Mark Kermode’s DVD round-up
Las Acacias; Another Earth; Switch; The Big Year; Breaking Wind Part 1No matter how spectacular, expensive or star-studded Hollywood blockbusters may be, there will always be vibrant, inventive, international gems that consistently prove that less is m...
Switch – review
This slick, preposterous thriller is cast from the now rather worn mould that produced The Lady Vanishes. The fetching Karine Vanasse plays a French-Canadian fashion designer who swaps her flat via the web with a fancy pad beside the Eiffel Tower ...
The king and I: meeting Eric Cantona
The footballer gave Julian Coman some of his happiest memories at Manchester United but left him devastated when he abruptly retired at 30. Over coffee in a Paris cafe, the enigmatic star explains why he broke football fans' hearts to pursue a car...
Switch: watch Eric Cantona in his new action thriller – video
Ooh! Ah! Action star! Watch Eric Cantona channel Jason Bourne in his new thriller, Switch
Vinnie Jones: My family life
The actor and former footballer talks about his familyMy parents split when I was 13. For a youngster it's quite devastating. One minute you're all happy families, then everything changes. My mum was working in a nursing home so she moved in there and ...
Football focus: Queens Park Rangers’ Four Year Plan on film
Mat Hodgson's new film about the takeover of QPR is dynamite – a rare chance to witness the sparks that fly when business, football and machismo meetIt feels wholly appropriate to be talking to Mat Hodgson the day after Queens Park Rangers sacked the...
When Tom Cruise met David Beckham: what movie should they make together?
The Mission: Impossible 4 actor says he wants to make a film with his footballer friend. But what should it be? Go on, pitch your ideas hereHe may have spent a few years in the wilderness, but the imminent release of Mission: Impossible 4 marks Tom Cru...
George Clooney and Cristiano Ronaldo star in Berlusconi trial witness list
Ruby Heartstealer – Karima El Mahroug who denies underage sex with Italy's ex-PM – and 32 young women listed to appearIt could be the cast for a remake of one of those 60s classical epics: George Clooney as one of the stars, together with a former ...
Alastair Campbell campaigns for the return of the Todmorden Curve
Burnley had a share in five Oscars this year - yet you can't even get to the place (and the Clarets' home games) on a direct train from ManchesterThe north's rail network is full of curious stretches left over from the high noon of competition, most of...
Trailer trash
A season of football films in London; a Critics' Circle award for Ken Loach; and a pair of great ape moviesCan I kick it?As the new football season raises its curtain, the team sheet for the UK's first football film festival is looking tasty. Kicking a...
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