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<p>About as hyperbolically evil as Mr Burns: Cameron Diaz in ‘The Counsellor'</p>

Is The Counsellor Ridley Scott’s secret masterpiece?

As critics cry out for more camp in the filmmaker’s new movie, ‘House of Gucci’, Adam White revisits his deranged opus: a maligned cartel thriller featuring Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt and Cameron Diaz having sex with a car. Does it warrant a reappraisal?

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Geoffrey MacnabMichael Shannon is so right to play notorious senator Joseph McCarthy

The notorious politician still ranks as one of the primary villains in 20th century US history. So why, asks Geoffrey Macnab, have filmmakers been so wary of dramatising his life?

Geoffrey MacnabThe darker side of James Stewart’s screen persona

With the 75th anniversary of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ and the re-release of ‘The Shop Around the Corner’ next month, Geoffrey Macnab looks back at the career of one of Hollywood’s best-loved stars, whose characters’ warped and vulnerable sides were often overlooked

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