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FILM: Broken Flowers (2005)
Published on 2012-05-21 12:59:00
The story: A retired computer tycoon (Bill Murray) receives a mysterious message, and goes on a road trip to visit his exes (including Sharon Stone and Jessica Lange) to uncover the truth.This isn't a movie for people who like unambiguous endings, but if you want to watch Bill Murray eking the emotion out of a character who has long since repressed his real desires - drowned them in a sea of fine taste, sex and money - then it comes highly recommended. Murray plays an inherently comic figure, wa [..] > read more
FILM: The Match King (1932)
Published on 2012-05-20 17:01:00
The story: An ambitious Swedish tycoon (Paul Kroll, played by Warren William in a role based on the life of Ivar Kreuger) builds a global match empire, but is it all based on straw?To 21st century eyes, the match is a thing of only occasional utility - we have gas cookers that light themselves, cheap lighters, etc. But to Paul Kroll, they were the building blocks of empire. Between the two World Wars, his idea was to seize the match-selling monopolies in as many counties as possible, gaining com [..] > read more
FILM: The Cabin In The Woods (2011)
Published on 2012-05-20 16:53:00
The story: A group of American students go to stay in a relative's cabin in the woods. Chaos ensues.That synopsis makes The Cabin In The Woods sound like every cliched horror movie you've ever seen, and that's exactly the expectation you should take into this film - because it's so much more fun if you don't know what's coming. I'll say two words: Joss Whedon, and the idea that watching this film is a bit like seeing Scream for the first time. That's all you need to know and, as with Tucker And [..] > read more
FILM: The Hunger Games (2012)
Published on 2012-05-20 16:45:00
The story: A group of teenagers fight for their lives in an annual tournament known as The Hunger Games. The film focuses on the struggle of two of these 'tributes' - > read more
COMEDY: All New People (Duke Of York, London)
Published on 2012-05-20 16:34:00
The story: A group of strangers coalesce at a beach house where a man (Zach Braff) is trying to commit suicide. Will they ever clear off and let him get on with it?There is something interesting at the heart of Zach Braff's play - a comedy about depression - but its star and writer seems afraid of the issues at the heart, choosing to flood the script with gags that distract from the drama and distance you from the characters. > read more
FILM: Marvel's Avengers Assemble (2012)
Published on 2012-05-20 16:14:00
The story: A group of extraordinary people (Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Captain America) come together when the Earth is threatened by a terrible foe (Loki).Aside from anything else, The Avengers is a triumph of screenwriting. It has an astonishing number of characters, all with backstories that are referenced in the script but fully available in the movies that have > read more
FILM: The Guard (2011)
Published on 2012-05-20 16:07:00
The story: A straight-talking Irish guard (Brendan Gleeson) is paired with a tense FBI agent (Don Cheadle) during a drugs investigation in Ireland.The Guard is proof, if proof were needed, that westerns don't need to be set in America. In its bones, this is a story of good men trying to do right in a brutal world; of honour and wit pitted against money and greed. At its heart, it is a percolation of the pragmatic Irish tendency to crack wise in the face of adversity, to make jokes that are less [..] > read more
COMEDY: The Fitzrovia Radio Hour (April 25-28, 2012, The Horse Hospital)
Published on 2012-04-26 05:35:00
Fitzrovia's new show at The Horse Hospital is a more intimate proposition than their spell at the Ambassadors. There are pluses to this: most notably an increased easiness with an audience who seem to be peppered with familiars, leading to a more experimental feel and a liberal approach to innuendo. There is a pleasant collusion here, but the smaller venue also has a minus: a number of awkwardly placed pillars. Choose your seating with care.The show runs on two levels. The odes to vintage radio [..] > read more
FILM: Wild Boys Of The Road (1933)
Published on 2012-04-07 12:18:00
The story: The parents of two small town boys fall on hard times during the Depression, and their offspring start travelling the country, looking for work.Like Heroes For Sale, William Wellman's Depression-era picture is a message movie, but there's less of a pretence about it, less of that shift from individual drama to portrait of a nation. In Heroes, you're not really sure what they movie is until about half way through - but the boys of Wild Boys are clearly a generational portrait from the [..] > read more
FILM: Risky Business (1983)
Published on 2012-04-07 12:14:00
The story: A schoolboy with a glittering future (Tom Cruise) gets pulled into a dangerous world when he sleeps with a call girl (Rebecca De Mornay).To approach Risky Business as someone who completely missed it in the 1980s is to do so with assumptions - mostly, that it's a rawkus teen comedy that sits somewhere between Home Alone and Weird Science. It's closer to Weird Science, but without the science or the comedy. It has a dreamy, sleazy, arty feel in the way that films made from a teenage bo [..] > read more
FILM: OSS 117: Lost In Rio
Published on 2012-04-07 12:09:00
The story: The French secret agent (Jean Dujardin) is dispatched to retrieve a list of French World War II collaborators, but ends up embroiled in a Mossad Nazi hunt.Michel Hazanavicius's (The Artist) second spy spoof, a follow-up to Cairo: Nest Of Spies can best be summed up in comparison to its predecessor - bigger and more outrageous, but not quite as clever. While it's a more coherent film than Cairo, lacking that film's stretch of utter whimsy in the middle, Lost In Rio is - in common with [..] > read more
FILM: Shame (2011)
Published on 2012-04-07 11:54:00
The story: A sex addict (Michael Fassbender) lives a deliberately isolated existence in New York until the arrival of his troubled sister (Carey Mulligan).Shame is a shattering experience, and leaves you with one rather horrible image: Michael Fassbender's face, lit to look like a skull, locked in a self-obliterating cycle of repetitive sex with hookers and strangers. That's how you leave it. But the opening two thirds of the movie are actually pretty easy on the senses, and even have jokes - th [..] > read more
FILM: Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
Published on 2012-03-17 13:39:00
The story: A troubled young woman (Elizabeth Olsen) apparently escapes a cult, and moves in with her sister (Sarah Paulson).Expectation management is key to watching Sean Durkin's debut feature. You'll know that it features a standout performance from Elizabeth Olsen, the previously unheralded Disney sibling. You'll probably know it has something to do with severe mental trauma, and a cult. And you're probably best off not knowing anything else, aside from the fact that it's best understood in t [..] > read more
FILM: Heroes For Sale (1933)
Published on 2012-03-17 13:30:00
