Nine years since he literally kicked down the door to stardom, Jason Statham remains pretty much where he started.

Unless Moneyball completely collapses for reasons unknown, Brad Pitt is (deservedly) guaranteed to receive a Best Actor Oscar nomination, and he is quickly looking like one of the front-runners to win.

Killer Elite is a serviceable action-thriller that eventually runs out of ideas. What starts as a complex tale with strong action set-pieces eventually dwindles to formula, unable to keep as many balls in the air as it promises.

I recall the time I met Clint Eastwood in a discotheque and how foolish I had behaved. In my years in Hollywood, I had always been plagued with the problem of asserting myself, and this night was a prime example of those doormat days.