Yahoo Home Ben Falk is a freelance writer for Yahoo Entertainment UK. He started out writing for Empire and has since authored the definitive biography of Robert Downey Jr as well as setting up Press Association's Hollywood bureau. Highlights of his professional career include getting recognised by Naomi Watts, almost spilling a drink on Natalie Portman and nearly getting punched by Mickey Rourke.
Yahoo Movies UKAce Ventura at 30: 'We thought we were making the biggest piece of rubbish'
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective launched Jim Carrey into the stratosphere. Three decades on, the movie’s cinematographer reveals what made it such a sleeper hit.
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Why are there no female Minions?
Originally conceived as robots, the banana-hued critters have always distinctly male, but have you ever wondered why?
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Four Weddings and a Funeral at 30: 'We didn't pander to American tastes'
30 years after making a star of Hugh Grant, its cinematographer looks back at the making of the seminal British comedy.
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The many failed attempts to adapt Frank Herbert's 'unfilmable' Dune
It’s hard not to wonder what all the other potential attempts at the iconic novel would have looked like.
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Controversial James Bond moments that deserve trigger warnings
There are several times when, in retrospect, the filmmakers’ choices in 007 have been a little suspect.
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What Love Actually child star Thomas Brodie-Sangster did next
From the Richard Curtis romcom to The Maze Runner, the former child star spills the beans.
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Carlito's Way at 30: 'Back in those days it was coke, alcohol, a lot of parties'
Actor Luis Guzmán and producer Michael Bregman look back at Brian De Palma's under-appreciated Al Pacino movie.
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Santa Claus: The Movie producer was 'baffled' that the 1985 film flopped on release
The 1985 Dudley Moore film, produced by the team behind Superman: The Movie, survived flopping at the box office to become a family favourite.
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Speed is Expensive: The motorcycling pioneer who changed the world and died in poverty
Stories about slightly odd iconoclasts make for great documentary fodder and that is true of Philip Vincent, the iconic bike designer and manufacturer behind Vincent Motorcycles.
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Underworld at 20: It began as 'Blade for werewolves' but evolved into an unlikely franchise
The movie that put Kate Beckinsale on the map is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
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The X-Files: The truth about its greatness was there right from the pilot episode
10 September sees three decades to the day since the first episode of the long-running sci-fi show was broadcast. We take a look back at its impact.
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Blade at 25: How they made the superhero classic and that crazy blood rave scene
Blade was originally intended to be a small-budget, gritty little superhero movie. Producer Peter Frankfurt and others explain how it changed into a smash hit.
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The Room: Is it still the worst movie ever made?
On 27 June, 2003, The Room premiered in Los Angeles and the legend of the "Citizen Kane of bad movies" was born.
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Superman III producers debunk trivia about Christopher Reeve's superhero sequel
On the 40th anniversary of Superman III, we spoke to two of its producers to bust some myths about the superhero sequel
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Psycho II writer looks back at upsetting the original author and tensions on set
Emerging 23 years after the iconic original, 1983's Psycho II has been mostly forgotten, until recently.
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Cliffhanger: How cinema's most expensive aerial stunt was made
1993's Cliffhanger - 30 years old this week - features the most expensive aerial stunt committed to film.
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Return of the Jedi production manager spills the beans on unruly Ewoks, Leia costume worries and more
As Star Wars: Return of the Jedi turns 40, the film’s production manager Robert Latham Brown shares behind-the-scenes secrets.
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Godzilla 1998: The monster-sized struggle to remake Japan's Kaiju in America
Godzilla was a huge in Japan - literally - but filmmakers faced a gigantic battle to make a US-language version.
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Why did Harry Potter never win any Oscars?
Eight movies, twelve nominations, billions at the box office, but no Oscar wins for the Harry Potter films. What gives?
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Indecent Proposal author looks back on the changes Hollywood made to the book
Jack Engelhard’s 1988 bestseller was the basis for the classic romantic dilemma, but it’s very different from the movie.