A spot of movie deja-vu

My newest, most sparkly and freshest film column is up at The Daily Telegraph.

This week I take a look at the curious case of cinema doppelgangers - movies like The Prestige and The Illusionist, or Megamind and Despicable Me.

Here's a preview:

"IT'S the cinematic equivalent of turning up to a party in the same outfit as someone else: two films that look so similar they're always spoken about in the same breath as one another.

Think No Strings Attached and Friends With Benefits, Dante’s Peak and Volcano or, more recently, Mirror, Mirror and Snow White and the Hunstman.

Cinema doppelgangers are not uncommon. Every year you have at least a few clusters of copy-cat films.Like a game of Memory we turn over the pairs and take a look at the strange circumstances that create clone films."

You can read the full story HERE. If I've left any out please chuck a comment at the bottom of the story and add your suggestions.

Yes we Cannes!

The 65th annual Cannes Film Festival kicks off in a matter of hours so, fittingly, I wrote an online column about what a load of rubbish it is.

You can read, comment, Facebook, RT and all the other glorious things you can do on the inter-webs by heading over to The Daily Telegraph.

Enjoy.