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'Being 17' an accurate portrayal of adolescent attraction

Damien and Tom are two 17-year-old students they are complete opposites. One is the son of a helicopter pilot, the other a farmer. They live in a

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Captain America stars reunite for red carpet premiere

Captain America is back in action – The American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character. The film follows on from both ‘Avengers: Age

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The Tribeca film festival gets underway in New York

The Tribeca film festival got underway in New York on Wednesday with an array of feature films, documentaries and TV shows. “Vaxxed”, a documentary

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"Lights Out" hopes to scare you to death

What do you do when the lights go out? Well, director David F. Sandberg would like you to scream, and scream often with his latest horror offering

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'Tomorrow': a message of hope for a better, greener and more sustainable future

‘Tomorrow’ is an inspiring documentary by French filmmakers Melanie Laurent and Cyril Dion.

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Comedy queen Melissa McCarthy is Trump-like mogul in 'The Boss'

Melissa McCarthy stars as a finance mogul Michelle Darnell in Hollywood comedy ‘The Boss’. After spending time in prison for insider trading

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Porsche exonerated in Paul Walker, Roger Rodas crash

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming Porsche was responsible for crash that killed fast and furious actor Paul Walker and his friend Roger Rodas.

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Jon Favreau gives Kipling classic The Jungle Book a CGI remake

Originally released in 1967, and digitally remastered 40 years later, the story has now been turned into a live-action CGI movie with stunning special effects.

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Disney begins search for new CEO after Staggs quits in surprise

Shares in Disney dropped two percent after the firm announced the resignation of Tom Staggs, a veteran executive who was tipped to be its next

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'The Huntsman' returns with added star power

The world of the Grimm Brothers is back to haunt us on the silver screen with the prequel to the 2012 hit ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’. ‘The

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'In Jackson Heights": our pick of the week

A look at Frederick Wiseman's bewitching documentary on a very cosmopolitan New York neighborhood.

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'Miles Ahead': inside a jazz icon's creative block

No conventional biopic: actor-director Don Cheadle chose to tap Miles Davis's years of self-imposed seclusion and musical muteness.

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Murder and comedic mayhem invade Beverly Hills in Meet the Blacks

The film is set in a future America where, every year, there is a 12-hour period during which all crime is legal.

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Hiddleston takes on Hank Williams in "I saw the light"

Tom Hiddleston may be hot property right now but his portrayal of American music icon Hank Williams in “I saw the light” has not been without

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Cannes: Woody Allen's latest film to open the festival in May

"Cafe Society" follows in the footsteps of "Midnight in Paris" and "Hollywood Ending"

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Will "Eddie the Eagle" fly at the box office?

Ridiculed at the time by fellow competitors and the public alike, in the late 1980s Briton Michael Edwards became a household name when, against the

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"Midnight Special" sees Nichols enter big league

A father-son action escape movie firmly in sci-fi territory sounds like potentially dodgy ground, but this is the big return of Mud“s Jeff Nichols

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'Big Fat Greek Wedding' sequel disappoints

It’s been nearly 14 years since ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ was released. With a budget of just $5 million, it became one of the most successful

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'No Land's Song': when art triumphs over ignorance in Iran

An Iranian film maker follows his sister in her relentless quest to organise a public concert featuring female solo singers - which has been forbidden in Iran since the Islamic Revolution.

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Red from the 'Angry Birds' becomes honorary ambassador at the United Nations

Red, the animated character in the upcoming ‘The Angry Birds Movie’, was named Honorary Ambassador for Green on the International Day of Happiness at

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