Jim Broadbent News

WINNING actor Jim Broadbent has been digging deep researching his next role - by joining Wales' biggest engineering project.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince: interview with Jim Broadbent - Professor Slughorn Veteran British actor Jim Broadbent joins the long list of stars who have brought depth to the Harry Potter world with his role as Professor Slughorn in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

Our review of Inkheart , published June 23rd, 2009, is also available. Every story ever written is just waiting to become real! Ever since Harry Potter first snagged the Philosopher's Stone, publishers have been churning out book after book, series after series, in the hopes that Hollywood is waiting in the wings to snatch up the next big thing.

"My Sister's Keeper" is based on Jodi Picoult's best-seller, a page-turner that plunges you into conflicting viewpoints as characters take turns narrating.

"Enchanted April" Rated PG • WHO: Josie Lawrence, Miranda Richardson, Alfred Molina, Jim Broadbent, Polly Walker, Joan Plowright, Neville Phillips, Michael Kitchen • THE SCOOP: For reasons unknown to me, this 1992 picture is only now coming out on DVD.

It's nice when a movie you remember as really great turns out, after the passage of time, to actually be really great.

Oscar-winning Lincolnshire-born actor Jim Broadbent has called for more research into Alzheimer's. The 60-year-old, who was born in Wickenby, near Wragby, has challenged the Government to take urgent action on dementia research.

High profile names can help raise awareness of a disease or condition, and bring it under the spotlight.

Jim Broadbent, the Oscar-winning actor, will today urge ministers to increase funding for Alzheimer's research to give patients a "fair fight" against the disease.

A sleeping beauty In "The House Of The Sleeping Beauties" BEST OF BRITISH INDIES Cheers for this: three acclaimed but not necessarily well-known British indie films are revived through a monthly series ...

Brendan Fraser, left, and Jim Broadbent star in the kids movie "Inkheart," based on the fantasy novel by Cornelia Funke.

CLOSE CLOSE Release Date: January 23, 2009 Rating: PG Genre: Fantasy/Adventure/Family Run Time: 106 min.

Exploring the nooks and crannies of your house as a child, you always hoped to find something amazing.

Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren. 106 mins. In the absence of any Potters, Narnias or other franchises, the family movie market is wide open this Christmas, and here's a contender with the right ...