Michael Caine hates movie remakes because they "lack imagination." The British actor has seen many of the movies he originally appeared in be remade, including Get Carter and Alfie, and he believes new adaptations of old films are just lazy.

You could think of ''Sleuth'' as an erudite episode of ''The Itchy and Scratchy Show'': Michael Caine and Jude Law fight, and fight, and fight and fight and fight, only they have Harold Pinter's increasingly explosive words to lob at each other instead of hand grenades and sticks of dynamite.

Michael Caine has turned his country retreat in England into a high-tech fortress - not unlike the one his dastardly character lives in the Sleuth remake.

Jude Law has spoken out about his recent assault arrest, revealing police officers were embarrassed during his booking process. The Sleuth star was stunned to find police on the doorstep of his London home after an altercation with a photographer who provoked him in the street and then filed a complaint against the actor.

TORONTO (AP) - What's the best Beatles song? The revolutionary tunes of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr are back on the big-screen with ''Across the Universe,'' a boy-meets-girl musical romance set amid the social turbulence of Vietnam and the 1960s.

TORONTO (AP) - Sean Penn is one of the great actors of his generation, yet he'd like to give it all up to remain behind the camera.

TORONTO (AP) - With nearly six months until Hollywood's biggest party, everyone already is thinking about the Academy Awards. Not many will admit that the thought of winning an Oscar crosses their mind, though.

TORONTO (AP) - For movie lovers, there is no better place to be over the next 10 days than the Toronto International Film Festival.

VENICE, Italy (AP) - Make no mistake: Kenneth Branagh's ''Sleuth'' is not a remake of the 1972 film. Both are set on grand English estates. Both are based on the play by Anthony Shaffer. And both star Michael Caine. But the similarities end there.

VENICE, Italy (AP) - The Venice Film Festival opened its 75th anniversary edition Wednesday with an all-world premiere competition for the coveted Golden Lion and a cascade of stars including George Clooney, Keira Knightley and Woody Allen.