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Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins thriller makes less than 100 at UK box office | Al Pacino

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Scent of a flop ... Josh Duhamel and Al Pacino in Misconduct. Photograph: Everett/Rex ShutterstockScent of a flop ... Josh Duhamel and Al Pacino in Misconduct. Photograph: Everett/Rex ShutterstockAl Pacino This article is more than 7 years oldAl Pacino and Anthony Hopkins thriller makes less than £100 at UK box officeThis article is more than 7 years oldMisconduct, which also stars Josh Duhamel and Malin Åkerman, was showing at just five cinemas but its average take per site was £19. Read More...

Eddie Munster and me: the secret lives of spooky, sinister screen children

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Horror filmsEerie kids have been a staple of horror films for decades. But what is it like to be forever known for playing a tiny werewolf, misfit or murderer? When you have been a spooky child on film or TV, where do you go? For the former child star Butch Patrick, best known for playing the baby-faced werewolf Eddie Munster in the 60s sitcom The Munsters, it is cross-country. Patrick has converted a trailer into a Munsters-themed escape room. Read More...

Ghost Music by An Yu review the meaning of silence

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FictionReviewA former pianist is haunted by the life she could have led in this intriguing exploration of music, self-knowledge and marital discord For the protagonist of Ghost Music, An Yu’s follow-up to her acclaimed debut Braised Pork, life in Beijing with husband Bowen is as predictable “as the phases of the moon”. That is, until Song Yan’s mother-in-law moves in. Along with her luggage, Ma brings “with her everything [Song Yan] didn’t know about Bowen”. Read More...