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Leonidas. Atilla the Hun. Beowulf. Dracula. The Phantom. Gerard Butler has covered an impressive number of legendary figures in his 20-year career, wielding swords and growling in every century we have a...

Who dares to face down Malcolm Tucker? By 2009, Peter Capaldi’s tartan terror had been blazing through the halls of Westminster for four years – obliterating all who unknowingly stumbled into his path. His...

https://vimeo.com/231635275 The latter years of teen life are all challenge, identity crisis, uncertainty; frustration and dissatisfaction plague almost everyone. But for others it’s harder –...

Rob Reiner's classic fantasy movie The Princess Bride (based on William Goldman's immortal novel) is 30 years old this month. Despite being only a modest success at the box office on its release, the film...

With The LEGO Ninjago Movie opening in the UK this weekend, it looks like the LEGO film franchise is building fast. Ninjago is the second spinoff this year, and two more entries are expected in 2019: The LEGO...

https://vimeo.com/235664764 Leaving home in the 21st century is a strange paradox. Even when we are alone, our access to technology means we are forever tied to our loved ones. Even when we are apart,...

In 2008 Destin Daniel Cretton made a short film called Short Term 12. Five years later he developed it into a feature of the same name, which despite being relatively unknown has garnered a huge amount of...

Welcome to By The Book, where we compare books with their cinematic adaptations. Are they faithful and delightful partners in storytelling, or are the authors turning in their graves through these unholy...

Ryan Gosling is a tough actor to pin down. One moment he’s the silent, brooding leading man, and the next he’s tap-dancing his way through Hollywood and belting out a few songs on the way. While he may now...

It’s always weird going back to the beginning. So many great directors seem to arrive fully-formed, but that’s usually because by the time they break out and hit the spotlight, they already have a solid...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrZk9sSgRyQ It's easy to be skeptical about the implications that an expanded Blade Runner universe has - the franchising of a film that basically screamed about the dangers...

Death. Love. Poetry. Politics. Society. Sex. Birth. These are the visual chapters of Sally Potter’s enchanting third feature Orlando. A loose adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel of the same name, the...

You’d be forgiven for not knowing who Domhnall Gleeson is, or even for not knowing how to pronounce his name (it’s pronounced "Doe-nal", by the way). But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t deserve to be a...

https://vimeo.com/224657759 At One Room With A View, nothing excites us more than new talent. The thrilling prospect of discovering fresh, stimulating voices as they enter the world of film for the...

This article is a One Room With A View first - the 'scene stealer' performance coming from an animated film, with Peter O'Toole's voice-acting rendition of Anton Ego. Ten years after the release of...