Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon play two entertainers, Vince Collins and Lanny Morris, whose partnership comes under irreversible strain when a woman’s body turns up in their hotel bedroom in Where The Truth Lies (Momentum, 24.99).

There is, it’s said, a thin line dividing comedy and tragedy so here we have Lohman playing a journalist investigating the break-up of a famous comedy team many years before.

Actors Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth made such a good comedy double act in new period movie Where The Truth Lies they're thinking about going on tour.

Screen heart-throb Colin Firth is dumping his English gentleman persona in favour of grittier roles - and he has already thrown off his Mr Darcy image in his latest film Where the Truth Lies.

The Cannes Film Festival is back in the hands of comfy old friends with a line-up that includes such familiar filmmakers as Woody Allen, David Cronenberg, Gus Van Sant, Wim Wenders, Lars von Trier and Atom Egoyan.

A total of 20 movies from China to Iraq and Canada are to compete for top honour at the Cannes Film Festival in May, organisers announced today.