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Tony Scott's family rejects reports of terminal cancer
Wednesday 22 August 2012
Mystery remains over why Top Gun director jumped off Los Angeles bridge
The Dark Knight Rises (12A)
Sunday 22 July 2012
Glum, dark and brooding, as you'd expect. But this third outing on the Batcycle is serious fun
Messy, dirty, rough. 'Lawless' in Cannes...
Sunday 20 May 2012
Violent gangster thriller fails to liven up film festival
The Hunger Games scores third-highest US opening weekend
Tuesday 27 March 2012
The Hunger Games, the dystopian action film tipped to become a teen franchise on a par with the Twilight series, has enjoyed the third-highest-grossing opening weekend in US history.
Nicholas Lezard: Who cares who killed Kennedy?
Tuesday 20 March 2012
These are the nut-jobs who believe Obama is a Muslim and the Jews were behind 9/11
Heads Up: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Sunday 21 August 2011
What are we talking about?
A new film adaptation of John Le Carré's bestselling spy novel.
DVD: The Book of Eli (15)
Friday 04 June 2010
Careering between moments of deep biblical reflection and extreme violence, it's Denzel Washington's monosyllabic lead character who provides all the intrigue in this post-apocalyptic drama.
DVD: The Book of Eli, For retail & rental (Entertainment In Video)
Sunday 30 May 2010
Tramping through a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Denzel Washington has the world's only surviving Bible in his backpack.
The Weekend's TV: Money, Sun, BBC2<br/>Halcyon River Diaries, Sun, BBC1
Monday 24 May 2010
Just not enough bang for his buck
The Book of Eli (15)
Friday 15 January 2010
The Hughes Brothers' first film since From Hell looks like The Road redux.
From Avatar to District 9: The end is nigh...
Sunday 13 September 2009
It's all doom and gloom this autumn as films and books offer a dystopian vision of the future. Mark Jewsbury reports
Television: Interview - Amita Dhiri: Life affirming
Saturday 03 April 1999
From uptight solicitor to mum on the run, Amita Dhiri, better known as This Life's Milly, proves her strength of character
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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