Saturday, July 2, 2011

Kenyan drama The First Grader is merely an elementary effort


The highlight of Justin Chadwick's film is Oliver Litondo's dignified performance as Maruge, an 84-year-old illiterate man in rural Kenya.

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Love's kitchen review: British romcom featuring Gordon Ramsay is a nightmare


Dougray Scott plays a Scottish chef who loses his talent after his wife dies but he regains his mojo when he falls for a pretty American played by real-life wife Claire Forlani.

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Friday, July 1, 2011

Imperious, arrogant, stroppy: No, not Wallis Simpson but Madonna, who has upset almost everyone on the set of her troubled film about the royal scandal


But this summer Madonna is presenting herself as the serious film director of her first feature-length offering.

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Bridesmaids review: Filth or fun? The romcom goes too far for some


It is billed as a film for both sexes to enjoy but is this year's raunchy blockbuster more vomcom than romcom? Jan Moir and Chris Tookey walked down the aisle and deliver their verdicts

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Bill Gates's dancing: The world according to Sophie Ellis-Bextor


The singer on the Microsoft billionaire's skills on the dancefloor, being big in Russia and travelling the world - but sometimes just for six minutes.

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Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon review


Never thought I'd find myself sticking up for the ungracious Megan Fox who appeared in the first two Transformer pictures, but she's a helluva better actress than the comely Rosie Huntington-Whiteley who comes to this movie direct from a Victoria's Secret runway.

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

BBC's Matt Baker: 'I broke fingers and toes. I didn't care. I just wanted to be perfect'


...which is presumably why he went from British gymnastic champion to the prime-time sofa. Meet the presenter who just might be the most ambitious man in TV.

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