The story: A principled soldier, Tom Holmes (Richard Barthelmess), is betrayed during World War I, and returns to a very difficult life in the US.Right from the start, William Wellman's movie connects you with the characters. The first few scenes take place during World War I, with the soldiers staring blankly as they receive orders for their latest ill-conceived suicide mission. Their expressions are vacant, the product of disbelief at a war that surely can't get any worse. They've given up rea [..] > read more
FILM: Chronicle (2012)
Published on 2012-03-17 13:26:00
The story: A trio of high school teens (Dane DeHaan, Michael B Jordan, > read more
FILM: Limitless (2011)
Published on 2012-03-17 13:17:00
The story: A down-and-out writer (Bradley Cooper) happens upon a wonderdrug that allows him to complete his book in under a week, and much else besides. But surely there's a downside to all the success promised by NZT?Limitless is exciting, sometimes because of what it is but most frequently because of what it promises - the chance to be our best selves all day, every day. To remember everything we've ever seen, to be able to do kung-fu because we once saw five minutes of a Bruce Lee film (muscl [..] > read more
COMEDY: Jackie Mason - Fearless
Published on 2012-03-17 13:13:00
Jackie Mason makes you think. His show is a barrage of insults and observations that are too negative and reductive to refer to as 'wry'. There is nothing sly about it either. It's blunt and to the point, and that can come off as crass: 'Excuse me sir, are you a homosexual?' he asks a member of the front row, all of whom got it in the neck in some way or other across the show either for being stupid, disinterested, morally repugnant or (as was the case in the second half) absent. Asking someone [..] > read more
FILM: Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011)
Published on 2012-03-17 13:05:00
The story: Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team are disavowed, and must chase down a fanatic determined to bring about global nuclear war. First things first: in this movie, Tom Cruise tries to outrun a bomb and a sandstorm. A bomb and a sandstorm. That alone is something of a recommendation. Cruise still looks amazing on camera, but they've made concessions to his character's age. Ethan now look vulnerable. Not creaky, but not invincible - at one point, he fights someone who looks like an a [..] > read more
COMEDY: The Fitzrovia Radio Hour
Published on 2012-03-05 05:47:00
At the Ambassadors Theatre, the staff use wonky iPod Touches to scan your tickets. It's an awkward use of technology - very efficient on some level, but deeply impractical on another. The Fitzrovia Radio Hour exploits exactly this kind of friction. It started as performances of vintage radio drama from the US, with an eye to exploiting the comical content of the straightfaced material. In its current form, the players perform a series of playfully outlandish original adventures for a theatre aud [..] > read more
FILM: Margin Call (2011)
Published on 2012-02-22 04:43:00
The story: On the eve of the financial collapse, an analyst (Zachary Quinto) uncovers evidence that his firm may be on the verge of total financial collapse. Margin Call is unusual, in that you spend the whole movie waiting for something to happen - for the markets to crash. When handled wrongly this kind of tension can be excruciating but here it's exhilarating, especially once you see how the filmmaker handles an opening source of potential plot stress (whether someone will look at something i [..] > read more
FILM: Haywire (2011)
Published on 2012-02-21 12:50:00
The story: A top female agent-for-hire (Gina Carano) is betrayed, and must exact vengeance. But who betrayed her?Haywire is a very simple story, although the plot can seem ridiculously complicated. Essentially, this is an A-B-C story of betrayal and vengeance exacted, but the director (Steven Soderbergh) and the cast (Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender) give it a serious upgrade in both style and execution. At the centre of it is Gina Carano, a mixed martial art [..] > read more
FILM: Twentieth Century (1934)
Published on 2012-02-03 08:18:00
The story: A Broadway impresario (John Barrymore) makes a star out of a lingerie model (Carole Lombard), but their professional partnership is a rocky one.There's a saying about comedy - that you can have ordinary characters in ridiculous situations, or ridiculous characters in ordinary situations, but not both. Without some shred of reality, there's nothing for the audience to recognise and hold on to. This is why farce is an acquired taste, and it's a rule that Howard Hawks's film only briefly [..] > read more
FILM: OSS 117: Cairo, Nest Of Spies (2006)
Published on 2012-02-03 08:15:00
The story: In 1955, the renowned French secret agent OSS 117 (Jean Dujardin) goes undercover in Cairo to find out what happened to an old colleague.A spoof of the French equivalent of Bond, OSS 117 also has the same leading actors, the same director and same composer as The Artist. Of all those elements, Dujardin is the most essential. His face is incredible. It's as if it were on a billboard 50 feet high: you don't know whether to look at his eyebrows, his mouth, his forehead or his hair - try [..] > read more
FILM: Five Star Final (1931)
Published on 2012-02-03 08:06:00
The story: The wearied editor of a New York evening newspaper (Edward G Robinson) digs up an old murder case to boost circulation, but risks destroying lives in the process.Mervyn LeRoy's newspaper picture is a corker, partly because of the atmosphere - it drips with the hardbitten attitude of the newsroom - yet it's more remarkable for its two big male energies: Edward G Robinson as an editor with the skills but a declining appetite for wrecking lives, and Boris Karloff as the reporter who will [..] > read more
FILM: The Iron Lady (2011)
Published on 2012-01-31 12:11:00
The story: As she considers the fate of her late husband's belongings, Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep) reflects on her rise to power.Whatever your opinion of Margaret Thatcher, it seems an odd decision to make such a personal film about a woman laying her past to rest when the woman in question is still alive - and not in a strong position to answer back. At the very least, it is presumptious, and I think it says something uncomfortable about the way people with dementia are regarded. The full [..] > read more
FILM: The Artist (2011)
Published on 2012-01-06 16:57:00
The story: A giant of silent cinema (Jean Dujardin) falls for a rising star (Berenice Bejo) just as his career - and silent cinema itself - is starting to give way to talkies.It's hard to know where to start with The Artist. That its stars look so damned good? That you could stare at their faces all year? That the soundtrack matches and lifts every scene to perfection? That the use of real world sound - when it does come - reminds you how deliberate this film is, how lean and pure in its storyte [..] > read more
FILM: Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)
Published on 2012-01-03 13:20:00
