This is a new version of Oscar Wilde’s classic tale of the handsome young man of the title (Barnes) who sells his soul for an eternity of staying handsome and living a life of debauchery while a portrait in the attic turns ugly and terrifying.

A strong cast — Ben Chaplin, Penélope Cruz, Ralph Fiennes, Ian Holm and Kristin Scott Thomas — hints at promise for 'Chromophobia' (Momentum, €24.99).

A film adapted from a book by Dick King-Smith (he of Babe) that tries, without the soft-centre, to be a kind of E.T.

The biopic of Jane Eyre writer Charlotte Bronte has attracted a star line-up.

Malick, that most lyrically visual of directors, first started writing this story of Captain John Smith and the 17th century discovery of America in the l970s.

Stage Beauty

There’s excitement in Hollywood about the new British film Stage Beauty, starring Billy Crudup, Clare Danes and Rupert Everett.

The Beatles were wrong: you can buy love, if you’re willing to pay the price. Birthday Girl is the tale of mild-mannered bank clerk John (Ben Chaplin) who is too shy to meet the woman of his dreams.

Sandra Bullock seems as surprised as anyone that she's now back near the top of Hollywood's list of leading ladies.

Ben Chaplin says he "lost his innocence" while shooting love scenes for his new film with Nicole Kidman.