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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.
Richard Lynch: Actor whose scarred appearance made him ideal to play cops and heavies
Wednesday 04 July 2012
In ‘God Told Me To’, each murder was presaged by Lynch appearing as a strange, Christ-like figure
DVD:Coriolanus
Sunday 03 June 2012
The trouble with Ralph Fiennes's modern-dress film of Coriolanus is that it won't let us forget how achingly "relevant" it is.
MI5 tries to expel Russian over fears of assassination attempts in Britain
Monday 02 April 2012
Fears that the UK has become a battleground for deadly Russian vendettas have been reignited after the security services publicly warned of an assassination plot against a high-profile Chechen exile.
Chechen 'assassination plot' on British soil
Monday 02 April 2012
Politician and friend of Vanessa Redgrave was the target of foreign hitmen, warns MI5
DVD: Anonymous (12)
Friday 02 March 2012
The Independence Day director's totally unnecessary "conspiracy theory" drama wheels out the tiresome thesis that William Shakespeare was not the author of his plays.
The lady from the dynasty
Friday 10 February 2012
Joely Richardson, a scion of England's grandest theatrical family and with a glittering career to match, is pensive on the eve of her return to the London stage, writes Arifa Akbar
Once a Redgrave: Joely Richardson on playing the role made famous by her mother and sister
Friday 10 February 2012
Joely Richardson is a scion of England's grandest theatrical family, with a glittering career to match. But recent years have brought the deaths of the actress's sister, uncle and aunt. Arifa Akbar finds her in a pensive mood on the eve of her return to the London stage.
Colman and Hurt take lead roles at film awards
Tuesday 07 February 2012
Michael Fassbender and Olivia Colman were named best actor and actress at last night's London Evening Standard British Film Awards.
Unsung 1950s midwives deliver ratings that put Sherlock to shame
Monday 23 January 2012
Sunday night blockbusters play second fiddle to BBC's unlikely hit, says Adam Sherwin
The Blagger's Guide To... Coriolanus
Sunday 22 January 2012
Splatter-fan politicos – this one's for you
The Weekend's Viewing: Call the Midwife, Sun, BBC1
Sherlock, Sun, BBC1
Monday 16 January 2012
I do understand why creators don't much care for critics.
- 1 'Sickening, deluded and unforgivable': Bloody attack brings terror to capital’s streets
- 2 Mothers' diets may harm IQs in two-thirds of babies
- 3 Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage
- 4 Eyewitness gives extraordinary account of her confrontation with Woolwich attackers
- 5 Woolwich attack: The EDL might have a sinister plan as a soldier is murdered in suspected Islamic terrorist attack
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