“You stole five years of that man’s life” said an angry Paul (Steven Mackintosh) at the end of ITV1’s five-part legal drama The Jury. He’d recently found out that the attractive blonde (Lisa Dillon) who’d been wooing him over lunchtime… Continue Reading →
Yes, it’s another list! This one collects the TV reviews I’ve written on this blog in one place. Of course I do watch a lot more TV shows than this, but it’s not that often I feel inspired to blog… Continue Reading →
Watching Tiger Woods handing out signed gloves at a recent tournament made me wonder just how far he will have to go to restore his tarnished reputation. Should he start stuffing $100 bills into those gloves in a bid to… Continue Reading →
Three years ago during the French Open I wrote a blog about how unappealing women’s tennis had become. I stand by those comments. With their one-dimensional games, celebrity boyfriends and multi-octave shrieking, the likes of Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka… Continue Reading →
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2011, Drake Doremus’s Like Crazy is the story of a transatlantic love affair that falls foul of the visa regulations. It doesn’t pay to get on the wrong side of US Immigration… Continue Reading →
Alberto Contador belatedly attempted to reignite his defence of the Tour de France by punching an aggressive heckler on the Alpe d’Huez. But 24 hours later, his great rival Andy Schleck took the real body blow when the race was… Continue Reading →
There may be tears on Rod Laver Arena tomorrow if drama queen Vera Zvonareva loses her Australian Open semi-final against Kim Clijsters. But today I was the one weeping into my coffee as Rafael Nadal lost his battle with illness,… Continue Reading →
“Nadal looks like he’s wrapped in red cling film” quipped Andrew Cotter, the BBC’s latest smarmy recruit to the commentary box at the 2011 Australian Open. Cotter was referring (yet again), to the prodigious amounts of sweat pouring off the… Continue Reading →
Why do college fraternities give themselves those fancy Greek names? In Animal House John Belushi’s Bluto was part of the confederacy of toga-wearing dunces known as Delta Tau Chi. In Will Canon’s feature debut, Brotherhood, the trail of stolen toilet… Continue Reading →
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