The story: A portrait of teen high school life as recorded by director Cameron Crowe in his book of the same name, Fast Times follows a girl (Jennifer Jason Leigh) bouncing between the wrong types of boy. Amy Heckerling's film has a documentary feel, one that gives it a raw edge you don't expect. It's more dense than the average high school picture, and more dirty. Here's two examples to give you an idea of the tone: 1) a hard-working doormat (Judge Reinhold, one of those people who looked 40 un [..] > read more
FILM: All About Eve (1950)
Published on 2012-01-01 08:50:00
The story: A fading actress (Bette Davis) takes in a devoted fan (Anne Baxter), who slowly takes over her life.Joseph L. Mankiewicz's movie is that rare fusion of a brilliant screenplay (his), great casting and acting you can't take your eyes off. It's a series of great performances, most of them female, competing for attention both within the characters and on the screen. Bette Davis is the Queen Bee, both on screen and on set - she has the acid-tongued, hardened disposition you'd expect - but [..] > read more
FILM: Hugo (2011)
Published on 2011-12-31 09:34:00
The story: A young boy (Asa Butterfield) loses his father (Jude Law) and ends up winding the clocks at a Paris train station in the 1930s and trying to fix the automaton his dad left behind. Then, one day, an encounter with a toy store owner (Ben Kingsley) changes his entire life.When you start watching, Hugo looks like a life affirming coming-of-age drama. By the end, you wonder if the drama was a merely a feint by Martin Scorsese to draw audiences into a celebration of cinematic pioneers. Hugo [..] > read more
FILM: Contagion (2011)
Published on 2011-12-30 08:11:00
The story: A flu virus spreads across the world, starting with a travelling businesswoman (Gwyneth Paltrow).If you have a easily activated cough reflex, Steven Soderbergh's movie will leave you with an itchy throat. The screening your reviewer attended was punctuated by awkward coughs and occasional bursts of laughter at the self-consciousness of it all, a reaction that's not entirely fair to the movie. The opening gambit (mild spoiler alert) involves Gwyneth Paltrow foaming at the mouth and hav [..] > read more
FILM: Dishonored (1931)
Published on 2011-12-30 05:10:00
The story: A woman of dubious moral standing (Marlene Dietrich) becomes a spy for Austria against the invading Russian forces during World War I. ‘I’m not afraid of life. I’m not afraid of death, either.’ Dietrich is a woman who’s been through the emotional wringer and, while she may have come out the other side, she’s…missing something. Is it purpose? Will the chance to serve her country fill the gap? Blind devotion to a cause isn’t Dietrich's thing – she needs a little more [..] > read more
FILM: The A Team (2010)
Published on 2011-06-28 09:14:00
The story: An elite team of Iraq War veterans (Liam Neeson, Sharlto Copley, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, Bradley Cooper) try to clear their name after a mission goes badly wrong.The critical steer when The A Team movie came out was simple – > read more
FILM: Morning Glory (2010)
Published on 2011-06-27 06:05:00
The story: A TV producer (Rachel McAdams) is tasked with reviving an ailing breakfast show. Can she persuade a grumpy news veteran (Harrison Ford) to join her lightweight show? There’s a movie called The Ugly Truth that treads similar ground to Mor > read more
FILM: Death At A Funeral (2010)
Published on 2011-06-25 05:13:00
The story: A dysfunctional family come together to bury their patrarch, but the day doesn’t go easily – or without surprises.A black (in both senses) comedy that plays out like a sequel to Father Of The Bride or Meet The Parents, Death At A Funer > read more
FILM: Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)
Published on 2011-06-24 14:57:00
The story: Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) is persuaded to create a mate (Elsa Lanchester, who also plays Mary Shelley) for his monster (Boris Karloff), who survived the catastrophic events of the previous movie.The problem with the Frankenstein sto > read more
UK POLITICS: Prime Minister's Questions, June 8, 2011
Published on 2011-06-24 14:34:00
Ed Miliband projects a curious mixture of boredom and bitterness, the face of a man tired of having his questions deflected. As such, this week, he lacks power. He asks if the Prime Minister will be tearing up the Justice Secretary’s plans in light > read more
FILM: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Published on 2011-06-08 16:31:00
The story: An ingenious scientist (Kenneth Branagh) resolves to rid the world of death after his mother karks it, but doesn't count on the consequences of his actions. As far as Kenneth Branagh's concerned, his version of Frankenstein is an opera. An > read more
FILM: Cleopatra (1934)
Published on 2011-06-08 08:34:00
The story: The Egyptian queen (Claudette Colbert) tries to secure her kingdom by seducing Caesar (Warren William) and Mark Anthony (Henry Wilcoxon), but will she lose herself in the process?It’s over-the-top style and racy costumes may lead you to > read more
FILM: Trauma (2004)
Published on 2011-06-08 08:17:00
The story: A man (Colin Firth) suffering from grief at the loss of his wife wakes up in hospital to find the country distracted by another tragedy, and tries to put his life back together. Only his reality starts to crumble - what is fact and what is > read more
FILM: Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)
Published on 2011-06-03 07:45:00
The story: Three down-on-their luck nerds (Marc Wootton, Dean Lennox Kelly, Chris O'Dowd) wind up having a time travel adventure in the pub.Frequently Asked Questions' aim is pretty clear - take a lazy nerd's deepest two wishes, and play them out > read more
FILM: X Men: First Class (2011)
Published on 2011-06-02 17:10:00
The story: Against the backdrop of the Cuban missile crisis, telepathic mutant Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) is recruited by the CIA to investigate a growing threat.Set a globetrotting superhero movie in the Sixties and you run the risk of looking li > read more
FILM: The Cave Of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
Published on 2011-06-01 10:53:00
The set-up: Werner Herzog directs and narrates this look inside the Chauvet caves in southern France, which contain the earliest known cave paintings.At the end of Werner Herzog's film, the director makes the kind of pronouncement you'd been expectin > read more
FILM: Jennifer's Body (2009)
Published on 2011-05-31 09:16:00
The story: A high school student (Megan Fox) with a wild sexual reputation has an encounter with some dodgy musicians, and returns a changed woman.Such is the sexual magnetism of Megan Fox - extensivley documented by Michael Bay in the first two Tran > read more
UK POLITICS: Prime Minister's Questions, May 18, 2011
Published on 2011-05-30 17:03:00
David Cameron is growing a quiff. That's the way it looks. A formidable array of product appears to be taming the Prime Minister's towering topside growth, notable in its contrast to Nick Clegg's more 'wash and go' bouffed up approach (it's impossibl > read more
FILM: Laura (1944)
Published on 2011-05-30 16:52:00
The story: A detective (Dana Andrews) investigates the life of an attractive advertising executive (Gene Tierney) after her murder.The one regret you have after watching Laura is that it wasn’t made ten years earlier. That’s all I’ll say about > read more
