American Sniper scriptwriter Jason Hall to make debut as director
Hall to direct Iraq war veterans post-traumatic stress disorder movie adapted from David Finkel’s non-fiction book
The Railway Man: dramatic licence is well-earned and sparingly deployed
Colin Firth stars in this adaptation of the memoirs of a POW tortured by the Japanese military during the second world war. No movie could recreate such horrors, but it’s easy to forgive this redemptive tale its mild flights of fancy
Jurassic World claws victory from Potter and Bond to make UK box office history
The all-conquering fourth instalment in the dino-franchise becomes only the second film ever to rake in £10m-plus on its second weekend of UK release
James Salter obituary
Cult author who ‘wrote American sentences better than anyone’
Under Milk Wood review – Rhys Ifans in a highly coloured fever dream
Dylan Thomas’ celebrated radio play has been energetically adapted to the big screen with Charlotte Church among the gallery of fun performances
Charles Bukowski’s Women set to be made into a movie
Semi-autobigraphical tale will follow other Bukowski adaptions including 1987’s Barfly, 1983’s Tales of Ordinary Madness and 2005’s Factotum
The Legend of Barney Thomson review – Robert Carlyle’s directorial debut serves Sweeney Todd, Glasgow-style
The opening night premiere at this year’s Edinburgh film festival is a gruesomely comic yarn about a barber caught up in a string of serial killings directed by and starring Carlyle – with Emma Thompson as his mum
Kenneth Branagh boards Murder on the Orient Express remake
British star set to direct new movie version of Agatha Christie’s locomotive homicide favourite
Christopher Lee: an actor of muscular intelligence with a staggering career
From his electrifying roles as Count Dracula, to his venerable turns in Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, Christopher Lee possessed a rare grace and charm
JK Rowling hints Fantastic Beasts movie will reveal ‘American Hogwarts’
Twitter exchange suggests Harry Potter author will also draw on Native American traditions for the ‘magizoology’ script she is working on
Idris Elba set for Laurence Fishburne’s film of Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist
A long-gestating big-screen take on magical realist bestseller is being eyed by Harvey Weinstein as an awards contender
Emily Blunt may hop aboard The Girl on the Train movie
Actor is lined up to play the unreliable narrator in a Tate Taylor-directed adaptation of the London-set thriller
Charles Manson’s sordid legacy endures thanks to pop culture’s odd fascination
NBC’s new crime drama Aquarius is the latest addition to the cult leader’s cultural subgenre. Lewis Parker is partial toward classic Manson Family jams
The Little Prince review – adaptation of Saint-Exupéry just about gets off the ground
The much-loved children’s classic is given an animated overhaul by the co-director of Kung Fu Panda, but over-elaboration means it almost goes down in flames
Get On Up’s Tate Taylor aboard The Girl on the Train movie
The DreamWorks project is based on Paula Hawkins’ bestseller about an unstable woman’s obsession with a seemingly perfect couple