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The Three Musketeers in 3D - review

14.10.11
So here's your half-term movie, if it pours. And freezes. The Three Musketeers is eminently suitable viewing for eight to 12-year-olds. ... more

What is Oscar winner Hilary Swank doing in The Resident?

11.03.11
Things do more than go bump in the night in The Resident and this competently made film by Antti J Jokinen winds to a bloody conclusion... more

The resurrection of Hammer horror

04.03.11
Wake Wood is the first new film in 35 years from the studio of ghouls and gore - and there's more to come. Nick Curtis talks to the team who are bringing the great British brand back to life... more

And the Bafta winner is...Helena Bonham Carter's mum

14.02.11
The King's Speech actress Helena Bonham Carter dedicates award to all 'supporting wives'... more

Politician quits after flirting on net

10.02.11
A married congressman from New York state resigns after emailing a photo of himself shirtless to a woman he met on a website... more

Do you really care what happens in Season of the Witch?

07.01.11
Season of the Witch is one of those movies that Nicolas Cage signs up to between much better stuff, presumably for the money... more

Blimey Burke & Hare - we was robbed

29.10.10
Burke & Hare is an excursion into Ealing comedy territory with a smart cast led by Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis as the two hopeless 19th-century grave-robbers... more

Olympics hopeful Oliver Golding left film set to join the tennis set

05.08.10
Wimbledon boys semi-finalist Oliver Golding is set to become one of Britain’s future sporting stars... more

Nothing artistic about Boogie Woogie

16.04.10
Duncan Ward's black comedy about the contemporary art scene - Boogie Woogie - has Danny Huston as Art Spindle.... more

Rare appearance by former James Bond at museum's spy show

06.04.10
Biggest gathering of actors from James Bond movies ever assembled are to take part in a weekend dedicated to spies and sci-fi in London this month... more

Telling a different story in The Golf Delusion

01.04.10
The Golf Delusion makes the usual promises to improve your game, but then it changes pace and has a different story to tell... more

Johnny Depp to get royal welcome at Alice In Wonderland premiere

04.02.10
Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway will join the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall for the royal world premiere of Alice In Wonderland.... more

Family friction in Glorious 39

20.11.09
British period pieces are regularly mocked as pretty pieces of cinema devoid of real bite. But you couldn't call Stephen Poliakoff's first film for more than a decade, Glorious 39, namby-pamby... more

Something to get your teeth into: the history of Hammer Horror

20.10.09
It has been dismissed as shlock and melodrama but it is one of the quintessentially British forms of film-making... more

Video: Golf lesson 11: Exercise 3 - Hitting Shots to the 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 Finish

10.06.09
Golf: The latest in our series of video tutorials designed to help you improve your game... more

Your chance to dress like Dracula and James Bond

08.06.09
You've seen it in the cinema and bought the DVD - now's your chance to dress the part, as some of the most famous costumes from film and television are to be auctioned off in the capital... more

Video: Golf lesson 9: Exercise 1 - Correct Takeaway to Halfway Back

29.05.09
Golf video: The Evening Standard recently visited the Knightsbridge Golf School to find out why it is known (amongst golfers) as one of London's best kept secrets... more

Video: Golf lesson 10: Exercise 2 - Correct Halfway Through

15.05.09
Golf: The Evening Standard recently visited the Knightsbridge Golf School to find out why it is known (amongst golfers) as one of London's best kept secrets... more

Video: Golf lesson 8: Four Stage Swing Model

05.05.09
Golf: The latest in our series of video tutorials designed to help you improve your game... more

Slash, bang, wallop but X-Men: Wolverine lacks bite

30.04.09
Hugh Jackman fights for his life in the latest superhero spin-off X-Men Origins: Wolverine — but he won't win the battle of the blockbusters.... more

Video: Golf lesson 7: Purpose of the Backswing

20.04.09
Golf: The Evening Standard recently visited the Knightsbridge Golf School to find out why it is known (amongst golfers) as one of London's best kept secrets ... more

Video: Golf lesson 6: The Grip

07.04.09
Golf: The Evening Standard recently visited the Knightsbridge Golf School to find out why it is known (amongst golfers) as one of London's best kept secrets ... more

Video: Golf lesson 5: Address Position

01.04.09
Golf: The Evening Standard recently visited the Knightsbridge Golf School to find out why it is known (amongst golfers) as one of London's best kept secrets ... more

Video: Golf lesson 3: The Model Swing

19.01.09
The third video in our series of golf lessons by the pros at the Knightsbridge Golf School.... more

Video: Golf lesson 2 - Mistakes made by 90% of golfers

08.01.09
The second lesson in our series of video tutorials is called '90% of golfers make the same mistakes'... more

Winners and losers of 2008

24.12.08
After the past 12 months of highs and lows in the capital, Nick Curtis sorts out the London personalities with plenty to smile about from those who have gone into freefall... more

Video: Golf lesson 1 - Swing Fundamentals

19.12.08
The Evening Standard recently visited the Knightsbridge Golf School to find out why it is known (amongst golfers) as one of London’s best kept secrets. ... more

Here it is! Nicole Kidman exposes her budding baby bump

08.03.08
For months it's been rather difficult to spot, but yesterday Nicole Kidman showed off her baby bump in all its glory. The Hollywood actress, who is now five months pregnant with her first biological child, flashed her growing stomach during a workout with her personal trainer. The fitness sessions have become routine for the 40-year-old expectant mother, who was again wearing her trademark work-out outfit... more

Out for the Count

25.10.07
Terence Fisher's 1958 adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula stars Christopher Lee as the Count and still looks stunning.... more

Smile at the audacity

23.08.07
1973 Robin Hardy cult horror thriller, The Wicker Man seems to have lost some 15 minutes of footage since it was first released... more


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