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Paddington 2 the ‘Greatest Film Ever’? Giving any film that tag is not worth the effort
Donald Clarke: Rating what movie is best is fun, but a waste of intellectual energy
A Christmas Story never took off here, but its time will come
Some US films fail to travel – Bob Clark’s 1983 comedy, however, is worth your attention
No more sex scenes: Film-makers advised to revert to chaste style of golden era
There’s a touch of pearl-clutching in report aimed at keeping ‘intimacy’ safe in the pandemic
Irresistible: Soft-focus political satire in small-town America
Review: Jon Stewart directs a witty and neatly drawn look at politics and big money
Banzai Japan! A country wraps the world in its unique embrace
Tournament sometimes dwarfed by the scale and beautiful strangeness of its host country
Trial over diet drug that led to deaths of ‘up to 2,000’ begins in France
Servier accused of knowingly marketing Mediator despite apparent heart and lungs hazard
Of course Darth Vader voted for Trump. Get over it, libs
Donald Clarke: All the Friends voted Democrat, right? No wonder the party is in trouble
“I said ‘I’m in the movie,’ and the guy on the gate said 'Yeah sure, me too' ”
Veteran character actor Richard Jenkins (70), who shared the screen with Newman and Pacino, is finally ready for the limelight
Tom Hanks: The most famous man we know nothing about
The actor has written a book of short stories. Do they contain any clues to the real man?
2016: The 50 best films on Netflix
While some movies have vanished from the streaming service, many have arrived and there are plenty to fill the summer evenings, from comedy classics like ‘Airplane’ to thrillers such as ‘Winter’s Bone’
Marina Hyde: José Mourinho fast becoming much ado about nothing
The Chelsea manager is hardly the leading player in a Shakespearean tragedy
Maureen Dowd: Be warned, young people have strokes too
Fit, healthy and not one to overindulge, my niece Tara was an unlikely victim
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