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<p>Tall drink of martini: Jacob Elordi’s recent performances show he’s capable of donning the tuxedo</p>
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Jacob Elordi would make a brilliant Bond

The ‘Wuthering Heights’ star is the latest to be declared a shoo-in for the next 007. Charm, animal magnetism, danger? He’s got those. Patrick Smith thinks they’ve found the right man

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<p>Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in ‘Taxi Driver’</p>

How Taxi Driver turned New York into the coolest hellhole on earth

Movies like ‘The French Connection’, ‘Midnight Cowboy’ and ‘Death Wish’ depicted the Big Apple as a scuzzy metropolis of filth and grime. And despite the reported fury of the New York Mayor’s Office, they helped define the city as we know it to this day, writes Xan Brooks

<p>Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘One Battle After Another’</p>
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Why are the stars of this year’s political Oscar faves staying quiet?

‘One Battle After Another’, ‘Bugonia’ and the forthcoming ‘The Secret Agent’ strike overt parallels to modern politics and the ongoing clown show of Donald Trump. But few have been saying it all out loud on the awards circuit this year, writes Xan Brooks

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