Michael Caine News

Wade Willis as small-time crook Freddy Benson enjoys the high life in the song "Great Big Stuff." We shake our heads in dismay when hearing about the schemes of large-scale Wall Street swindlers like Bernard Madoff.

AT THE end of "The Italian Job", do Michael Caine and his gang survive? What was Jack the Ripper's real identity? Was Britain's involvement in Iraq an absolute debacle, and if so, who was responsible? Wherefore do the wicked prosper? Which of those is the odd one out? Actually, that was a trick question: none of them is.

A CONVICTED killer who has denied his part in a notorious gangland hit for the past four decades rubbished claims that he had admitted his guilt to a former friend.

Warner Bros., 1982 starring: Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon and Irene Worth directed by: Sidney Lumet the plot: Following the disastrous opening of his new play, Sidney Bruhl retreats to his home in the Hamptons, eager to put the bad reviews and poor audience reaction behind him.

Cracking yarns: Len Deighton teaching Michael Caine to make an omelette on the set of 'The Ipcress File' in 1965 Long before he became one of the 20th century's leading thriller writers, Len Deighton was a top food writer.

The year the film was released was the same year that the outburst of the 1960s sensibility in film had its last glorious stand at the box office - the end of the era where art film, cult film and mainstream movies were on a truly even footing with the studios.

Michael Caine fans are in for a treat. "Is Anybody There?", his latest film, arrives at the Sunrise Theater Thursday, June 18, for a five-day run.

THE late North Lincolnshire author Ted Lewis who created one of the big screen's best-known characters is himself set to be the subject of a new movie.

Is Anybody There? Caine plays a former magician who forms an unlikely bond with a boy whose parents run a retirement home.

Stephen with Bloom star in The Brothers Bloom. SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT Writer-director Rian Johnson's The Brothers Bloom is a sort of later-day vision of the Michael Caine-Steve Martin con man comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

If it's been made, Hollywood will remake it -- even good, modest thrillers such as 1974's The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three.

THE race is on for two North Lincolnshire authors to publish the life story of a deceased Barton-Upon-Humber man, after an American writer visited the town.

Granted, I know "Children of Men" came first, but it is awfully similar to "Babylon A.D." The plots are the same and so is the acting.

A multi-million pound film is to be made about one of the North East's most notorious gangland murders.

A security guard and his friend are taking part in a car rally later this year to raise money for a children's charity.

A Movie A Week: TOO LATE THE HERO Yes, I hear you. So will the Japs if you don't keep your bloody voice down.

Michael Caine's The Italian Job is to be remade by Abbas and Mustan Burmawalla, the duo behind last year's action thriller Race .

Sir Michael Caine's classic crime caper The Italian Job is to be given a second remake - in Hindi.

Tony Young and Matt Pennaz went old school to get ready for their roles in 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,' the Diamond Head Theatre production opening its two-week run tonight.

It was a combination of egg and Ipcress that made Matthew Fort realise how cool cooking could be.