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‘The Godfather’ star James Caan dies at 82

James Caan, the tough-guy U.S. actor best known for playing tragic and hot-tempered gangster heir Sonny Corleone in "The Godfather," has died aged 82, his manager said on July 7.

Caan, who also had roles in "Misery," "Thief" and "Rollerball," received an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a mafia family's eldest son in Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 classic "The Godfather."

Festival brings film soleil, rediscovered horror film

Ljubljana – This year’s Festival of Genre Film, dedicated to film soleil, an offshoot of film noir, will get under way tonight with a screening of John Sturges’s Bad Day at Black Rock at Kinodvor cinema in Ljubljana. Another highlight will be a screening of The Amusement Park, a rediscovered film by the horror visionary George A. Romero.

Gorilla warfare: Behind the visuals of 'Planet of the Apes'

As Caesar sits astride a horse rallying his legions to battle you'd be forgiven for thinking you were watching a Roman-era war epic -- except that the protagonist is a chimpanzee.

"War for the Planet of the Apes," the third installment of the rebooted simian sci-fi franchise, opens on July 14 to reviews lauding some of the most breathtaking visual effects ever seen in cinema.

James Dean and Marlon Brando had a secret sadomasochistic relationship, new book claims

James Dean and Marlon Brando had a secret sadomasochistic relationship fueled by Brando’s ego and insatiable desire for control, a new book claims.

In James Dean: Tomorrow Never Comes, the authors Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince reveal that their relationship was far more complex than had been thought.

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