New Moon is nothing if not an international advertisement for the hungry virtues of virginity and young people can’t get enough of it
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Theatre
A smart, prickly and rewarding view of sexual and emotional confusion
Cock
Restaurants
Kitchen W8 is a bargain for this area, if such sophistication is what you crave
Kitchen W8
Too long and drawn out but very entertaining with excellent special effects
This is a peculiar play and does not work for me. Some of it is very funny but there are real flaws
Alex has a strong powerful voice and was faultless, she is far better now than she was on the X-Factor
London,
Derek Malcolm's rating
Reader rating
Dir: Iain Softley.
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Eliza Bennett, Andy Serkis, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Sienna Guillory, Rafi Gavron
Description: Doting father Mo Folchart has kept a terrible secret from his daughter Meggie since she was three-years-old: he is a Silvertongue and inadvertently sent his beloved wife Teresa into the pages of a book called Inkheart. Ever since, Mo has scoured second-hand bookshops for a copy, desperate to undo his misdeeds. Stumbling upon a tatty, old copy of Inkheart, Mo finally believes he could be reunited with Teresa only for the past to catch up with him. Joining forces with a stranger called Dustfinger, Mo risks everything to outwit the villain Capricorn and his goons, and reunite his fractured family.
Country: GER/UK/US. 2008. 106mins
Famous five: Rafi Gavron, Brendan Fraser, Eliza Bennett, Paul Bettany and Helen Mirren
This noisy fantasy directed by British film-maker Iain Softley is based on the bestselling book by Cornelia Funke. It has Brendan Fraser and Eliza Bennett as a book collector and his
12-year-old daughter who share the improbable gift of bringing characters from books alive when they read aloud. The danger is that real people, including the book collector’s wife, tend to disappear into the book’s pages at the same time.
The tome the collector is searching for is Inkheart, a story filled with medieval castles and weird creatures, and possibly the one into which his wife disappeared. But when he finds it, the villain of Inkheart (Andy Serkis, a perennial monster) kidnaps his daughter. He has somehow to send the fictional characters back to where they belong.
The cast includes cameos from Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent but they don’t have much to do in a plot that swirls around them festooned with special effects.
This is one of those adaptations that tries to keep you watching with its sheer busyness. At times, though, you just want it to stop and catch breath with the aid of some rather better lines and deeper characterisations.
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