The AnswerBank Articles

Marriage impossible

By Katharine MacColl THE news that Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, one of Hollywood's most glamourous and respected couples, are splitting up has rocked the world of showbiz. Press00:00 Tue 13th Feb 2001

Hit films still miss their targets

By Katharine MacColl BOX office blockbusters Star Wars: Episode 1, The Phantom Menace and Wild Wild West are in the running for the worst film title at this year's Golden Raspberry Foundation00:00 Tue 13th Feb 2001

Second time around

By Katharine MacColl THERE'S nothing like a familiar face to draw in the crowds at the box office. So much so, in fact, that it seems that the majority of Hollywood's biggest hits these days are00:00 Wed 07th Feb 2001

Billy the ballet kid and others on the BAFTA block

By Katharine MacColl TEENAGE ballet sensation and star of Billy Elliot, Jamie Bell, is up for a Bafta. However, the 14-year-old who won over millions of hearts with his portrayal of an aspiring00:00 Wed 07th Feb 2001

The president's men

By Katharine MacColl IT'S proved more popular than ER and Hill Street Blues, and has attracted Hollywood heavyweights such as Martin Sheen and Rob Lowe. Channel 4's latest offering, The West Wing,00:00 Tue 06th Feb 2001

We've started so we'll finish

By Katharine MacColl BAD boy Steve Owen, embittered Ian Beale, rejected girlfriend Lisa - just who will pull the trigger on EastEnders' Phil Mitchell This is a subject that is gripping many of00:00 Wed 31st Jan 2001

Something to get your teeth into

By Katharine MacColl WHILE the return of Hannibal Lecter is one of the most eagerly awaited events of the year, the people of Florence, Italy were less than impressed to find the notorious cannibal00:00 Tue 30th Jan 2001

Connery and Walters the greatest actors of our time

By Katharine MacColl SIR Sean Connery has been voted the greatest British actor of all time, ahead of screen legends such as the late Lord Olivier and the late Sir John Gielgud. Press00:00 Tue 30th Jan 2001

Ask the audience

By Katharine MacColl SOME really great questions have been posted on the Film and TV section in the last few days. Here are some of the highlights: You love the movies and think you're a right old00:00 Thu 25th Jan 2001

Time for bed, said Zebedee

By Katharine MacColl POLITICAL satire or counter-cultural television with drug references The Magic Roundabout, which started life way back in 1965 as a French children's programme called Le Manege00:00 Thu 25th Jan 2001

Trailer trash

By Katharine MacColl WOULD you spend nearly 4,000 to see a sports match you're not even keen on Well, Harry Potter fans are doing just that. The boy wizard's followers are heading to America for00:00 Tue 23rd Jan 2001

The real pulling power of Hollywood stars

By Katharine MacColl WHO would you rate as the world's leading movie star Just how do you compare de Niro, diCaprio and Paltrow Bruce Willis: No.1Well, action man Bruce Willis is top of the00:00 Wed 17th Jan 2001

Stripped bare

We can't get enough of other people's lives. This week we've seen three new reality TV programmes and there are more to come. When is enough enough Read more00:00 Tue 16th Jan 2001

Reality TV - to what lengths will they go

By Katharine MacColl SO-CALLED reality TV is the big phenomen that is now being played out on our screens, but where will it end Docu-soaps which projected 'ordinary' folk such as Maureen from00:00 Tue 16th Jan 2001

Bond - taking the pistol

By Katharine MacColl THE truth behind the famous image of 007 clutching his Walther PPK is finally out - the man with the golden gun was really holding an air pistol. Sean Connery struck the pose00:00 Tue 16th Jan 2001

UK cinema going at an all time high

By Katherine MacColl CINEMA going in the UK is proving more popular than ever. Figures from the year 2000 show that last year saw the highest attendances since 1974. And, the Cinema Advertising00:00 Fri 12th Jan 2001

When has a series had its day

By Katherine MacColl MONEY-minded TV producers are keen for their successful TV series to run and run. But exactly how many good storylines can you sqeeze out of a group of characters Buffy the00:00 Fri 12th Jan 2001

Is it a film or one long commercial

By Katherine MacColl NEXT time you watch a film keep an eye out for strategically placed products. Product placement generates over $500 million a year for the Hollywood film industry and this00:00 Fri 12th Jan 2001

Screen test

By Katherine MacColl ALL but one of eleven UK films financed by a 92 million lottery award have flopped, according to a progress review by accountants KPMG. An Ideal Husband, starring Rupert00:00 Wed 03rd Jan 2001

The name's Bond, Jane Bond

By Anna Tobin THE PRODUCERS of the twentieth James Bond film Beyond the Ice, due for release next year, have been courting newly-wed film star Catherine Zeta Douglas for a supporting role, but the00:00 Wed 03rd Jan 2001