Dan Brightmore

This Scandi-noir thriller, based on the first of the Department Q potboilers by Danish writer Jussi Adler-Olsen, delivers slow burn chills. Directed by Mikkel Norgaard it’s adapted for the screen by Nikolaj Arcel who wrote the screenplay for the 2009 Swedish film version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. When homicide cop Carl (Nikolaj […]

Aiming to reignite the on-screen spark they shared in 2011’s Bad Teacher, Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel play thirty-something couple Annie and Jay. They decide to spice up their love life by making a sex tape, on an iPad. Zany huh? But thanks to a sloppy plot device that finds the couple gifting Apple tablets […]

The former Jedi and star of Taken Liam Neeson plays private eye Matt Scudder in his latest thriller A Walk Among the Tombstones, based on the detective novels by Lawrence Block. The actor spoke about the demands of doing fight scenes in his sixties at a Q&A following a special screening of the film in […]

Pride hit cinemas from last week (September 12). It chronicles the true story of how London-based activists LGSM (Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners) joined forced with picket line protesters in 1984. They were united against a trio of common enemies: the Margaret Thatcher Government, the police and the tabloid press. Speaking after a special […]

Director David Cronenberg made his name in the ’80s with sci-fi chillers like Videodrome and The Fly. With Maps to the Stars he’s back to his wicked best with a creepy satire about our obsession with celebrity set in a vision of Hollywood in keeping with the twisted work of David Lynch. Tinseltown itself appears […]

Denzel Washington turns ruthless vigilante starring as ex-CIA agent Robert McCall in director Antoine ‘Training Day‘ Fuqua’s big screen reboot of the ’80s TV show. We meet McCall living a quiet life working in a hardware superstore after faking his own death to get away from the violence and betrayal of his former career as […]

Benedict Cumberbatch plays the leader of a group of mathematicians working to crack the German Enigma code in WWII drama The Imitation Game. Based on a true story, the Sherlock star is Alan Turing, a scientist who developed a machine which decoded intercepted Nazi messages allowing the Allies to hasten the end of the war […]

The creepy doll from 2012 hit horror flick The Conjuring has got its own spin-off. In James Wan’s original film she appeared in a macabre museum of horrors at the home of 1970s paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. In this prequel, we meet a young couple when they are expecting a baby. They complete […]

From Jedi guru Yoda to Philip Seymour Hoffman’s legendary rock journalist Lester Bangs in Almost Famous, here’s 21 life-changing pieces of advice from the movies… Yoda – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” Yoda – The […]

Brad Pitt is tank captain ‘Wardaddy’ in David Training Day Ayer’s visceral and harrowing WWII drama. The Fury of the title is a Sherman tank deployed behind enemy lines as the Allies push on through Germany in April 1945. We experience the ambushes, bone-snapping firefights and the shock and gore of man to man combat […]

In Midnight Special, former Superman villain Michael Shannon plays a father who rescues his son from a mysterious cult and goes on the run from the Federal Government. Director Jeff Nichols delivers a gripping supernatural chase movie through the back roads of the American South. The Boardwalk Empire star talked to NME about working with […]

Midnight Special star and Batman v Superman villain General Zod, Michael Shannon reveals his love for Phil Collins, Talking Heads and how he saw Bob Dylan by chance

Jesse Eisenberg brings back the magic in Now You See Me 2 with an all-star cast featuring Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Daniel Radcliffe. The Oscar-nominated actor and Batman V Superman villain combines writing plays and arthouse projects with Hollywood blockbusters; he talked to NME about the weird world of fame, his fear […]

As Star Trek Beyond comes to DVD and Blu-ray, lead actor Chris Pine gives us the lowdown on working with Simon Pegg, why he loves Ol’ Blue Eyes and what it’s like sitting in the big chair on the Starship Enterprise as Captain Kirk. Where does Star Trek Beyond find Captain Kirk? “Kirk was driven by the […]

With boxing drama Bleed For This now available on Digital HD, DVD and Blu-ray, star Miles Teller talks to NME about bringing iconic fighter Vinny ‘Pazman’ Pazienza to the screen and how it made him confront his own near death experience. What was your training regime like to portray three-time world champion and boxing legend Vinny […]

Oscar Isaac takes a break from piloting Poe Dameron’s X-wing fighter in the Star Wars saga to deliver an emotional punch in uplifting First World War drama The Promise. The star of the Coen Brothers classic Inside Llewyn Davies and X-Men: Apocalypse talks to NME about working with Christian Bale, his passion for making music and The […]

It’s taken a while, but the first ever superhero film with both a female protagonist and director is an absolute delight

Starring Andy Serkis and Woody Harrelson, War for the Planet of the Apes has a pointed relevance to the present day.

Cillian Murphy discusses starring in new World War II epic ‘Dunkirk’, and what it was like to work alongside director Christopher Nolan.

The Breaking Bad and Triple 9 start reveals the songs that have been the soundtrack to his life