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Film review: In the House (15)
Thursday 28 March 2013
François Ozon's In the House plays games with narrative, though in a more beguiling literary fashion than cinema usually allows.
Hugh Grant shows his dark side in multiple Cloud Atlas roles
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Hugh Grant said last night it was "fun" to bring out a darker side for his multiple roles in the screen adaptation of Cloud Atlas, rather than the bumbling English gent he normally plays.
Postcard from...Italy
Thursday 30 August 2012
Hollywood is making its annual trip to Venice, with the world's oldest film festival kicking off yesterday.
The name's Bond... or is it Bourne?
Wednesday 01 August 2012
In a feat of sneaky subterfuge, Hollywood's big three spy franchises seem to be switching identities. Tim Walker spots a problem
Tom Cruise visits daughter Suri after Katie Holmes split
Wednesday 18 July 2012
Tom Cruise visited his daughter Suri in New York City on Tuesday for the first time since his high-profile divorce from her mother, actress Katie Holmes, People magazine reported.
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (12A)
Friday 20 April 2012
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas
Illness forces frontman Presley to retire from Troggs
Thursday 02 February 2012
Troggs frontman Reg Presley has told fans he has lung cancer and has decided to "call time" on the band.
'I prefer a less polite laugh'
Thursday 15 December 2011
Katherine Parkinson stars in a Dickens spoof over Christmas, then takes on Ayckbourn. Cosy comedy's not for this cerebral soul, as Alice Jones discovers
'I prefer a less polite laugh': Why cosy comedy's not for cerebral soul Katherine Parkinson
Thursday 15 December 2011
Parkinson stars in a Dickens spoof over Christmas, then takes on Ayckbourn.
Betrayal, Comedy Theatre, London
Monday 20 June 2011
Kristin Scott Thomas has graced the London stage on three previous occasions – each time to indelible effect.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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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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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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