Blog Posts by Orlando Parfitt

When Yahoo! Movies sat down with Quentin Tarantino to talk about 'Django Unchained' and his rather stellar career, the Oscar-winning director revealed a surprising guilty pleasure: Kate Hudson rom-coms.

The video of our epic Q&A is below.

“I don’t really wanna watch them at home. I don’t wanna leave the house and go see the new Katherine Heigl movie,” said the Quentin, “but if I’m on an airplane, a Kate Hudson movie is what I’m looking for,"

“I’ll sit there and I’ll cry… I think it’s the altitude or something like that.”

Set in the South two years before the Civil War, ‘Django Unchained’ stars Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles – dead or alive.

“When Jamie

Here's a new full-length trailer for 'The Great Gatsby' to enjoy. It has everything you’d expect; lavish production, modern music and song-and-dance numbers.

Watch it below.

1920s New York look stunning, and ‘Ziegfeld Follies’ is even spelt right this time.

In the teaser trailer the Broadway show was incorrectly dubbed "The Zeigfeld Follies" on a billboard.

Despite this minor fact-checking fail, a quick straw poll of our office revealed that ‘The Great Gatsby' is one of next most anticipated films of next year.

Before and after... new Gatsby trailer corrects error (credit: Warner Bros.)

It was supposed to come out this December of course, but was mysteriously pushed back to summer 2013.

Director Baz Luhrmann (‘Moulin Rouge!’, ‘Romeo + Juliet’) said the release was delayed to work on the music, but perhaps it was the spate of high quality Oscar contenders released this month, such as ‘Life Of Pi’ and ‘Les Miserables’, that made Warner Bros. push it back.

It’s early days, but we reckon mysterious playboy Jay Gatsby is the role of a lifetime for Leonardo

The Smurfs are back.

After making more than $500 million in their first live-action adventure back in 2011, it was inevitable the little blue fellas would make another appearance on multiplexes. People love 'em.

Now we have the first trailer for 'The Smurfs 2', which will, umm, Smurf its way onto cinema screens in July 2013.

Watch it below!

Here's the synopsis:

"In this sequel to the hybrid live action/animated family blockbuster comedy The Smurfs, the evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants — and only a secret spell that Smurfette knows can turn the Naughties into real Smurfs — Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and brings her to Paris, where he has been winning the adoration of millions as the world's greatest sorcerer. It's up to Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy, and Vanity to return to our world,

'Sherlock' star Benedict Cumberbatch is now one of Hollywood's hottest properties.

Not only has he lent his rather impressive voice to Smaug the dragon in 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey', he's playing the mysterious new villain in 'Star Trek into Darkness'.

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It's a follow-up to J.J. Abram's smash-hit reboot of the venerable sci-fi franchise, and sees the very British star play 'John Harrison'; terrorist, hand-to-hand combat expert and all round evil b****d.

Of course, he may not be 'Harrison' at all. Internet rumour-mongers have persistently insisted that he is none other than Khan, the genetically-engineered tyrant first played by Ricardo Montalban in 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'.

Even the origin of the name suggests something fishy is afoot. John Harrison isn't an unknown in the 'Star Trek' universe. In 'Space Seed', an episode form the original 1967

While on promotional duties for 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Duty', Sir Ian McKellen admitted he hated filming his scenes in front of a green screen, rather than with other actors, and the situation even made him cry.

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We spoke to the legendary Gandalf actor about his frustrations, and asked if the other 'Hobbit' stars felt the same way.

Check our interview on video below.

Sir Ian described to us his "wretched first day". "I was in a scene with all the dwarves and Martin Freeman [who plays Bilbo]. I rehearsed with them but had to leave them on their own, then go to my own set so I could be filmed at the same time. Then they'd put the two pictures together and I'd look bigger.

"It meant that I was talking to 13 people who I couldn't see and who I could only hear through an earpiece. It was wretched. Acting was reduced to just technicality."

Luckily for the veteran thesp,

When Tom Cruise was announced to play iconic detective Jack Reacher in a new film version, some fans were sceptical.

But according to Lee Child - the best-selling author behind the character - the A-list star is just as tough as the hard-as-nails detective… and proved it on set.

Watch the full interview with Tom Cruise, Chris McQuarrie and Lee Child here

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Speaking at an exclusive event for the film hosted by Yahoo! Movies, which saw Cruise, Child and director Chris McQuarrie answer questions from fans, the author told us the moment he knew Cruise was the perfect Reacher.

"I'm going to embarrass Tom now," he said. "But people have talked a lot, saying 'oh is he right for the role?'… but he was injured from one of the car wrecks [on set]. His left hand was swollen up like a football. Remember that? It looked really bad.

"As a friend, I would've said 'take two days off and go to the hospital'. As a

The first full-length trailer for Superman reboot 'Man of Steel' has been released… and it'll bring a tear to your eye.

Watch it below.

Henry Cavill dons the costume in Zack Snyder's fresh take on the iconic character. Christopher Reeve and Brandon Routh previously pulled on the red pants.

The trailer offers a quick glimpse of Superman's adopted dad Jonathan Kent, played by Kevin Costner, Russell Crowe's real dad Jor-El and Michael Shannon as villainous General Zod.

Christopher Nolan, who helmed the latest Batman trilogy, is producing.

Talking about the project earlier this year, Snyder said: "We took the mythology seriously. We take him as a character seriously.

"I believe the movie would appeal to anyone. I think that you're going to see a Superman you've never seen before. We approached it as though no other films had been made."

'Man Of Steel' is set for release in the UK on 14 June 2013.

Tom Cruise is a huge fan of the UK, especially our humble cuisine.

The star is on the promotion trail for 'Jack Reacher', and told Yahoo! Movies what he loves (and hates) about Britain at an exclusive Q&A for the Lee Child thriller adaptation.

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When asked what his favourite thing was about London, Cruise touched on the usual suspects: fish and Chips, culture, sights, the people but also pointed out that us Brits do a great curry.

He said: "I love the fish and chips, the crews are fantastic, it's such a beautiful city, and the people are so easy and cool. I like a good curry, I like it hot, and you have great Indian food here also. I like it very spicy. If I'm not sweating I don't feel like I have had good Indian food."

And the worst?

"The Traffic, yeah that's got worse."

We assume he can afford the London congestion charge though.

Watch the full interview with Tom Cruise, Chris McQuarrie