The visual effects secrets of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
We talk to VFX supervisor Joe Letteri about bringing Gollum, Smaug and goblins to life for Peter Jackson's return to Middle-Earth
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25 best road trip movies ever
Feel the call of the open road? Save yourself a call to the AA by driving to the video shop and renting one of these
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25 best robot movies ever
In honour of the first Robot Film Festival, here are our favourite 'botty films
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Movie Classics – Point Break (1991)
Summer is upon us and the beach beckons. But beware, the surf isn’t always an upper
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Movie Classics – Unforgiven (1992)
Only the third ever Western to win the Best Picture Oscar, Unforgiven offers a distinctly modern take on the genre
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Movie Classics – Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The complete Star Wars saga is out on Blu-ray in September. Before we watch the whole lot again, let’s remember the best of the films
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Movie Classic – Rushmore (1998)
Piranhas, love triangles, school plays about Vietnam, and of course, Bill Murray
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Movie Classics – Evil Dead 2 (1987)
Zombies are more popular than their evil equals: Furbies. But how did the undead first become cool? Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2, that's how
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13 scariest horror movies ever
In honour of Halloween, we've dug out the 13 scariest horror films of all time
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Movie Classics – Back to the Future (1985)
From the moment that gleaming silver car disappeared in a flash of light and left a trail of fire, we knew we were witness to something special
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25 best space movies ever
Stuff picks its 25 favourite space-themed flicks
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Movie classics – The Graduate (1967)
Everyone knows The Graduate, right? It’s about a married woman seducing a college graduate. Mrs Robinson (Anne Bancroft) is the empowered couga
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Movie classics – Leon
In 1994 Luc Besson packed his French cool (and Jean Reno) in a suitcase, and jetted off to New York where he added Gary Oldman and Natalie Portman in
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Movie classics - Dumb & Dumber (1994)
The Farrelly brothers unleashed a torrent of gross out comedies during the '90s and noughties. Engagingly low brow and frequently hilarious, the likes
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