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: Alex De Rakoff.
Cast: Monet Mazur, Tamer Hassan, Brenda Blethyn, Curtis ¿50 Cent¿ Jackson, Danny Dyer
Description: Nick Kane is dangerously behind with debt repayments to notorious gangster and loan shark Thigo. With the credit crunch biting hard, Thigo decides to make an example out of Nick and he holds the former convict's mother hostage. In order to save her, Nick must raise ¿100,000 in 24 hours. So Nick joins forces with best mate Bing to find the cash, travelling to the outskirts of Manchester and the dog tracks of east London.
Country: UK. 2009. 91mins
Dead Man Running never seems to know whether it's comedy or comment
If you think Rio Ferdinand’s form on the football field has suffered lately, it could be that he has been fretting about this cockney crime caper, which he produced with Ashley Cole.
Tamer Hassan plays a crook just out of jail who is trying to go straight to please his mum (Brenda Blethyn). Unfortunately, the recession does for his business and the £100,000 he has burrowed from loan shark Mr Thigo (Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent) has to be paid back in 24 hours. Or else.
Though competently directed by Alex De Rakoff, Dead Man Running sadly never seems to know whether it’s a comedy or a comment on tough London times.
But it’s exuberantly played and entertaining enough if you ignore the lack of logic.
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