Precious is a new-style weepie but one that is much more bracing than depressing
Precious
Theatre
Ian McKellen is captivating throughout. He delights in the play’s gallows humour, yet is also maudlin and poignant
Waiting for Godot
Theatre
Slight quibbles notwithstanding, this will set the West End’s stock riding high
Enron
Utterly, utterly brilliant. You really are in for a treat
Though 'Trilogy' has won rave reviews, I personally found myself exasperated after about an hour
We went on a quiet sunday evening and the food was excellent, but the experience let down by the service and ambiance
London,
29.01.10
Julian Temple’s messy, whimsical look at the rise and fall of the British pub rock band Dr Feelgood in Oil City Confidential packs a bigger punch than...
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22.01.10
Brothers is relevant to anyone concerned about the British soldiers currently living and dying in Afghanistan and to anyone who's ever felt like a...
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22.01.10
The Boys Are Back may have a luscious landscape as a backdrop for the story but it has no sense of momentum
22.01.10
A rogue martial arts assassin teams up with an attractive Europol agent to defeat a secret ninja clan
22.01.10
The early scenes in Toy Story 2 3D induce a greater sense of vertigo; there's a moment involving flying dust that feels magical
22.01.10
Purportedly offering a slice of cultural history, Burlesque Undressed is basically a big plug for fancy-schmancy "neo-burlesque" stripper Immodesty...
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22.01.10
Armored features a group of armored truck guards, led by disgruntled charmer Bill (Matt Dillon), with plans to hijack their own vehicles. Guess what?...
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22.01.10
Damon Albarn and Alex James were the pretty boys of Nineties pop. They're not quite as fetching now but, as a new documentary shows, their ability to...
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04.12.09
Director Steven Soderbergh is still as likely to serve up a stinker as a sweet-smelling success and The Girlfriend Experience is the former
04.12.09
Departures is a story that wants to make you see the benefits and the beauty of lavishing affection on the dead
04.12.09
Numerous heavy themes are explored in Steve Jacobs's adaptation of JM Coetzee's post-apartheid novel - Disgrace
04.12.09
Bedie Finzi’s documentary about young Rio ballet dancers Irlan and Isabella, both desperate to escape their favela backgrounds, is fascinating but...
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03.12.09
Mad mothers, blue eyes and bitchy wit are just some of the prerequisites for Hollywood stardom, according to this year’s best film biographies, says...
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27.11.09
Mr Right is a Soho-based gay relationship drama marred by the dire acting of Luke de Woolfson, who plays a bad actor
27.11.09
Paranormal Activity, with its creaky denouement, has limited powers and, unless you’ve already got one foot in the twilight zone, you’re simply due...
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25.09.09
Surrogates is an enjoyable parable, a candy-coloured reminder that while it may be liberating to have a healthy body, perfection — whether for men or...
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18.09.09
Sam Mendes loves women. Or rather, he gives actresses lots of screen time and seems especially fascinated by louder-than-life mothers
11.09.09
Meryl Streep cooks up a tasty comedy as the real-life celebrity chef of the Fifties whose recipes have been rescued by a modern-day blogger
11.09.09
A working-class heroine is something to be and 15-year-old Mia certainly dominates the landscape in Andrea Arnold’s award-winning drama
04.09.09
Greek Pete deserves to be a mainstream hit but due to all that unnecessarily graphic throbbing gristle, it probably won’t be coming to a cinema near...
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