You'll know him as The Wrestler, but Mickey Rourke was once three fights from a boxing title. Here he talks about missing the ring, the current fighters on the scene and what it's like to kick the crap out of someone.
On the afternoon of July 2nd 2004 I was, like everyone else, absorbing the news that Marlon Brando had passed away the previous day. Then the phone went.
He romanced Hollywood, was lauded as the "best actor on the planet" by Steven Spielberg and has been sorely missed since his death. I remember him as a humble man that was fond of a pint...
A tribute to those actors you laugh with and cry with, their witty one-liners and all the support they give the better looking actors, but whose names you just can't remember. It's time to put a name to a face.
Merging the narrative with actual events is all the rage at the moment, but despite X-Men and Transformers circling the pan, Blair Witch, Cloverfield and co are a reminder that 'found footage' can work...
The law of the hellraiser dictates that this pair probably caroused on more than one occasion. Incredibly, they didn't, but they did meet for a sherry once in New York...
Known for his stand-out roles in the Carry On series, Bresslaw was about more than just that - an extraordinarily gifted actor and an intelligent, deep-thinking, sensitive man...
He made Easy Rider, he went bonkers on booze and coke and married and divorced in the same week. To top it off he was also mates with some seriously cool people...
You'd might remember Robert Mitchum from his frightening turn in the original (and best) Cape Fear, but two re-released 50s film noir flicks show that, despite his self-deprecation, he was much more than a one-trick pony...
He's the democratic Director that Hollywood and the neo-cons love to hate, here he talks about the cast of characters who have illuminated his life and work.
Ryan Gosling can currently be found wowing audiences around the world with his performances in Drive and Crazy Stupid Love, but that doesn't mean I should like him...
Away from the bombardment of 80s high school romps, the 1990s was a great decade for film. From instant crime classics to a bevvy of exciting new directors, here are just a few of the good'uns.
Taken from Sid James: A Biography, this extract looks at how Hancock's jealously and paranoia ended one of TVs most beloved, and hilarious, double acts...
Henry Winkler has just been awarded an OBE but was the Fonz in Happy Days actually a pusher man? Just think about it. Everyone loved him, he was always smiling AND he wears sunglasses inside...