Movies

Gary Oldman says Ben Affleck doesn't need any advice to play Batman.
The 55-year-old actor - who portrayed police office James Gordon in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy - insists Affleck will be fine when it takes on the Role of The Caped Crusader opposite Henry Cavill as Superman in the 'Man of Steel' sequel, despite criticism his casting has attracted from fans.
When asked if he had any words of wisdom for Affleck about taking on the part of the iconic comic book character, Oldman told BANG Showbiz: "Advice for Ben Affleck? He doesn't need my advice! He's great."
The British star - who appeared opposite Christian Bale as Batman in their movies - also revealed he was charmed into accepting the part of Dr. Dennett Norton in the 'Robocop' remake by the director José Padilha.
Speaking at the movie's world premiere at London's BFI IMAX Odeon cinema on Wednesday night (05.02.14), he said: "This film wasn't on my list of things to do but in came in and I read it and I thought it was fun, and I like José the director, he was a charmer."
Oldman also insists they are significant differences between the new film and the original 1987 version, directed by Paul Verhoeven.
He added: "I saw the original when it came out. I haven't seen it since. It was more of a horror I remember - it was more violent and had more gore than ours."
Oldman was joined at the event by his co-stars Abbie Cornish and Joel Kinnaman - who plays Alex Murphy, the cop who is turned into the the cyborg law enforcer - and director José.
The actor braved wind and rain to stop and sign autographs for fans and pose for photos.

Emma Watson will star in 'Regression'.
The 23-year-old actress - who was catapulted to the spotlight as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter franchise when she was just nine years old - is thrilled to be working with 41-year-old Alejandro Amenabar who is directing the thriller from the screenplay he wrote, according to Variety.com.
Watson said: "I am passionate about Alejandro and his work and am so happy to be collaborating with him. I'm really excited by the challenge my character presents to me as an actress... I can't wait to begin."
The blonde beauty is set to star alongside 43-year-old A-Lister Ethan Hawke in the Weinstein Company's - founded by Bob and Harvey Weinstein in 2005 - forthcoming film which is set for a 2015 release.
Amenabar has previously worked with the Weinsteins on supernatural horror 'The Others', which featured Nicole Kidman and grossed $210 million worldwide.
Following the success of the final instalment of Harry Potter - titled 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2' - in 2011, Watson took short break and previously admitted 2013's 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' encouraged her to step back into the film industry.
Since then she has been cast in a number of Hollywood hits including Seth Rogen's 'This Is the End', Sofia Coppola's 'The Bling Ring' and will be on the big screen in 2014's 'Noah' which is in post-production.

Prince William will present Dame Helen Mirren with the Fellowship award at the BAFTA Awards 2014.
The Duke of Cambridge - who is President of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts - will honour the 68-year-old actress at the annual ceremony which will be held on February 16 at London's Royal Opera House.
Amanda Berry OBE, chief executive of BAFTA, is "delighted" to have the 31-year-old royal - whose grandfather, Prince Philip, was the organisation's first president in 1959 - attend the awards ceremony.
She said in a statement: "We are delighted to welcome our President back to the EE British Academy Film Awards. The Duke loves film and he is incredibly supportive of the work BAFTA does."
Berry was thrilled with the prince's backing for the BAFTA 'Give Something Back' campaign which calls on the organisation's members to share the knowledge and expertise of the industry with new and emerging talent.
She added: "Over the last year, The Duke has attended the launch of our 'Give Something Back' campaign and also given his name to three BAFTA scholarships, helping us deliver our shared ambition of giving talented young people a chance to succeed, regardless of their background."
Meanwhile, Mirren previously admitted she thought her work was too "raunchy" to receive a BAFTA Fellowship and was "stunned" to be following in the footsteps of the likes of Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Dame Judi Dench, Charlie Chaplin and Steven Spielberg in receiving the accolade.
She said: "Much of the time my artistic choices are raunchy."
Discussing her 1989 film 'The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover' - which featured cannibalism and violence - she added: "In many ways it was right up my alley - and the quality in me that makes me relish that kind of thing was the reason I thought I would never, ever be the person to win this Fellowship."

Jared Leto believes quitting acting for six years was "one of the best decisions" he's ever made.
The 30 Seconds to Mars frontman stopped performing for over half a decade in order to focus on his music career, but he thinks the break made him a better actor.
He explained: "I think that the six years I took off was one of the best decisions I've ever made, in my entire life. I think it made me a better actor. I think it made me a better person. We really only have to offer an equal and opposite reflection of the experiences that we've had in our lives, and the time away was crucial."
The 42-year-old star is adamant that he wouldn't have been able to play Rayon, a transgender AIDS patient, in 'Dallas Buyers Club' without taking a hiatus back in 2008.
He told Collider.com: "I couldn't have done any of that [performance in 'Dallas Buyers Club] - not even close - without that time away. I was chasing other dreams, and that's a powerful thing. When you fail, you win a little and you fail again, you take all of those lessons and you apply it."

