In honour of its 40th anniversary, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has come up with a great slogan “40 Love”. It’s a shame that in those “Forty years of breaking barriers”, some of the game’s top players haven’t mastered the… 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 →
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZTiQ_quEPA&w=560&h=315] Renoir is a ravishing new biopic from director Gilles Bourdos that gives us two geniuses for the price of one. For most people the name is synonymous with the paintings of Impressionist master, Pierre-August Renoir. Cinephiles will also… Continue Reading →
“Is this over yet then, Freddie?” enquired a hungry guest at what felt like the longest and worst catered tea party in TV history. This was episode one of Vicious, ITV1’s new Monday-night sitcom starring the absolutely fabulous Ian McKellen… Continue Reading →
Instead of wondering whether DI Hardy would drop dead before solving the case, I found myself asking why Tennant was growing that rather unattractive beard. As the final credits rolled on ITV1’s Broadchurch, teary-eyed viewers contemplated that yawning gap in… Continue Reading →
When I watch The Servant, it's always the voice of Cleo Laine singing "All Gone" that echoes around my head for hours. John Dankworth's smoky torch song is as integral to Joseph Losey's haunting psychological drama as Barrett, the unctuous… Continue Reading →
“Once upon a time in South Central . . .” Opening with police sirens, screeching tyres and the first of innumerable F-words, the aural landscape of David Ayer’s End of Watch seems very familiar. This LA-set police drama is not… Continue Reading →
The transition from avid Pope watching to fervent Argie bashing was almost seamless. Less than 24 hours after Pope Francis I (the one-lunged Pontiff) made his first balcony appearance in Saint Peter’s Square, the British press was reminding us of… Continue Reading →
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VqNoLzZRkI&w=560&h=315] [pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”#1871bf” class=”” size=””]The middle section of We Have a Pope appears to have been flattened by a massive dose of Mogadon.[/pullquote] We Have a Pope (Habemus Papam) gets off to colourful start, with the… Continue Reading →
I have a confession to make. I’m not very excited about the forthcoming release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, directed by the not-so-amazing Marc Webb. It’s the follow-up to 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man, which I also gave a wide berth…. Continue Reading →
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