EXCLUSIVE: Biden propelled by 90s catchphrases
Published on 2011-05-30 16:32:00
White House staffers have confirmed reports about Vice President Joe Biden, saying they are 'absolutely true'. Sources alleged that America's number two has taken to walking the corridors wearing a fearsome grin, shouting 1990s catchphrases at anyone > read more
FILM: Diner (1982)
Published on 2011-05-27 08:22:00
The story: A group of male friends (Tim Daly, Paul Reiser, Kevin Bacon, Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke) reunite in Baltimore for one of their number's wedding. They chat in their old diner, rehash old stories and confront current probl > read more
UK POLITICS: Prime Minister's Questions, May 11, 2011
Published on 2011-05-27 08:04:00
Ed Miliband rises to the sound of a deep, dark caterwaul - a collective yowl from the depths of hell, as he lays his elephant trap on NHS reforms for David Cameron. The idea is simple: ask the Prime Minister how he thinks it's all going, wait for an > read more
FILM: Attack The Block (2011)
Published on 2011-05-21 04:17:00
The story: A group of south London tower block boys fight off an alien invasion.How much you like Joe Cornish's movie may depend on your own inherent aversion to 'hoodies', or youths in general. The movie turns them into heroes - but start > read more
FILM: Hanna (2011)
Published on 2011-05-20 16:40:00
The story: A young girl (Saoirse Ronan) lives in the woods with her dad (Eric Bana) who relentlessly trains her for an encounter with some bad, bad people (led by Cate Blanchett) that he's kept her from for years.What is Hanna? Is it Nikita? Sort of, > read more
BEAVER LATEST: Gibson's comeback a hit at Cannes
Published on 2011-05-18 12:17:00
Europe loves the anguished artistic redemption of a troubled soul, especially one who’s not doing so well in the US (see Polanski, Roman).The latest affirmation of this aphorism came in Cannes, where Mel Gibson’s quirky comeback The Beaver report > read more
US POLITICS: Thinking of John McCain, probably too much
Published on 2011-05-17 06:35:00
The Republican candidates are coming out of the woodwork, and we’re starting to look for what’s familiar – partly to understand these beasts in a Presidential context but, more importantly, to figure out how they’re going to be pigeonholed un > read more
POLITICS: Prime Minister's Questions, May 4, 2011
Published on 2011-05-16 16:40:00
Staged the day before the AV vote, this must have been a taut PMQs. Buttocks must have been hovering off the benches with the tension. As if to diffuse it, Nick Clegg wears a bluish tie, and William Hague sports a cheeky yellow number. (Ken Clarke go > read more
Judiciary latest: Bring me the head of BA Baracus
Published on 2011-05-11 04:05:00
Proof, if proof were needed, that the judiciary is profoundly in touch with the common man. > read more
FILM: Zombieland (2009)
Published on 2011-05-09 03:21:00
The story: A random group of survivors (Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson) embark on a road trip across the zombie-ravaged remains of America.Horror movies are all about rules, be it subconsciously or through that hip post > read more
FILM: Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun (1969)
Published on 2011-05-08 14:34:00
The story: A European-led space agency discovers a new planet on the far side of the sun, and launches a manned mission to investigate. What will they find? It's a Gerry Anderson screenplay, but this sci-fi thriller isn't Thunderbirds - it's not abou > read more
Pippa Middleton, from maid of honour to tabloid splash
Published on 2011-05-08 10:49:00
The surrealness of modern media is so familiar that it's become a cliche yet, occasionally, things can surprise you. Take Pippa Middleton. Last week, she was the surprise star of the Royal Wedding, an occasion which had north of 25 million Britons gl > read more
Cybermen hit by strike chaos
Published on 2011-05-07 06:45:00
The galactic empire of the Cybermen was in chaos last night as work on a superweapon was suspended over a minimum wage dispute. The Cyber empire, which is facing spiralling inflation and the danger of defaulting on loans from the mineral rich Daleks, > read more
FILM: Other Men's Women (1931)
Published on 2011-05-05 03:16:00
The story: A railroad worker (Regis Toomey) takes Bill (Grant Withers), his drunken and childhood friend, into his home - but doesn't count on how well he will get on with his wife (Mary Astor).At the heart of Other Men's Women is a classic triangle > read more
US POLITICS: Mitch Daniels springs tech coup
Published on 2011-05-04 03:32:00
Mitch Daniels, the Republican governor of Indiana, is to join the 2012 Presidential race with the most low key announcement yet. Mr Daniels' transition to candidate status will reflect his easygoing, tech-savvy, cost conscious and down with the kids > read more
FILM: The Sunshine Boys (1975)
Published on 2011-05-03 03:10:00
The story: The nephew of a comedy legend (Walter Matthau) tries to get him to reunite with his old partner (George Burns) for one last show, but it’s not a smooth road – especially as Matthau loathes Burns for breaking up their partnership.It’s > read more
FILM: Thor (2011)
Published on 2011-05-02 12:56:00
The story: Thor, the God Of Thunder (Chris Hemsworth) is cast out of Asgard by his father (Anthony Hopkins) for his arrogance, and drops into the life of an Earthbound scientist (Natalie Portman).Although the trailer makes it look like bad TV sci-fi, > read more
FILM: The Odd Couple (1968)
Published on 2011-05-02 03:53:00
The story: After separating from his wife, a tense man (Jack Lemmon) moves in with his high-spending, low-living carefree friend (Walter Matthau). It soon becomes obvious that it won't be an easy ride...Everyone knows that The Odd Couple is great, so > read more
Royal Wedding Latest
Published on 2011-05-01 07:14:00
Reports suggest that at least three new governments were installed in the Middle East on Friday, when the world's media were distracted by the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton. 'They just sprung up out of nowhere,' said Baghdad bureau chie > read more
Obama's long-form birth certificate 'just took a while to fake'
Published on 2011-04-29 14:42:00
Bowing to intense media pressure, President Obama admitted that his long form birth certificate had been faked in a press conference yesterday. Responding to a lettering campaign organised by conservative pressure groups that had bombarded the White > read more
SOOTY SHOCK: Magical bear 'not attending' Royal Wedding
Published on 2011-04-28 15:17:00
Sooty has confirmed he will not be attending the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. The fuzzy yellow bear, 54, is currently touring his magical show in the Outer Hebrides, a scheduling clash that the bear says is 'unfortunate all round'. M > read more
Alcoholics to get 'free pass' for Wills and Kate's big day
Published on 2011-04-27 16:22:00
Alcoholics will be allowed to drink whatever they want on the day of the royal wedding, claimed a spokesman. According to a report from experts consulted by alcoholics, society's aspiring tee-totallers - usually eyed warily by relatives whenever they > read more
Tina Fey, the subliminal gateway to Sarah Palin?