James Franco is to open his own acting school.
The 35-year-old actor has teamed up with Playhouse West to launch Studio four at The Sherry Theater in Los Angeles, California, according to Deadline.com.
The 'Spring Breakers' star plans to run two classes every week, where he'll be accompanied by additional guests, and will teach different acting techniques and a number of projects.
The hunk - who has taught classes in filmmaking, movie production and screenwriting in the past - will watch his students put on performances and will create potential roles through the use of his production company Rabbit Bandini Productions.
Meanwhile, James is so invested in his various projects that he rarely has any time to sleep, but his hectic lifestyle eventually takes its toll and he "crashes" in inappropriate places.
He said previously: "I don't need sleep. And then you do enough of those [late nights] and you eventually crash - you know, odd places, on set, or in class, or wherever."
Despite juggling many different careers ranging from an actor, director, professor, PhD student and artist, James still has some unfulfilled ambitions to cross off his list - including the stage.
He added: "I love theatre. I'm actually supposed to act on Broadway in 'Of Mice and Men'. So I think that's gonna happen. [And] I'd like to write a play."

Tom Hiddleston is to star in 'High-Rise'.
The 32-year-old actor has joined the cast in the movie adaptation of JG Ballard's 1975 novel, which is being directed by Ben Wheatley, after he landed the lead role.
Wheatley announced the news on his Twitter page and personal blog, writing: "HIGH RISE: Here we go. Cant quite believe this is happening. Tom Hiddleston! Jeremy Thomas! Script by Amy Jump (sic)."
The movie follows the lives of an affluent community which descends into chaos when it is cut off from society in a luxury block of flats.
Wheatley - who is currently filming an episode of 'Doctor Who' with Peter Capaldi - admitted last year he was a fan of Ballard, who died in 2009.
He said previously: "I love Ballard's work. This project started out with me looking at my bookcase, seeing the book, and thinking, 'That would make a great film'.
"The idea is to be true to Ballard. I was born in 1972, so one of the attractions of the film was that I kind of imagine myself as one of the kids running around on the estate and my parents as the adults."
Meanwhile, Hiddleston will next be seen alongside Tilda Swinton in Jim Jarmusch's vampire film, 'Only Lovers Left Alive.'
Filming for 'High-Rise' will kick off in June this year.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill will reunite for 'The Ballad of Richard Jewell'. The duo, who worked together on Martin Scorsese's 'The Wolf Of Wall Street', will star alongside one another once again to tell the true story of the police officer and ...

Matthew McConaughey will star in 'Sea Of Trees'.
The 44-year-old actor has been cast as a suicidal American who becomes friends with a Japanese man, played by Ken Watanabe, who is lost near Mount Fuji, which is the highest mountain in Japan located on Honshu Island, according Variety.com.
Gus Van Sant will direct while Chris Sparling is penning the script and Life Of Pi's Gil Netter is producing.
McConaughey, who has been nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of a real-life AIDS victim in 'Dallas Buyers Club', previously revealed he's made a conscious decision not to take a part in another romantic comedy, after appearing in 'How To Lose a Guy In 10 Days' and 'Failure to Launch'.
He said: "I'm not going to carry on doing the same thing over and over. I was reading romantic comedies. And I liked them. But I wanted to do something that scares me a little bit.
"The first move was saying 'no' to scripts. That was six months of 'no' and then a year of nothing. And something happened. I gained anonymity and suddenly it became a good idea for William Friedkin [director] to call about 'Killer Joe' or Steven Soderbergh about 'Magic Mike'."
McConaughey who currently stars in 'Dallas Buyers Club' and 'The Wolf Of Wall Street' will next be in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi film 'Interstellar'.

George Clooney loves the story of 'Monuments Men' because it explores aspects of Adolf Hitler which aren't common knowledge.
The 52-year-old Hollywood legend directed, wrote and produced the forthcoming film adaptation of Robert M. Edsel's book of the same name - full title 'The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History'.
He was thrilled that he was able to tell an unknown story in the film which follows an Allied group who try and save pieces of art and other items of cultural importance before their destruction by German dictator and leader of the Nazi Party, Hitler, during the Second World War.
Clooney told Variety.com: "I had some understanding that Hitler was stealing s**t. I didn't understand he was taking all of it. They don't teach that in school. That's why I loved the story. We figured at this point, we've done so many WWII movies, there really aren't any new ones. You have to get around to someone as smart as Quentin [Tarantino with 'Inglourious Basterds'], who can burn Hitler in a movie theatre to do something different."
Clooney worked alongside friends and previous co-stars, including Matt Damon, Bill Murray and John Goodman in the wartime drama and was delighted with how helpful they were when the weather disrupted their filming while they were shooting scenes in the Harz Mountains in Northern Germany.
He says: "It starts to snow. You couldn't get f***ed worse.
"There's John Goodman and Bill Murray and Matt Damon all picking up camera boxes and carrying them down this hill with the crew.
"Bill and John would come to the set when they weren't even in scenes. It was really sweet."