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There have been some great zombie movies in the past thirty years. Night of the Living Dead kicked off the modern zombie genre that still captures the imagination of filmgoers today.

'Doing those projects can be painful. Kerry would bake cakes or bring cookies to cheer us up' Interview by Rhiannon Harries EMILY HOPE Helping hand: Fox was given her first big film role by Campion and says she has gone to her for advice ever since enlarge Kerry Fox, 43, is an award-winning actress from New Zealand best known for her roles in Jane ...

Former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston is to play John Lennon in a new BBC drama covering Lennon's life from 1967 to 1971.

WHEN Ewan McGregor crawled headfirst into "the worst toilet in Scotland" during a seminal scene in Trainspotting back in 1996, the last thing it felt like was a comment on the way his film career might pan out.

He is regarded as one of Scotlanda TMs leading acting talents, but Ewan McGregor has landed a title he will be not be grateful for a ' as one of the most overpaid stars in Hollywood.

For the time being, treat this as a rumor report rather than reliable news. There was once a possible Danny Boyle project called The Texas Killing Fields , written by an ex-cop from Galveston, Texas.

That Danny Boyle. Boy oh boy, boyo. The Oscar winner has announced his next film, and if you thought that There's no WAY he could make this pleasant/uplifting and entertaining and not just wrenching when you hear about Slumdog Millioniare, well just read on.

Director Danny Boyle has been tapped to receive the 2010 International Award at the British RAAM Awards for cinema.

He's moved to California, lined up a part in an all-star cast for The Men Who Stare at Goats and keeps a duck in his house, but the actor insists Hollywood hasn't changed him.

From Jedi warrior in a galaxy far, far away to a 1960s cad, McGregor's all over the place, which is just how we like him.

RESPECTED Scottish actor Peter Mullan has agreed to become patron of the Paisley Film Society.

With an eclectic array of films to his credit, director Danny Boyle emerged from his native England to become one of the most celebrated and revered filmmakers of independently-minded cinema.

Before he won an Oscar for being all uplifting in Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle made his feature debut with the 1994 Shallow Grave , a lean and nasty bit of suspense about three Glasgow roomies who luck into a bag of cash left in their flat by a dead junkie.

Last night I went to Central Cinema to see Shallow Grave , the 1994 directorial debut of Trainspotting/Slumdog Millionaire maestro Danny Boyle, starring Ewan MacGregor, Christopher Eccleston, and Kerry Fox as amoral Edinburgh flatmates offered the chance to take their fluid morality to the next level.

Australian playwright Andrew Bovell is a talented dramatist who made a deep impact earlier this year with When The Rain Is Falling.

Thursday, October 01, 2009 03:27 AM Rich Mallery In the spirit of Halloween '09, we're breaking out reviews of some Fall Frights you may want to work into your monthly viewing.

She made her name playing strong, singular women. Kerry Fox talks about fame, sex scenes a ' and why she has to get up at 4am to learn her lines Kerry Fox likes to avoid repetition a ' not just in her choice of roles, but in her mannerisms, too.

From left, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewan McGregor, Kevin McKidd and Ewen Bremner in Trainspotting.

Andrew Ryan Last updated on Friday, Aug. 21, 2009 03:59AM EDT L ong before collecting an Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire , British director Danny Boyle cut his moviemaking teeth with this raw portrait of young heroin addicts in Edinburgh.

From the Ministry of Burlesque to Frightened Rabbit, below, Glasgow aims to make its mark on the capital's arty party Glasgow comic Scott Agnew The Edinburgh Festival is back and it is bigger than ever.