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Sir Michael Caine is a veteran of more than 100 films spanning more than 50 years, but his latest outing, in the grimy, hard-hitting "urban western" Harry Brown is one of his most personal projects yet.

A DYSLEXIC South Shields writer is the man behind Sir Michael Caine's new blockbuster.

HE has had an Oscar nomination in every decade since the 1960s and collected two Academy Awards.

A prolific British film producer of the 60s and 70s, Michael Klinger, is the subject of a new research project which will analyse and catalogue an extensive collection of his papers which has been donated to the University of the West of England.

Caption: Michael Caine Gala Premiere of 'Is Anybody There?' held at the Curzon Mayfair - Arrivals.

Let the word soak in for a bit. What does it mean? Is it a person who we glorify and can only dream to be one day? Maybe more of a man or woman who will do whatever it takes to accomplish his goal.

I'm a sucker for that peculiar brand of movie that features an old-timer dusting off his guns and giving some heat to the pesky folk who are making his life a misery.

A CAR pulls up in a rainy London street. A man gets out and reads the brass plaques on a stuccoed entrance.

The Toronto International Film Festival has once again come and gone. Over the short festival days, some films came, saw, and conquered, while other were left lifeless in the event's wake.

Remember the amazing performance that Michael Caine gave in the original version of Get Carter ? That film along with Alfie are what made the actor one of the coolest men in entertainment.

Caption: Michael Caine Gala Premiere of 'Is Anybody There?' held at the Curzon Mayfair - Arrivals.

Sir Michael Caine described his latest vigilante film as a "warning" of the way British society is heading.

Renowned British actress and conservation campaigner Miranda Richardson has confirmed her participation in the Darwin 200th Anniversary cruise in the Galapagos aboard MV Eclipse, along with Randal Keynes, Charles Darwin's great-great-grandson, to benefit the Charles Darwin Foundation and Galapagos Conservation Trust.

Michael Caine talking tough, Chris Rock talking hair and Peter Berg talking about how the Yanks grabbed Canuck icon Wayne Gretzky.

A new poster forA Steven Soderbergh 's upcoming comedic thrill ride, The Informant starring Matt Damon has just been released and boy does he look excited about! One thing is for sure, Damon isn't afraid of making fun of himself or coming off as completely idiot .

'L ife on Mars," a police-drama with a sci-fi vibe that aired on ABC for a single season before calling it quits in April, had all the ingredients for a successful series: a fine cast , an intriguingly offbeat premise and a post-"Lost" time slot that made perfect sense for a show that deals with time travel and a protagonist with daddy issues.

British writer-director Mike Hodges honed his craft in television before segueing to the big screen with the gangster melodrama "Get Carter" , starring Michael Caine as a cold-blooded hit man.

Life on Mars , a police-drama with a sci-fi vibe that aired on ABC for a single season before calling it quits last April, had all the ingredients for a successful series: a fine cast , an intriguingly offbeat premise and a post- Lost time slot that made perfect sense for a show that deals with time travel and a protagonist with daddy issues.

The star of TV show New Tricks chewed over some old memories of Norfolk yesterday as he picked up an honorary degree at the University of East Anglia.

Sunderland University graduates were starry-eyed as the city honoured some of the region's best-known faces a ' and one of its adopted sons.