In 1971, Get Carter was ahead of its time. But will its revival now resonate with anyone other than Loaded readers?

IN AN unlikely liaison, the three worlds of Michael Caine were never far apart. Agro-business (a corporate buzzword he hated), the continent of Africa in all its manifestations, and the Booker Prize for Fiction were his life.

MICHAEL CAINE, who was ignored in the Oscar nominations this year, could still pick up a best actor award from his British peers.

IT IS 120 years since the Welsh soldiers of the 24th Regiment crossed the Buffalo River to destroy the power of the Zulu nation but the picturesque ford known as Rorke's Drift still marks a frontier of sorts.

The Big Pictures: LITTLE VOICE (15) DIRECTOR: MARK HERMAN STARRING: JANE HORROCKS, MICHAEL CAINE, EWAN McGREGOR 97 MINS TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (PG) DIRECTOR: HOWARD HAWKS STARRING: HUMPHREY BOGART, LAUREN BACALL 100 MINS

Little Voice (dir Mark Herman, starring Jane Horrocks and Michael Caine)

Keith Richard and Mick Jagger are back rubbing shoulders for a second series of `Stella Street'

Jonathan Myerson is sick of reading novels about lovelorn graduates in Hampstead. He lives in Clapham. Well, it's a start

`Get Carter' is a classic - and the soundtrack isn't bad either. Phil Johnson reports

Two films intent on exploring the reality of passion in the Nineties can't escape finger-wagging Sixties morality.

Need a little help getting Best Picture at this month's Oscars? Jerry Pam has been pitching it where it matters for the past 40 years. By Tim Cornwell

James Sherwood on Anello & David, purveyor of character shoes to the masses

Director: Coky Giedroyc Starring: Kelly Macdonald, James Bolam, Hans Matheson, Ewan Stewart

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