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True Grit – a book, two films, and now... a personality trait
Sunday 28 April 2013
And if you have it, you're likely to achieve more in life
IoS DVD review: Dredd
Sunday 13 January 2013
I'd tell you to forget Sylvester Stallone's overblown Judge Dredd movie, but you probably already have.
DVD & Blu-ray: Men in Black III (PG)
Saturday 10 November 2012
"I was an agent for three years before I realised all models are aliens." Apart from the odd droll line – and a very amusing Andy Warhol "happening" – a lot of this third instalment feels undercooked, slightly tired, even the perennially perky Will Smith.
A cool $100,000 to dine chez Barbra Streisand
Sunday 17 June 2012
Singer and actress gives $10m of her own money to research into why heart disease kills more American women than all cancers put together
Men In Black 3, Barry Sonnenfeld, 106 mins (PG)
What to Expect When You're Expecting, Kirk Jones, 110 mins (12A)
Sunday 27 May 2012
What we want from Smith and Jones is ray guns, bug-eyed monsters – and a lot more fun
Chalk Talk: Yee hah! The cowboy spirit that's driving our headteachers
Thursday 02 February 2012
It seems the trend of headteachers likening themselves to famous American cowboys is continuing.
Lisa Markwell: New talent comes in more than one shape or size
Friday 13 January 2012
Breasts continue to be debated, frequently in an unhelpful way, most often by people who don't have them; photographs of women on holiday are making great sport for headlines about shifting weight for the New Year; and – although it's funny – the viral video doing the rounds for a fake beauty ad for an improving product called "Fotoshop, by Adobé" has a shifty undertone about a lady's supposed obsession with looking perfect.
DVD: You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger (12)
Friday 15 July 2011
"I need direction," whines Gemma Jones's jilted wife to a swami (Pauline Collins).
DVD: True Grit, For retail & rental (Paramount)
Sunday 12 June 2011
Other than being their first Western, this Oscar-nominated retread of a John Wayne classic is a typical Coen brothers' affair.
DVD: True Grit (15)
Friday 10 June 2011
Jeff Bridges finally bagged his long-deserved Oscar for last year's flimsy Crazy Heart, but he's better in this far superior film, the Coen brothers' refreshingly straightforward and faithful take on Charles Portis's genre-bending Western novel from 1968.
Boxing: Froch earns place in final with champion's true grit
Monday 06 June 2011
Carl Froch beat Glen Johnson to retain his World Boxing Council super-middleweight title on Saturday and reach the final of the Super Six tournament in the type of fight that leaves both fans and critics claiming victory.
You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger (12A)
Friday 18 March 2011
- 1 Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
- 2 Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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