The classically trained actor was happy to spend hours in the makeup chair each day to transform into the legendary comic-book hero, as he feels more comfortable behind the masks than being himself.

Nathan Mellalieu was sitting at home one Saturday night three years ago when he got a surprise phone call. “Nathan, this is Harrison Ford.”

It must have been fun coming up with Hancock’s titular tuqued crusader. The drunken, foul-mouthed antisuperhero (played by a charismatic Will Smith, with nary a flash of Hollywood smile) seems to spend much time passed out at L.A. bus stops.

A documentary by Werner Herzog. Rated G. Opens Friday, July 4, at the Ridge Theatre

Starring Abigail Breslin, Julia Ormond, and Chris O’Donnell. Rated G. Opens Friday, July 4, at the Cinemark Tinseltown

Starring Gad Elmaleh and Audrey Tautou. In French with English subtitles. Rated PG. Opens Friday, July 4, at the Park Theatre

Starring Tannishtha Chatterjee, Christopher Simpson, and Satish Kaushik. In English and Bengali with English subtitles. Rated PG. Opens Friday, July 4, at the Cinemark Tinseltown

Starring Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Rishi Kapoor, and Amisha Patel. In Hindi with English subtitles. Rated PG.

The Tracey Fragments Juno’s Ellen Page plays Tracey Berkowitz, a 15-year-old girl with a vivid imagination. One night Berkowitz is baby-sitting her little brother when the boy goes missing. Desperate to find him, she is soon alone on a journey. The film was nominated for six Genie Awards and Page won a best actress award from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle.

Starring James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, and Morgan Freeman. Rated 18A.

Watching Angelina Jolie draped over the hood of a sports car, firing machine pistols and steering through the windshield with her feet, there’s a sense that she actually does this sort of thing all the time, between adoptions.

The combination of passion for its message, breathtaking animation, and love for its simple characters makes a healthy tonic in WALL-E, the best thing yet from the Disney-Pixar combo.

Ben Stein's documentary, which connects Darwinism and Hitler and claims that scientists who believe in "intelligent design" have been blacklisted, is provoking plenty of sound and fury in protesters.

Vancouver's movie industry has been through a rough patch recently, but here’s a rundown of just some of the stars and productions that will be visiting our city during the summer months.

William Vince, producer of the 2005 Oscar-winning film Capote, passed away last weekend at his home in West Vancouver at the age of 44, after a hard-fought battle with cancer.