An awesome and ridiculous film that leaves you thrilled beyond the point of your natural endurance
2012
Theatre
The show has suddenly become quite wonderful, and the galvanising factor is the terrific stage debut of Melanie C
Blood Brothers
Music
The British pop music industry may be eating itself but if Muse are the pick of what it can offer the world in 2010 then British music is in rude health indeed
Muse
I was smitten by both Gilberts enormous luxuriant moustache and the intelligence and nuance of this highly entertaining play
I totally recommend Babbo to anyone who is looking for really good and traditional Italian food
Always been a fan but never seen them live. I was ecstatic to be part of this epic event. WOW!
London,
Derek Malcolm's rating
Reader rating
Dir: Ed Harris.
Cast: Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Tom Bower, Lance Henriksen
Description: The small New Mexico mining community of Appaloosa is under the thumb of ruthless, sadistic rancher Randall Bragg and his men, who gun down anyone who dares to challenge their supremacy - even the local sheriff and his deputies. In desperation, some of the businessman hire city marshal Virgil Cole and his gun-slinging partner Everett Hitch to restore peace to the district, using their trademark brand of tough justice to beat Bragg into submission. However, their heavy-handed tactics don't have the desired effect and when Virgil falls under the spell of sassy piano player Allison French, he provides Bragg with the perfect target to drive the new city marshal and his deputy out of town for good.
Country: US. 2008. 115mins
Lord of the ring: Chiwetel Ejiofor
You wouldn't suspect writer-director David Mamet of wanting to make a film about martial arts.
But if he did, you'd bet your bottom dollar that it wouldn't be anything Bruce Lee might savour.
Redbelt stars British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor as Mike, a Gulf War veteran and jujitsu expert who now runs a martial arts studio according to strict samurai codes in LA.
Understanding will defeat strength, he keeps telling his students, among other well-worn oriental tropes. Soon he'll have to prove it.
First his wife (Alice Braga) tells him they are deep in debt. then a crooked fight promoter (ricky Jay) and a lawyer (emily Mortimer) persuade him to go in for the kind of competition on the martial arts circuit that he despises.
Finally, discovering the whole thing is fixed, he has to find his way back to honour by fighting a Brazilian strongman outside the ring. the film is well shot by robert elswit, who won an oscar for his work on there Will Be Blood. it has a strong, almost noble performance from ejiofor that proves him to be an actor with few limits.
The sum of these parts isn't half as good as House of Games (1987), the brilliant thriller that showed Mamet to be a director of note as well as a celebrated playwright.
However, it is considerably better than some of his later cinematic efforts. And in ejiofor it has an actor whom Hollywood will soon recognise as a star if it doesn't already.
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