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David Lean directs this definitive version of the Charles Dickens classic about an orphaned boy befriended by a mysterious benefactor who enables him to become a gentleman of means. In the gloom of a country graveyard, the young boy encounters an escaped convict, and a chance meeting years later leads the boy to mysterious .. Read more

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  Guys and Dolls' Simmons dies

  • 24 Jan 2010

  Guys And Dolls actress Jean Simmons has died at the age of 80. The British star, who had been suffering from lung cancer for some time, passed away at her home in Santa Monica, California on Friday (22Jan10), a week before her 81st birthday, according to her agent. Simmons rose to fame playing Estella in 1946 movie Great Expectations, she then went on to secure a string of leading Hollywood parts, including a role in Laurence Olivier's 1948 film Hamlet, for which she gained an Oscar nomination Read more

  

  Top 10 Chris Columbus

  • 01 Jul 2010

  Producer, writer and director, Chris Columbus has brought us some of the best all-time classics, including Home Alone, Gremlins and The Goonies, to a name a few. Not to mention, he has helped to launch the career of aspiring hopefuls such as Daniel Radcliffe. Sit back, relax and take a trip down memory lane with our top 10 picks from the godfather of family films... His Top 10 Films Gremlins (1984) - Writer Chris Columbus can take credit for creating these cute little critters (with a devilish Read more

  

  A Twist in the tale

  • 11 Oct 2005

  As a film adaptation Oliver Twist has had its far share of treatments, most notably David Lean's 1948 version and Carol Reed's 1968 musical Oliver!. However, not many directors can inspire such anticipation as the celebrated Roman Polanski, creator of such masterpieces as China Town, Rosemary's Baby and The Pianist. In this new version of the Charles Dickens classic Harry Eden plays the Artful Dodger, while Ben Kingsley is the evil Fagin and Barney Clare the eponymous lead. For those who have... Read more

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