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The Avengers: Superheroes unite to conquer cinemas
Sunday 13 May 2012
After a string of Disney flops, 'The Avengers' is breaking all records
DVD: Contagion
Sunday 04 March 2012
Contagion has all the clichés of a typical disaster movie, but none of the excitement.
Tim Walker: The award for best sponsor goes to ...
Saturday 25 February 2012
Tales From The Water Cooler: Perhaps we shouldn't broadcast awards ceremonies on television at all
Prince Charles to lead Dickens celebrations
Tuesday 07 February 2012
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will be leading celebrations today to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens.
TV credits 'should be bigger and slower'
Sunday 05 February 2012
End credits on TV shows need to be more prominent, says a report from the actors' union, Equity. More than 10,000 people took part in a survey after viewers' complaints over fast-rolling and shrunken credits.
Contagion, Steven Soderbergh, 106 mins (12A) Blood in the Mobile, Frank Piasecki Poulsen, 85 mins (12A)
Sunday 23 October 2011
Few thrills or spills, and not much else to detain you, in Steven Soderbergh's star-studded but curiously restrained thriller about a global virus outbreak
£100m jackpot up for grabs
Wednesday 31 August 2011
An estimated £100 million will be up for grabs on Friday - one of the biggest jackpots in EuroMillions history.
Letter from the editor: Great Expectations
Monday 08 August 2011
The BBC is expected to begin filming the opening scenes of its adaptation of Great Expectations today, on the marshlands of Tollesbury, near Maldon (where the salt comes from).
DVD: Country Strong (12)
Friday 15 July 2011
Gwyneth Paltrow makes the most unconvincing substance abuser since Zammo took up cocaine in Grange Hill in this hokey tale of achy-breaky hearts in the land of country and western.
Gwyneth Paltrow's performance fears
Tuesday 10 May 2011
Gwyneth Paltrow is a "nervous wreck" when she has to sing in public.
Gwyneth Paltrow is a rap fan
Wednesday 13 April 2011
Gwyneth Paltrow knows every word to classic rap track 'F**k Tha Police'.
The cinema special effects that are saving real lives
Monday 14 March 2011
Tony Gardner won fame making realistic bodies for Hollywood. Now he makes them to train medics. Guy Adams reports
A daring new take on a Dickens classic
Monday 21 February 2011
Relocating Great Expectations to Calcutta is a bold move. Arifa Akbar discovers how a playwright rose to the challenge
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