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Susannah Straughan

Famous Last Words

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chSLHtgNUR4&fs=1&hl=en_GB] This week on The Apprentice: sequins for Stella, sparkly frocks for Liz and a dressing down for Alex. Ever wondered what happens to all those failed and fired Apprentice candidates? Yes, I know that Kate Walsh has taken her… Continue Reading →

Abel

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwpj8hObIzI&fs=1&hl=en_GB] For fans of Diego Luna, already a dynamic presence on screen, this movie promises an exciting future behind the camera. Abel, director Diego Luna’s beguiling comedy drama about a strange Mexican boy, throws up many more questions than answers…. Continue Reading →

Karma Comedian

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7nbl9IDegI&fs=1&hl=en_GB] This week on The Apprentice: Stella falls off her pedestal; Stuart forgets his manners; and Melissa loses the plot. “We are in tough economic times . . .” droned Lord Sugar as Week Four began. Hum, apparently it’s not… Continue Reading →

The Kids Are All Right

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdDSqgZ87fM&fs=1&hl=en_GB] Don’t you just hate it when a film confounds your expectations? The teenage son of lesbians Nic and Jules is baffled by his discovery that their taste in late-night movies runs to gay male porn rather than hot girl-on-girl… Continue Reading →

NEDS

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr7Opycx_yY&fs=1&hl=en_GB] Peter Mullan’s last film, the award-winning The Magdalene Sisters, was about vulnerable young women suffering oppression and brutality at the hands of some over-zealous nuns. In NEDS he presents sarcasm, cynicism and the oft-wielded strap as the chief weapons… Continue Reading →

Roll reversal

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukw8gUtHVXY&fs=1&hl=en_GB] This week on The Apprentice: 13 candidates, 16 bread rolls and one hell of a mess. “This is turning flour into serious dough.” Someone really needs to get Lord Sugar a new script writer. Britain is awash with out-of-work… Continue Reading →

I Am a Camera

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xONsD4ruGdU&fs=1&hl=en_GB] Sally Bowles, the glittering, swaggering, sexually adventurous nightclub chanteuse at the centre of Cabaret is one of the most memorable figures in 70s cinema. Liza Minnelli, who played her in Bob Fosse’s critically acclaimed 1972 musical, won an Oscar… Continue Reading →

Life's a beach

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnKHMvotEc0&fs=1&hl=en_GB] This week on The Apprentice: Stella takes one for the team; Karren takes offence; and Raleigh takes off. The Apprentice is nothing if not even-handed. Week One saw the boys squabbling over their rancid sausages like a pack of… Continue Reading →

A chorus of disapproval

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw7uarSzAV8&fs=1&hl=en_GB] “The coverage has been fantastic” squealed an over-excited guest on BBC Radio 5 live. Of course, she wasn’t talking about the latest “Mission: Impossible” outing of the England soccer team in the Euro 2012 qualifiers. The ongoing rescue of… Continue Reading →

Howl

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vvzyPMa82I&fs=1&hl=en_GB] Poetry can seriously damage your health. That’s the main thing I’ve learned from recent biopics in which Johnny Depp’s pox-ridden John Wilmot (The Libertine), Ben Whishaw’s consumptive Keats (Bright Star) and Gwyneth Paltrow’s depressive Sylvia Plath (Sylvia) have cornered… Continue Reading →

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