Published on 2011-04-26 03:23:00
Ever wondered why John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate? 30 Rock producer Lorne Michaels has a theory. Speaking to NPR, Tina Fey relates Michaels' notion that it all started when the Arizona senator hosted Saturday Night Live. 'We all lik > read more
ROLE CALL: Who plays who in the 2012 White House race
Published on 2011-04-25 07:33:00
In sure and certain hope of the cinematic translation of the 2012 US election race, News Hour introduce Role Call: a guide to casting said picture, which directors are free to use as inspiration. This will be updated as the race gathers pace, and sug > read more
FILM: Source Code (2011)
Published on 2011-04-24 07:56:00
The story: An army piliot (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up on a train and is not quite himself - and then starts reliving the same eight minutes, over and over. Who is the mysterious woman (Vera Farmiga) providing him with missions? Movies often leave > read more
US POLITICS: New GOP candidate - Gary Johnson
Published on 2011-04-24 05:32:00
And here we have it - one of the first official candidates for the 2012 race, former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson. Keen on small government, small tax and budget surpluses, Johnson is also a businessman (his first was called Big J Enterprises - h > read more
POLITICS: Cameron - coalition unity, in the past tense
Published on 2011-04-19 04:36:00
Speaking on the Today programme this morning, David Cameron let it be known that he feels 'the coalition has worked well together'. A telling use of the past tense perhaps, in the context of Vince Cable's recent 'off piste' comments over immigration. > read more
'Take me to your arts council funding leader' says Star Trek star
Published on 2011-04-19 03:21:00
Patrick Stewart beamed himself up to the capital yesterday, where he asked art supremos to 'make it so' for theatre funding. The Star Trek actor, 97, set phasers to stun as he targeted government cutbacks, but also found time to aim his proton torped > read more
Talk radio host 'right on the money'
Published on 2011-04-19 03:10:00
A talk radio show host was briefly celebrated for getting something absolutely right earlier today, during a heated discussion about the problems with job centres. Government ministers were scrabbling to implement the suggested policy, whatever it wa > read more
FILM: Rango feels real
Published on 2011-04-18 03:04:00
The story: A lizard (Johnny Depp), used to inventing adventures with inanimate figures who live in his tank, is suddenly cast into the desert - and has to find his purpose in a hardscrabble frontier town.Gore Verbinski's movie makes the sight of Old > read more
UNCAGED: Bounty Hunter bails Ghost Rider star
Published on 2011-04-17 12:28:00
When reality is stranger than fiction. Or 'reality', depending on how you look at it. Will this make an episode in Dog's series? > read more
VINCE CABLE LATEST: MP's university efficiency drive
Published on 2011-04-15 14:40:00
Vince Cable is to embark on a tour of English universities, personally burning any chairs that aren't being used at the precise moment he arrives. The business secretary, 36, said that he will also be pulling power plugs out of vending machines that > read more
FILM: Search For Beauty (1934)
Published on 2011-04-13 03:44:00
The story: A pair of con artists (Robert Armstrong, Gertrude Michael) trick a couple of Olympians (Buster Crabbe, Ida Lupino) into 'editing' a magazine they plan to fill with salacious stories and risque pictures.By the end, Search For Beauty has tou > read more
FILM: Les Revenants (They Came Back)
Published on 2011-04-12 03:32:00
The story: Across the world, in the space of two hours, 70 million dead people suddenly return to life, and begin shuffling into city and town centres. Are they the same people who left their old lives behind?Les Revenants deals with the practicaliti > read more
POLITICS: Deputy Prime Minister's Question, April 5, 2011
Published on 2011-04-11 03:40:00
A good turnout this time, although most of the extra bodies seem to be there exclusively to attack Nick Clegg, who gave a good account of himself. The DPM advances the admirable notion that a mature government should be able to have internal debates > read more
POLITICS: Prime Minister's Questions, March 30, 2011
Published on 2011-04-10 16:20:00
With all the recent kerfuffling about NHS reform, David Cameron may look back on this PMQ as the end of a golden age. He started out by shaming Labour members for supporting the march against cuts, then his opposite number did the decent thing and as > read more
FILM: Murder At The Vanities (1934)
Published on 2011-04-07 03:20:00
The story: Murders take place behind the scenes at a Broadway musical after the wedding of its two stars is announced.This is the kind of film that might work nicely on a rainy afternoon, if you had something else to do. It's interesting that it surv > read more
TECH LATEST: Google to digitise world's supply of cute animal pictures
Published on 2011-04-06 03:47:00
A cute animal picture, yesterdayGoogle announced plans to digitise the world's supply of cute animal pictures today, providing 'free and fair' access to furry animals holding each other's paws, riding each other like horses, appearing to smile at the > read more
US POLITICS: Chris Christie for President?
