All This Mayhem review: sex, drugs & debauchery with skateboarding’s original hard menFri Aug 08 2014 - 01:00
Lucía Puenzo: angels, demons and Nazis in the atticThe daughter of the great Luis Puenzo has pulled off quite a feat of storytelling with Wakolda, a coming-of-age drama centred on the South American adventures of the notorious Dr Josef MengeleFri Aug 08 2014 - 00:00
The Inbetweeners 2 review: Bigger and bolder, if not quite better (brilliant!)Against the odds, The Inbetweeners sequel just about gets away with itThu Aug 07 2014 - 21:24
Taking on the tyranny of the tieOpinion: It is, for a chap, now fantastically easy to demonstrate that you are ‘making an effort’Sat Aug 02 2014 - 00:01
"Me and my brother didn’t stand a chance" - Aussie skate legend Tas Pappas talks All This MayhemNew documentary All This Mayhem tells the tale of two skateboarding brothers who became the world’s best at the sport – and took a path from winning and partying hard to injuries, drug smuggling, murder and suicideFri Aug 01 2014 - 00:00
Guardians of the Galaxy review: Dumb but hard to resistYou'd need to go back to the Old Testament to find a plot this stuffed with such fantastic nonsenseThu Jul 31 2014 - 23:49
Attempting to drum up interest in a weird colonial hangoverThe Commonwealth Games has been left to those nations that feel an irrational urge to celebrate historic conquestSat Jul 26 2014 - 01:26
Modern anxieties: Ari Folman on Israel, digital acting and his plans to film ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’Ari Folman has followed up his Oscar-nominated Waltz with Bashir with an even more extraordinary piece of work – “We’re going to break your mind. You’re going to enjoy it”Fri Jul 25 2014 - 00:00
James Garner led the way for Clooney, McConaughey & coThe Maverick/Rockford fave helped bridge the divide between film and TVFri Jul 25 2014 - 00:00
No, I am not going anywhere niceForget holidays, a couch, a television and peaceful torpor are all I needSat Jul 19 2014 - 01:00
Pudsey the Dog - The Movie review . . . Ruff!Resist the urge to push your fists into your eyes and rotate them furiously - yes it is that mutt from Britain’s Got Talent on your cinema screenFri Jul 18 2014 - 13:41
Some Like It Hot review: A bit funkier than you remember?It may begin with a mass murder, but it’s one of Billy Wilder’s less cynical comediesFri Jul 18 2014 - 00:32
Sex, drugs & a rocker with a soul - Alice Cooper's old hippie handler gets his own movieIt all began when a young Jimi Hendrix enquired: “Are you Jewish? You should become a manager.” Five decades later, Shep Gordon has few regrets as he looks back on one of the most successful careers in rock’n’rollFri Jul 18 2014 - 00:00
The glory and the gloom of the Galway Film FleadhThere are at least half a dozen Irish films worthy of hearty praise this year, so why are Irish film-makers so dark of mood?Tue Jul 15 2014 - 01:00
Efforts to rebrand the Orange Order are doomed to failureOpinion: North’s Protestant middle class has already abandoned the organisationSat Jul 12 2014 - 01:00
John Carney goes urban musical Once more‘Once’ director John Carney’s new film has been dubbed ’Twice’ as it is about a couple making music around a city, this time New York, but he says it is part of a portfolioSat Jul 12 2014 - 01:00
Andy Murray crash-out raises the British/Scottish questionOpinion: If Scotland leaves the union the surviving UK rump state would have to restart its search for the first British male Wimbledon winner since the jazz ageSun Jul 06 2014 - 12:21
Pollyanna McIntosh: Out of this worldRaised in Colombia and Portugal, amongst other places, Pollyanna McIntosh is a true child of the world – but she also resolutely Scottish and proud of itFri Jul 04 2014 - 00:00
Mrs Brown’s Age of Extinction could soon be upon usTwo movies are going to tear up the box office this week. Imagine if they were one . . .Fri Jul 04 2014 - 00:00
Five Go on a Treasure Hunt: Pat McCabe, please bag me a fortuneWhen asked for this series, in competition with four other bargain hunters, to pick up an old item that could turn a profit, I set out to find a decent rare volumeTue Jul 01 2014 - 01:00
Oldman in need of a new scriptOpinion: Why you have to be careful what you say about what you can (or can’t) saySun Jun 29 2014 - 12:18
Brendan O’Carroll: "Somewhere in the 1980s, comedy began to leave the people behind"A natural raconteur with an enviable ability to stir up empathy, Brendan O’Carroll has little time for critics of his retro brand of comedy and little doubt about the reasons for his phenomenal success. "Comedy became more snarky . . . For a long time, nothing filled that void"Fri Jun 27 2014 - 00:00
Review: Mrs Brown’s Boys D’MovieBrendan O’Carroll’s big-screen debut has clunky gags and a threadbare story. Oh, and it will be one of the biggest hits of d’summerFri Jun 27 2014 - 00:00
O’Carroll’s Mrs Brown is comedy gold even though critics hate itO’Carroll’s character, now a film star, harks back to pre-intellectual 1970s comedyThu Jun 26 2014 - 01:00
How a hashtag hoax offers a sobering counter to romantic optimism about TwitterOpinion: #endfathersday campaign was aimed at discrediting feminismSat Jun 21 2014 - 07:36
Film review: Jersey BoysClint Eastwood’s meandering jukebox biopic won’t inspire Mama Mia!-level devotionFri Jun 20 2014 - 00:00
Vincent Piazza: beyond the boardwalkAlready shinning in TV’s Boardwalk Empire, the Italian-American actor moves to the big screen in Clint Eastwood’s Four Seasons musical, Jersey Boys. ‘I’ve never felt more at home’Fri Jun 20 2014 - 00:00
Plain talking about cigarettesOpinion: As long as people have addictive personalities, people will continue to smokeSun Jun 15 2014 - 12:01
Audrey Tautou: Vive la différenceSince stumbling into the role of Amélie, Audrey Tautou has forged a singular career, one of the few resolutely Gallic film stars to become a global star. Her secret to success: ‘I always tried to follow my instinctsFri Jun 13 2014 - 00:00
