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Paul Laverty writes his fourth script with director Ken Loach for the gritty coming-of-age drama Sweet Sixteen. Set in the port city of Greenock, Scotland, local kid Liam (Martin Compston) spends his days trying to make money with his best friend, Pinball (William Ruane). When he refuses to use his imprisoned mother, Jean (.. Read more

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  Madsen back in Los Angeles preparing for cop role

  • 24 May 2010

  Reservoir Dogs star Michael Madsen is back in the U.S. preparing for a new cop role after he was hospitalised in the U.K. following an alleged booze binge. The actor's representatives have played down tabloid reports suggesting Madsen had been held at the Royal Cornwall Hospital under the county's mental health act after he was found unconscious at the entrance of a hotel. The Sun reported that medics at the hospital registered him as a "high-risk" patient and placed him under "suicide watch". Read more

  

  This Sporting Life: What Happens When Sports Heroes Act Up?

  • 10 Jun 2009

  This Sporting Life: What Happens When Sports Heroes Act Up? Eric Cantona and Ken Loach. These are not names you would immediately put together. One is a multi-millionaire (surely?) ex footballer, revered by millons of fans; and French. The other is a proud socialist from middle-England (Nuneaton), who has rejected the big money offers; his films are admired but by a relatively small number of committed film buffs. What's more, Ken Loach is a dedicated supporter of Bath FC. I'm guessing there... Read more

  

  A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

  • 26 Feb 2007

  Dito Montiel grew up to be a model for Versace and Calvin Klein. His punk band, Gutterboy, were signed to Geffen Records for a million dollars (though you could be forgiven for never having heard of them.) He was befriended by Beat poet Allen Ginsberg and even enjoyed 15 New York minutes in Warhol's Factory. None of this colourful material makes it into Montiel's movie of his autobiographical memoir, a recollection of adolescent misadventures in Queens, New York, in the mid-1980s, framed by... Read more

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    Paul Laverty writes his fourth script with director Ken Loach for the gritty coming-of-age drama Sweet Sixteen. Set in the port city of Greenock, Scotland, local kid Liam (Martin Compston) spends his days trying to make money with his best friend, Pinball (William Ruane). When he refuses to use his ...

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