Published on 2011-04-05 04:56:00
Republican Presidential possibles were being discussed on The Today Programme this morning, and the crosshairs hovered over New Jersey governor Chris Christie. ‘The most dangerous place in America is between him and a buffet,’ quipped political c > read more
POLITICS: Prime Minister's Questions, March 23, 2011
Published on 2011-04-05 03:14:00
Ed Miliband looked like a proper grown up this week, possibly because David Cameron thanked him for an 'extremely powerful' speech he made earlier in the week. Was Red Ed secretly bursting with pride, that the head boy had seen fit to recognise his e > read more
POLITICS: Prime Minister's Questions, March 16, 2011
Published on 2011-04-04 03:04:00
David Cameron was clearly very pleased to announce that Wootton Bassett can now be considered 'Royal Wooton Bassett', an honour not conveyed on a conurbation by the monarchy for more than 100 years. It's a very old school tone to strike at the outset > read more
FILM: Transsiberian (2008)
Published on 2011-04-03 10:41:00
The story: Two couples - one having difficulties, the other apparently lost in passion - meet on a transsiberian train, and become involved in an affair that will have consequences for them all. If there were a dictionary entry for 'decent thriller', > read more
FILM: A near-perfect Submarine
Published on 2011-03-31 09:30:00
The story: Oliver (Craig Roberts), a teenage boy in Swansea, struggles with his feelings for a girl at school (Yasmin Paige) and obsessively monitors his parents' marriage. Then, neighbours move in who he takes to be ninjas - but his parents seem to > read more
FILM: Peter Morgan in the dark, with Steven Spielberg
Published on 2011-03-31 02:58:00
An irresistible 'weird Hollywood' story from the screenwriter Peter Morgan, talking at Bafta about his script for Hereafter. Having written the piece on his own time and not being entirely satisfied (‘I didn’t really do any honing’), Morgan sen > read more
FILM: Torch Singer (1933)
Published on 2011-03-30 03:20:00
The story: An impoverished single mother (Claudette Colbert) is pushed to the edge when she can't find work as a chorus girl, and has to give up her baby. Then, she finds money and fame - but will she ever see her child again?Torch Singer starts out > read more
'Osmosis' comes first in poll
Published on 2011-03-29 05:11:00
'Osmosis' has been voted the number one word that British people aren't quite sure how they came to know. 'I guess I just hear people use it a lot,' said a spokesman for those represented, who went on to explain that he wasn't sure exactly what the w > read more
ARTS: Swearing as tactics in Anna Nicole
Published on 2011-03-28 03:07:00
Working in the arts seems to be worth it, if only for the ridiculous arguments you can have. When wafting the libretto for the recent Anna Nicole Smith musical under the noses of the Royal Opera House, Mark-Anthony Turnage was prepared for some negot > read more
Jordan 'absolutely up to here' with Jordan
Published on 2011-03-27 09:25:00
Jordanian dissidents have threatened to rise up over the continued abuse of their country's name by glamour model Katie Price. 'She treats it like some kind of alias, for when she wants to wear leopard print or show her boobs', said a spokesman. 'It' > read more
POLITICS: Prime Minister's Questions, March 9, 2011
Published on 2011-03-27 09:23:00
Some nice one-lines today, kicking off with a reference to Non-Smoking Day. David Cameron said he hoped to 'meet its requirements in full', conjuring images of the Prime Minister as a hard-pressed man who turns to fags in times of need. There was to > read more
BUDGET LATEST: Shock move sidelines Osborne
Published on 2011-03-27 09:13:00
The Chancellor George Osborne was awoken by security guards this morning, who requested that he immediately clear his desk and vacate the premises. It emerged that Mr Osborne, 24, had become overexcited during the budget calculations, and had acciden > read more
FILM: Hot Saturday (1932)
Published on 2011-03-21 14:19:00
The story: A wealthy local playboy (Cary Grant) sets his sights on a clever, pretty bank worker (Nancy Caroll) in a small town. But will his attentions ruin her reputation?The town where Ruth (Carroll) lives is classic twitchy curtain territory, but > read more
The Day Today, anyone?
Published on 2011-03-20 10:34:00
It would be the Daily Star Sunday, wouldn't it? See here for Chris Morris's original, where the 'stretched twig of peace is at melting point'. > read more
FILM: Dialogue will never last
Published on 2011-03-18 18:22:00
Movies are an industry and they have been since at least the 1920s, but the artistic perspective is always there. Sometimes it's at war with the technology, and sometimes they work in harmony - when the Academy Awards were first staged in 1929 (takin > read more
POLITICS: Prime Minister's Questions, March 2, 2011
Published on 2011-03-18 17:49:00
A bad performance from David Cameron, and this despite a bit of statesmanlike bolstering from Ed Miliband over the Libyan crisis. It started out so civil, with Red Ed asking about aid to multilateral organisations, and plenty of cross-chamber gratitu > read more
POLITICS: Deputy Prime Minister's Questions, March 1, 2011
Published on 2011-03-18 17:42:00
The chamber had barely half the attendance of Prime Minister's Questions, and many attendees seemed mostly concerned with scribbling on paper, perhaps drawing impressionist sketches of Nick Clegg. The highlight of the room was a bald man in a magnifi > read more
FILM: In The Adjustment Bureau (2011), the heart's the thing
Published on 2011-03-18 17:25:00
The story: A politician (Matt Damon) meets the girl of his dreams (Emily Blunt), then loses her, apparently because of a shady group known as the Adjustment Bureau. Will he ever see her again? Damon and Blunt are a good-looking couple. She lollo > read more
FILM: Valentine's Day (2010), is absolutely fine
Published on 2011-03-18 17:11:00
The story: The lives of a faintly connected collection of couples unravel and come together on Valentine's Day (when else?) in Los Angeles (where else?). More stars than you can shake a stick at in this holiday romance, including genre veterans Ashto > read more
FILM: Mel Gibson, and his redemptive 'Beaver'
Published on 2011-03-18 08:14:00
Directed by and co-starring Jodie Foster, Mel Gibson’s new film has redemption written all over it. Entitled The Beaver, it follows a family man who rediscovers himself through a hand puppet (metaphorically, not physically). The puppet is shaped li > read more
BAFTAS 2011: Intimidation and prognostication, with Nicholas Hoult and Samuel L. Jackson
Published on 2011-03-16 08:08:00
Elsewhere on the red carpet, an ‘intimidated’ Nicholas Hoult resembled Clark Kent, if Clark Kent had been a gangster in 1960s London, and Samuel L. Jackson was in fine fettle. The star riffed on being mistaken for Laurence Fishburne, which has h > read more
BAFTAS 2011: Andrew Garfield's heavy burden
Published on 2011-03-16 08:04:00
Andrew Garfield, nominated as a Rising Star, continued to provide the listening public with his usual mix of artistic humility and awestruck wordplay. Chattering about the screenplay for The Social Network, he lauded Sorkin’s script as a work of > read more
BAFTAS 2011: Awkwardness with Danny Boyle, Helena Bonham Carter
Published on 2011-03-16 08:03:00
Steve Jones managed an admirable even-handedness with other stars on the carpet, approaching Ryan Seacrest levels of professional showbiz sincerity. The only bum note was toward the end of his exchange with Danny Boyle, when Jones signed off with a r > read more
BAFTAS 2011: The irresistible humanity of Steve Jones
Published on 2011-03-15 05:42:00
On hosting duties for E!, Steve Jones held one of history's most agonising red carpet chats when he met Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) before the Baftas. But it was the way he pressed on, regardless of error, that also made it one of the most v > read more
FILM: The Cheat (1931)
Published on 2011-03-14 15:44:00
The story: The flighty society bride (Tallulah Bankhead) of a rising but second-string businessman ends up owing money to an exotic man (Irving Pichel) who doesn't want cash in return…A triangle tale with cash and the perils of impulse at its heart > read more
Wanna work for Charlie Sheen?
