terminated before it even began, as Shereen Low reports. Read

A scene from the movie Terminator Salvation

Review: Terminator Salvation

MAN battles the machines once again in an all-guns-blazing reboot of the Terminator series, which sows the seeds of a new trilogy charting John Connor’s rise to leader of the Resistance in the aftermath of Judgment Day. Read

Robson Green

TV and film talent showcase

A ONE-STOP online shop will be showcasing North East talent from today to film and TV companies across the UK and internationally. Read

drag me to hell

Drag Me To Hell

Sam Raimi returns to horror with this tongue-in-cheek battle for a young woman’s soul. Read