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A Thor of words lets down this Norse movie

28.04.11
The Norse god may be ripped but the script should have been ripped up - and director Kenneth Branagh should have stuck to playing grumpy Kurt Wallander... more

Moomins land at The Barbican for London Children's Festival

27.10.10
Tove Jansson's curvaceous and unconventional troll-clan get a new lease of life via a Finnish adaptation of Comet in Moominland... 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

The Boogie Woogie man

30.03.10
The film of the novel by a former art dealer and friend of Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Jay Jopling is about to be released — and it’s not all fiction.... more

Ashley Walters's second act

05.02.10
His first career in So Solid Crew resulted in a number one single and a prison sentence. Eight years on, Ashley Walters is a fêted BBC actor about to appear at the Royal Court... more

Mamma Mia! Pop fans gear up for Abbaworld exhibition at Earls Court

21.01.10
The biggest celebration of the Swedish pop sensations to date is gearing up to open in London next week... more

The Thames delivers up a ghoulish cargo

22.05.09
I walk beside the Thames almost every day - through Battersea Park - keeping an eye open for any corpses floating past... more

My, my, how can you resist Mamma Mia?

10.07.08
It's loud, deliriously camp and unsubtle but the screen version of the abba musical Mamma Mia! is as feelgood as it gets.... more

Summer blockbusters for the film-loving family

09.07.08
Janie Lawrence previews what's coming to a screen near you.... more

Mamma Mia! Abba reunite for the first time in 22 years for film premiere

04.07.08
Pop supergroup Abba have reunited for the first time in 22 years for the premiere of hit musical Mamma Mia!... more

Live and let dye: Pierce Brosnan ditches his greying roots for the red carpet

03.07.08
Actor Pierce Brosnan looked younger than ever when he sported noticeably darker hair for the red carpet. ... more

Mamma Mia...It makes you want to dance in the cinema

01.07.08
Mamma Mia! is ultimately a triumph; an ironical, seriously camp musical that eschews showbiz polish and instead celebrates fallible human beings and their need for pleasure. ... more

You can keep those Bond girls! How Brosnan's wife took the plunge on the red carpet

01.07.08
As a former James Bond, Pierce Brosnan could have been forgiven for thinking he might have been the star attraction at last night's premiere of Mamma Mia!... more

Mamma Mia... it makes you want to dance

01.07.08
Mamma Mia is ultimately a triumph; an ironical, seriously camp musical that eschews showbiz polish and celebrates fallible human beings.... more

Mama Mia! Scarlet woman Meryl Streep turns the blue carpet red at film premiere

30.06.08
She may be nearing 60 but Meryl Streep showed that she still had that extra something as she arrived for the the UK premiere of her new movie Mamma Mia.... more

Summer Blockbusters for the thinking fan

20.06.08
Prince Caspian gets the blockbuster season rolling - there are lots more big movies to look forward to. This year the emphasis is on brains as well as brawn.... more

Bond wipes out: Pierce Brosnan comes a cropper in the Maui surf

13.06.08
It shouldn't happen to an 007. Former action star Pierce Brosnan famously did many of his own stunts in the Ian Fleming series. But maybe he could have done with a stunt man as he came a cropper while paddling to shore on his surf board ... more

Mamma Meryl! Get ready for an Abba singalong with the summer's most unexpected hit movie

12.06.08
Meryl Streep delivers the goods on Abba's classics and takes them from the West End to Hollywood with her athletic vibrant character. ... more

Meryl Mia! How Streep's gushing fan letter won her dream role in new film

18.05.08
With 14 Oscar nominations under her belt, Meryl Streep is generally on the receiving end of gushing fan letters. But after watching the stage musical Mamma Mia! on Broadway she decided to fire one off herself – with remarkable consequences ... more

Carving a bad reputation

21.02.08
Waz is well put together but for all its undoubted promise, it leaves a very nasty taste in the mouth.... more

To hell with history

03.05.07
Despite some stunning cinematography, Goya's Ghosts charges through history like an elephant rather than a gazelle, says Derek Malcolm.... more


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