Published on 2011-03-09 04:06:00
Think you've got what it takes? The Charlie Sheen social media internship is now accepting applicants...it would certainly be an experience, perhaps enough to fill a book - assuming the lack of a non-disclosure clause in the contract. Sheen's empire- > read more
Oscars 2011: Quotes from the Red Carpet
Published on 2011-02-28 16:25:00
'Perhaps I'll kiss you' - Russell Brand to Ryan Seacrest, shortly before kissing him, which Seacrest carefully styled his way out of.'The most intelligent person, probably ever' - Arnie Hammer on David Fincher, director of The Social Network.'Maybe s > read more
Oscars 2011: Weirdness and niceness on the Red Carpet
Published on 2011-02-28 16:18:00
The weird perspective on The Kids Are All Right star Josh Hutcherson, 18, while being interviewed by Ryan Seacrest - it made him look about two feet tall.Zachary Levi, looking like one of the plastic population. It must be some kind of skin treatment > read more
Oscars 2011: Who is this man?
Published on 2011-02-28 16:08:00
A strange presence lurked behind Ryan Seacrest for several interviews, looking like the killer robot offspring of Karl Lagerfeld and Mickey Rourke. He was eventually asked to move along by a lady in a brown dress. Who is he? Answers on a comment-size > read more
FILM: Paul - an alien in a foreign land, offending for kicks
Published on 2011-02-27 09:35:00
The story: Two sci-fi loving friends (Nick Frost and Simon Pegg) go on a UFO-themed tour of America, and find a real-life alien along the way - but who or what is he running from?In Shaun Of The Dead, Simon Pegg spoofed zombies through the prism of t > read more
FILM: True Grit (2010) - and it has it, in spades
Published on 2011-02-27 04:53:00
The story: A 14-year-old girl (Hailee Steinfeld) seeks revenge for the murder of her father, and pursues the killer with a gruff, ageing US marshal (Jeff Bridges) and a Texas ranger (Matt Damon).Death is never far away, and it can come when you least > read more
FILM: Puzzling over A Serious Man
Published on 2011-02-27 04:36:00
The story: A Jewish professor (Michael Stuhlbarg) in 1960s Minnesota faces an escalating series of crises both personal and professional. How should he bear these problems, and what does his conduct through it all mean, if anything?Part of the joke i > read more
Oscars 2011: Predictions and results
Published on 2011-02-27 04:26:00
Here's our predictions for this year's 83rd Academy Awards - hopefully they'll be more accurate than those for the Baftas. The ceremony takes place in LA on Sunday February 27.italics = News Hour pickbold = winnerActor in a Leading RoleJavier Bardem > read more
POLITICS: Prime Minister's Questions, Feb 16, 2011
Published on 2011-02-20 11:22:00
Ed Miliband had something to get his teeth into this week - real economic figures that related rising inflation and rising unemployment, with the young especially hard hit. The phrase 'betrayal of a generation' hung in the air, whether he'd actually > read more
POLITICS: Prime Minister's Questions, Feb 9, 2011
Published on 2011-02-20 09:26:00
Ed Miliband has a grating saintly tone to his challenges, as if he were a patronising parent trying to explain something to a child. He decries the destruction of the volunteer force through the introduction of the Big Society, but nowhere is his ton > read more
FILM: The sunnier side of Lowell, Massachusetts
Published on 2011-02-20 08:41:00
Massachusetts has become a byword for grime, crime and tough stories in recent American cinema – think Gone Baby Gone, The Town, and The Fighter. It's like a new Chicago, and the area's strong regional accent helps as being something that even non- > read more
FILM: The Fighter (2010) - Fights best in the family, not the ring
Published on 2011-02-20 08:23:00
The story: The younger brother (Mark Wahlberg) of a crack-addicted boxing champ (Christian Bale) tries to take his shot in the ring - but finds himself dragged down by the family who claim to support him.It's in the small town drama where The Fighter > read more
FILM: Merrily We Go To Hell (1932)
Published on 2011-02-20 07:59:00
The story: A hard-drinking newsman falls for an upper class girl - but can he forget his actress ex And is the relationship doomed from the start by his drinking? ?Like Platinum Blonde, this is the story of a wise-talking reporter who marries a high > read more
Understanding Matt LeBlanc
Published on 2011-02-11 17:10:00
Ah, a wonderful piece of Matt LeBlanc's early movie work - Ed, the story of LeBlanc's baseball player and his equally talented chimp friend. (A set-up echoed in the superb Friends episode Mac And C.H.E.E.S.E). Now, it was released a year and a half a > read more
POLITICS: Prime Minister's Questions, Feb 9, 2011
Published on 2011-02-11 15:50:00
Ed Miliband was in an conciliatory and internationalist mood, partly because he'd just come back from Afghanistan, and partly because the situation in Egypt forced him to be. Labour fully supported the Coalition's timetable in the former he said, bef > read more
FILM: The Invention Of Lying (2009)
Published on 2011-02-08 05:58:00
The story: Mark Bellison (Ricky Gervais) is a filmmaker in a world where nobody can tell lies, or write fiction. Then, one day, he tells a lie and changes everything, first for himself and then for the world.The Invention Of Lying is consistent in th > read more
POLITICS: Prime Minister's Questions, January 26, 2011
Published on 2011-02-06 11:41:00
Ties sporting nature's danger colour combo, yellow and black, bristle ominously behind David Cameron as he rises to the dispatch box. Is this an omen? An equivalent to the appearance of the colour red in The Sixth Sense, or Don't Look Now? After all, > read more
Jeff Brazier eats himself
Published on 2011-02-06 10:12:00
Entertainment news has a way of flattening out the ridiculous in its reporting, detailing everything a celebrity says in order to feed the beast. This leads to some remarkable juxtapositions. On the same day as announcing his charity sale for flood v > read more
Accents in film
