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Jane Austen's works of literature are timeless tales which have stood the test of time. Today, her work is still widely read and loved by many and it's no surprise that so many directors have created adaptations of her most famous works for the screen. Here's the top 10 most loved television transformations of this writer's classic pieces.9. Northanger Abbey (2007)Starring Felicity Jones, JJ Field, Carey Mulligan, Northanger Abbey mostly gets good reviews apart and one critic on Rotten Tomatoes called this adaptation “the best yet”. While it's not the most famous work of film based on Austen’s novels, viewers generally love it. (Image: IMDB)

IMDB have ranked the Top 10 Marilyn Monroe movies. The list features iconic moments in the star’s career. However, fans might be surprised to know that the number one spot goes to a movie that was not initially well received by the audience. The Seven Year Itch is a romantic comedy that stars Tom Ewell as a family man who has been married for seven years. When his imagination starts to run wild, he begins to feel tempted by his neighbour, played by Monroe. Directed by Billy Wilder, this movie also brought us the infamous image of the sex symbol in her iconic white dress, standing above the subway grate. Monroe was nominated for a BAFTA for her role, and Ewell won a Golden Globe for Best Actor.  (Image: IMDB)

Cillian Murphy’s new film about masculinity will get a special screening during the next season at the Southbank Centre in London.The Oscar-winning, Peaky Blinders hard-man stars in the film, All Of This Unreal Time, in December.The work was the standout film from Manchester International Festival starring Murphy, written by Max Porter, directed by Aoife McArdle and produced by Mary Hickson.This unique London screening features the world premiere of newly composed live music created in response to the film played live by Aaron & Bryce Dessner and Jon Hopkins as well as a Q&A with members of the creative team.Cillian Murphy said: “All of This Unreal Time is a project I have deep affection for…. It was made in the bleak depths of a pandemic, yet comes from a place of pure collabor...

After a record six-year gap following Timothy Dalton’s Licence To Kill, Pierce Brosnan’s GoldenEye – which is on ITV this afternoon – rebooted the James Bond franchise for a post-Cold War world.The 007 movie’s femme fatale was set to be Xenia Onatopp, a Georgian fighter pilot and henchwoman to Sean Bean’s villain Alec Trevelyan.In 1994, Courteney Cox was offered the role but turned it down due to her scheduling conflicts filming Friends.Yet it wasn’t long before GoldenEye director Martin Campbell spotted his Xenia in Famke Janssen after seeing her early rushes for 1995’s Lord of Illusions.The actress signed on to play the Bond girl, but later admitted she nearly had a heart attack reading in the script how her character killed her victims: by asphyxiating them between her thighs.Neverth...

According to Italpress, Gibson is currently in Malta with a production team scouting for filming locations for The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection.The Hollywood star and director is on a five day trip meeting government officials and according to Collider the sequel is expected to start shooting in early 2025.Express.co.uk has reached out to his reps for comment and we can exclusively report they have confirmed that Gibson is scouting for Passion of the Christ 2 shooting locations but "not sure of any start date".The script, which has been through six drafts by Braveheart’s Oscar-winner Randall Wallace, is expected to depict the Harrowing of Hell.The Harrowing of Hell took place in the three days after the Crucifixion and prior to the Resurrection, when Christ descended to the dead ...

Speak No Evil is not what you think it is… it’s so much more.The trailer for the Blumhouse remake of the 2022 Danish film of the same name promises what looks like a nasty horror but in reality is more akin to an extremely funny comedy turned psychological thriller.Of course, there are some disturbing and violent moments but what could easily be described as the British Get Out is really somewhere between an unsettling psychological mystery and biting satire.So if you’re someone like me, who usually avoids gruesome jump scare horrors, then this Black Mirror-esque movie is for you.Speak No Evil follows an urban American family who are invited for a weekend at a countryside farmhouse owned by an eccentric British couple they met on holiday.James McAvoy stars as the husband of the latter f...

Following the Top 10 World War I and World War II movie rankings it’s now the turn of the Vietnam War.Film fans have ranked movies about the 1955-1975 Cold War conflict and it turns out Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece Apocalypse Now misses out on No 1.Nevertheless, the film that has taken the top spot can be watched right now for free.Meanwhile, half of the movies that made it into the Top 10 are critically acclaimed feature-length documentary films on the Vietnam War.

Warning - this article contains major spoilers for Deadpool and Wolverine.Deadpool and Wolverine fans are eager to find out if they should stick around for a post-credits scene at the end of the latest Marvel blockbuster.Since its inception, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been teasing what’s coming up next with stingers in the middle and end of the credits, and Ryan Reynolds’ latest fourth wall-breaking escapade is no different.Unfortunately, there’s nothing in the credits previewing what’s coming next, so comic book fans will need to wait until next year’s Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts and Fantastic Four are released.Thankfully, Ryan and Hugh Jackman’s team-up still rewards patient fans who sat through the entire runtime with a hilarious bonus scene.So, what happens...

TV star Leo Woodall is now being tipped as a new favourite to be James Bond. After his hit series 'One Day' became one of Netflix’s most-watched series, Leo has landed himself in the Bond girl betting market.According to betideas.com, the English actor could be swapping Netlix for a more action-packed life as Agent 007 with odds of 7/1. Leo first shot to fame after appearing on the HBO series, The White Lotus.He is currently filming the next installment of Bridget Jones' Diary alongside Renée Zellweger, where is is rumoured to be playing a love interest.Leo has snuck ahead of Regé-Jean Page, who has odds of 8/1 of replacing Daniel Craig. He recently experienced further success with the series 'One Day,' which has been watched by a whopping 15 million people.Meanwhile, Aaron Taylor-Johns...

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes marks the 10th movie in the sci-fi franchise about intelligent apes dominating feral humanity in Earth’s distant future.The latest blockbuster is the first in a new trilogy set 300 years after the last film, War for the Planet of the Apes.That movie concluded with ape leader Caesar leading his people to their promised land, where they have since built a civilisation under a monarchy.The other sequel titles in the franchise have been front-loaded with Beneath, Escape, Conquest, Battle, Rise and Dawn.But it turns out that Kingdom wasn’t the original title for this latest instalment in the series.Speaking with Comic Book, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes director Wes Ball was pitched that perhaps a future sequel could be called Fall of the Planet of the A...