An Oscar for a Belfast film-maker whose work concentrates on the violence of the Troubles was yesterday welcomed across the political and religious divide in Northern Ireland.
Not invited? You're not alone. Neither is Uggie the Dog
Sunday 19 February 2012
Even the best get overlooked and humiliated at times. So, join the snub club
Time to call cut on long film titles
Friday 17 February 2012
Have some sympathy for cinemagoers who make the mistake of booking their tickets over the phone in the next few weeks. Quite apart from the purgatory that is the multiplexes' booking systems, they'll also have to contend with titles that will leave them breathless.
DVD: Chatroom (15)
Friday 22 April 2011
Four middle-class Chelsea teens are lured into an online chatroom by William (Aaron Johnson), who proceeds to prey on their weaknesses – and finally attempts to drive one of them to suicide.
Please put the camera away, darling...
Monday 07 March 2011
Imogen Poots - A blooming English Rose
Friday 10 December 2010
'Today' reveals its guest editors (and Jordan isn't one of them)
Saturday 27 November 2010
Listeners to BBC Radio 4's flagship Today programme will not be treated to a special edition guest edited by the model Katie Price, although the show confirmed yesterday that it was "talking" with the television star about how she could teach it about "a world a million miles away from the one that Today usually occupies".
DVD: Kick-Ass, For retail & rental (Universal)
Sunday 05 September 2010
"How come nobody tries to be a superhero?" wonders Dave Lizewski, teen nerd.
DVD: Kick-Ass (15)
Friday 03 September 2010
"A putz in pantyhose," is how Mark Strong's wise-guy crook, Frank D'Amico, describes Kick-Ass, a crime-buster in a green wetsuit (snapped up for $99 on the internet) and yellow rubber gloves.
Diary: Boris Johnson and Kelly Brook launch London's Sky Ride
Wednesday 01 September 2010
Boris Johnson and Kelly Brook linked arms yesterday to launch the 2010 Mayor of London's Sky Ride, a free mass-participation cycling event to be held in the capital this weekend. Speaking to James O'Brien of LBC Radio, Mr Johnson mentioned that a "very vociferous heckler" had done their utmost to disrupt the event. "But Kelly... showed the sangfroid worthy of a Napoleonic battlefield in the face of the hurly-burly of British politics." Having consulted a linguist, I shall attempt to deconstruct Mr Johnson's convoluted simile: I believe "sangfroid" refers to the "cold-bloodedness" of the troops who suffered through the emperor's many violent campaigns, and to the calmness of the Mayor's comely companion. One imagines that, while considering Ms Brook's suitability for 19th-century warfare, he was thinking of the bitterly cold, featureless landscapes of Russia, as opposed to, say, the battlefield of Napoleon's greatest victory – at Austerlitz, the location of which is famed for its twin mounds, Santon Hill (700ft) and Zuran Hill (850ft).
Younger men are queuing up for a cougar to love
Sunday 22 August 2010
Baby girl for director Sam Taylor-Wood and fiance
Thursday 08 July 2010
Artist turned film-maker Sam Taylor-Wood has had a baby girl with her 20-year-old fiance Aaron Johnson.
Hollywood takes on a strong British accent
Sunday 04 July 2010








