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DVD: Hugo (U)
Friday 06 April 2012
There's a common misconception that Martin Scorsese's most compelling films only deal with the Mob, but three of his finest – After Hours, The King of Comedy and The Age of Innocence – barely have a hoodlum in sight.
Viv Groskop: Did you know Miss Piggy is really a man?
Friday 17 February 2012
No cartoon is complete now without some ball-breaking girl who proclaims her independence
Meryl Streep gets Bafta nomination for 'The Iron Lady'
Tuesday 17 January 2012
Meryl Streep has continued her awards run while silent film The Artist and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy have been showered with nominations at this year's Baftas.
Bratz beats Barbie in America's $310m legal battle of the dolls
Saturday 06 August 2011
The latest round in the knockdown, drag-out fight between the makers of the iconic teenage fashion doll Barbie and of her upstart catwalk competitors the Bratz has been resolved by a judge in California – and it's the former who has her tights in a twist and her hair in a tangle.
Mattel surrenders Bratz dolls claim
Friday 22 April 2011
After a seven-year legal battle, giant American toy manufacturer Mattel suffered a surprise defeat when a jury decided that the tiny Californian company MGA is the rightful owner of the once-billion dollar line of Bratz dolls.
Barbie caught in the battle of the dolls
Sunday 10 April 2011
With legs weirdly long and lips oddly bloated, the spindly figures at the heart of a legal row are in the dock tomorrow
Mad about Madagascar
Wednesday 09 February 2011
David Attenborough loves its exuberant wildlife, but this island in the Indian ocean has much more besides lemurs to offer, reveals Kate Eshelby
Lives Remembered: Ranald Graham
Monday 20 September 2010
My friend Ranald Graham, who wrote and produced for film, television and theatre, has died from Motor Neurone Disease at the age of 69.
New twist in billion-dollar Bratz fight
Friday 23 July 2010
The billion-dollar Bratz dolls franchise should never have been handed over to arch-rival Mattel, owner of Barbie, an appeals court ruled, adding yet another twist to the longest-running legal drama in toyland.
DVD: Shorts (Warner)
Sunday 13 December 2009
Robert Rodriguez’s latest children’s film shows what happens when a wish granting rock falls from space and lands in sunny suburbia.
Where the Wild Things Are (PG)
Sunday 13 December 2009
Spike Jonze rummages in his inner child for this take on Sendak's storybook, but it's the grown-ups who will find it fascinating
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