Published on 2011-02-06 10:02:00
Accents can be a moveable feast in film, almost like scenery - they're descriptive tools. In live action people scrutinise them for accuracy, but in animation the audience is more flexible. How To Train Your Dragon, the animated story of a Viking vil > read more
FILM: Blue Valentine (2010)
Published on 2011-02-06 09:42:00
The story: A couple's (Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling) relationship is explored through two time periods - what got them together in the first place, and what broke them apart. Blue Valentine gives you all the variables in this couple's relations > read more
FILM: Little Fockers, in which Robert De Niro has an erection
Published on 2011-02-06 08:07:00
The story: Gaylord Focker (Ben Stiller) is selected by his ex-CIA father in law (Robert De Niro) to become the next head of the family, but does he have what it takes? And can he resist the allure of a sexy drugs rep (Jessica Alba)?This is the second > read more
BAFTAS 2011: Predictions & Results
Published on 2011-01-31 09:50:00
Here’s our predictions for this year’s Bafta film awards – the ceremony will be held in London on Sunday February 13, 2011. italics = News Hour pickbold = winnerBEST FILM BLACK SWAN INCEPTION THE KING’S SPEECH THE SOCIAL NETWORK TRUE GRIT OUT > read more
POLITICS: Prime Minister's Questions, January 19, 2010
Published on 2011-01-26 15:01:00
Austerity Britain, indeed. Oliver Letwin has clearly been on holiday - skiing probably, with angular sunglasses and a distinct lack of sun lotion. 'No I don't need it,' you can imagine him saying, sporting a fabulous purple and yellow one-piece from > read more
POLITICS: Prime Minister's Questions, Jan 12, 2010
Published on 2011-01-22 03:55:00
After such a long break, the return of PMQs was a hectic but disappointing affair. You hoped for a house raring to go, either to tear each other to pieces in partisan fury, or to loftily debate the issues of the day with a knowing, sideways sneer at > read more
FILM: Big Fan is quiet, and takes you by surprise
Published on 2011-01-21 16:36:00
The story: An obsessive New York Giants fan (Patton Oswalt) meets his sporting hero, only for the encounter to take a turn for the worse – and flip his entire world upside down. There's a rippling sadness underneath Big Fan that you think the movie > read more
FILM: Me And Orson Welles - less black and white than it seems
Published on 2011-01-21 16:27:00
The story: A schoolboy (Zac Efron) fronts his way into a young Orson Welles's (Christian McKay) production of Julius Caesar in 1937, but finds that showbiz isn't quite what he expected. 'What's it like to be a beautiful woman,' Zac Efron asks C > read more
FILM: Black Swan rocks you to the core
Published on 2011-01-21 16:07:00
The story: A technically perfect ballerina (Natalie Portman) who lives with her controlling mother (Barbara Hershey) is chosen to play the lead in Swan Lake. The dance of the virginal White Swan presents no trouble at all, but the journey to unlock t > read more
FILM: The King's Speech lacks any appreciable weakness
Published on 2011-01-21 15:47:00
The story: The Duchess of York (Helena Bonham Carter) hires an unconventional, Australian speech therapist (Geoffrey Rush) when all efforts to cure the stammer of her husband (Colin Firth) fail. The two men strike up an unusual friendship, while trou > read more
FILM: Tiger Shark (1932)
Published on 2011-01-21 15:37:00
The story: A flamboyant Portuguese fishing captain (Edward G. Robinson) falls in love with the daughter (Zita Johann) of a dead shipmate, but does she feel the same way? And does she actually fancy the first mate (Richard Arlen) more? Does he fancy h > read more
Golden Globes 2011: The minutiae
Published on 2011-01-17 15:40:00
Kaley Cuoco gamely pretending to be engaged, although it turns out the ring she wanted to wear wouldn't fit on any other finger.Justin Bieber, 'the only man I've seen in a tux and tennis shoeeees', observes Seacrest, before Bieber dons some purple gl > read more
Golden Globes 2011: Seacrest & Marchesa
Published on 2011-01-17 15:38:00
Olivia Wilde towers over Ryan Seacrest, although you can't see the size of her heels under that Marchesa dress to see exactly how much. 'I can tell [it's Marchesa'] by some of the architecture', spouts Seacrest, before reasserting his masculine crede > read more
Golden Globes 2011: Stealing Seacrest's mic
Published on 2011-01-17 15:35:00
'I love the Rege and Kelly' exclaims Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory, downplaying his smarts and cataloging Ryan Seacrest as 'geeky', who counters with 'cheesy'. Alec Baldwin followed Parsons onto the Seacrest spot, fresh from pulling killer poses > read more
Golden Globes 2011: Pregnancy, the new red carpet 'accessory'
Published on 2011-01-17 15:35:00
In a classic piece of reductionist red carpet bull****, Kelly Osbourne reveals that this year's must-have red carpet accessory is the baby bump. As her segment ends with a missed cue (unsure from who), the grin slips and she lunges sideways with alar > read more
Golden Globes 2011: Predictions
Published on 2011-01-15 14:32:00
Here's our predictions for this year's awards, winners to be revealed on Sunday, January 16. Fingers crossed!italics = News Hour pickbold = winnerBest Motion Picture, DramaBlack SwanThe FighterInceptionThe King’s SpeechThe Social NetworkBest Motion > read more
Austerity to be Osborne's 'great legacy' to art world
Published on 2011-01-15 14:03:00
Britain's period of austerity has been revealed as an 'elaborate art project' carefully designed by George Osborne over several litres of port. Mr Osborne's budget cuts have been precisely targeted to test the presumed inverse relationship betwe > read more
EXCLUSIVE: England cricket team's booze sensation
Published on 2011-01-11 15:19:00
The England cricket team have unlocked their second all access pass to the Downing Street drinks cabinet in 20 years after a long game cricket on the other side of the world. A spokesman for the side, who have faced criticism for their declining > read more