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Matt Damon is probably best known for his role as super-tough amnesiac spook in the Bourne franchise , but his latest role is about as far removed from the hard-hitting Secret Service operative as you can get.

SINGAPORE: Do not set your sights on an outrageous comedy despite the exclamation mark in the title of "The Informant!" or you will be disappointed.

Matt Damon gives the best performance of his career so far in this true story of Mark Whitacre, an overweight, moustachioed, highly paid, high-flying executive for a major agri-business corporation in the American Midwest who, in 1992, blew the whistle on his employers for worldwide price fixing.

Remarkable romantic comedy set among a nomadic tribe in Kazakhstan. 2. An Education 3. The White Ribbon Michael Hameke's Palme d'Or winner at Cannes is set in a German village just before the start of the First World War.

By Shereen Low The last time Matt Damon had to change the way he looked for a movie role, he lost 40 pounds in 100 days and ended up on medication.

MATT Damon had to put on weight for his latest role as a whistleblower in The Informant, released in cinemas today.

F you enjoyed the outrageous exploits of con-man Frank Abagnale in Steven Spielberg's 2003 film Catch Me If You Can, then The Informant is for you.

THE TWILIGHT Saga's New Moon is a vampire love story you can get your teeth stuck into.

The Informant!, review Matt Damon's portrayal of corporate whistleblower Mark Whitaker in The Informant! is remote and elusive.

"Informer, you no say that's who I'm gonna blame, A licky boom boom down / Detective man said Daddy Snow I stabbed someone down the lane, a licky boom boom down." That's right 'Snow:The Biopic' hits screens this week, and with it all opening weekend box office records will be smashed.

By Dennis Lim 'THIS is the first time I've done an interview with an ice pack down my pants," Matt Damon says, having retreated to the relative comfort of his trailer on a wet, chilly New York film set.

If fortune truly favours the brave, it's no surprise that the hen-pecked, mild-mannered mensch at the centre of Joel and Ethan Coena TMs new black comedy A Serious Man is pummelled senseless by bad luck.

The Informant!, the latest film from Steven Soderbergh, is based on a story so bizarre it comes as a shock to realise it's based on fact.

Publicity material for Matt Damon's new comedy asks what his character Mark Whitacre was thinking when he decided to spy on his employers.

Film previews form the backbone of a festival and that's certainly true of the one in Bath that opens this week.

Caption: Matt Damon on the set of his new film 'The Adjustment Bureau' filming in Manhattan.

Only two men in Oscar history have ever received acting nominations for two different performances in the same year: Al Pacino and Jamie Foxx .

With 40 films being screened in locations across the city for 10 days, organisers of this year's Bath Film Festival are convinced they have put together the best programme of events so far.

You can take the girl out of New Zealand but you can't take the New Zealander out of Melanie Lynskey.

Caption: Steven Soderbergh New York Premiere of 'The Informant' shown at the Ziegfield theater New York City, USA .... Theatre bosses behind STEVEN SODERBERGH's controversial new play have defended their decision to tackle the tragic story of murdered Florida toddler CAYLEE ANTHONY - following a flood of complaints about the production.