The day after 94-year-old Kirk Douglas tottered onstage at the Oscars, Hollywood lost another of its golden greats in the shapely person of Jane Russell. The coverage of her death has (predictably) focused on that famous cleavage and the somewhat… Continue Reading →
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzkRJmdjgpI&w=640&h=390] Last year’s criminally overlong Criminal Justice finally convinced me that I’d seen enough of Maxine Peake to last me a lifetime. “Immerse yourself in silk” ad-libbed the continuity announcer before the pilot episode of BBC1’s new legal drama…. Continue Reading →
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyua1fBm08k&w=640&h=390] In Juan Carlos Valdivia’s Southern District/Zona Sur, a wealthy Bolivian family bicker about money, menus, and their choice of partners, as their loyal servants look on. But we rarely see the end of any of the exchanges that make… Continue Reading →
April Fool’s Day is still a few weeks away, but some of the headlines this week had me wondering whether our newspapers were having a trial run. There was Lucinda Lambton in The Independent, declaring “Public WCs were once Britain’s… Continue Reading →
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7dz8SMw3Ck&w=640&h=390] With no CGI or big-name stars to suck you in, indie movies often have to fall back on the virtues of a decent script and a well-chosen soundtrack. Matthew Bissonnette’s low-key comedy drama, Passenger Side, rides into town trailing… Continue Reading →
Bad subbing is the literary equivalent of letting a particularly ham-fisted toddler apply your make-up — the lipstick ends up somewhere near your ear lobe. It’s hard to get away from talk of cuts at the moment. News of the… Continue Reading →
This is essentially a story of human frailties and foibles — all wrapped up in a lovely package and scored by the great Georges Delerue. A clutch of in-jokes and a plethora of film references punctuate François Truffaut’s Day for… Continue Reading →
“Brighton’s on the move” and it’s not just those gangs of Mods and Rockers who are having a smashing time on the sea front. Rowan Joffe’s remake of Brighton Rock relocates Graham Greene’s 1938 novel to 1964, an era redolent… Continue Reading →
“How does Murray deal with another disappointment?” wailed the BBC’s Sue Barker, moments after Novak Djokovic had nailed his second Australian Open title by the convincing margin of 6-4, 6-2, 6-3. Luckily, the host broadcaster Channel 7 had already lined… Continue Reading →
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