With a script by Peter Morgan and a star turn from Matt Damon, Clint Eastwood's Hereafter has pedigree - but its vision of the afterlife is daft... more
He's Britain's most successful jazz artist ever, is married to Sophie Dahl and puts on electric stage shows complete with exploding pianos. Is there no stopping Jamie Cullum, asks Christopher Silvester... more
Clint Eastwood’s portrayal of Nelson Mandela backing South Africa’s bid to win the Rugby World Cup is simply too epic for its own good in Invictus.... more
The other day I saw the film Invictus in a cinema in Cape Town. It is the story of Nelson Mandela and the Rugby World Cup, which South Africa won in 1995 in the final against New Zealand... more
Writ large, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is an object lesson in why westerns, spaghetti or otherwise, hold a unique position in film history.... more
They are some of the best known names in Indian cinema - and they will be performing at the biggest live indoor Bollywood event seen in Britain... more
It was a meeting of minds - and whopping wallets - as Hollywood power players Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie dined with Oscar-winning Clint Eastwood in Cannes last night.... more
It is the premiere film festival in the world. But this year, it's not movies that are driving Cannes crazy. Instead, the talk of the French Riviera is Angelina and her ever-expanding bump.... more
US tenorist Eric Alexander is more George Coleman than Coltrane. A product of jazz conservatories rather than smoky basements, he provides flab-free contemporary jazz.... more
Terrific performances and dangerously real battle scenes in Days of Glory reveal the vital role of North African soldiers in the Second World War.... more
Clint Eastwood, Hollywood's most famous Republican, used to make gung-ho movies, but his latest is anti-war. As he tells Mike Goodridge, he didn't mean it to be unpatriotic.... more
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