Pure-blood wizards plan is truly beastly
THE second instalment of the Fantastic Beasts series once again follows the wild adventures of magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie ...
Wednesday, 21 November 2018
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Heist film aims to get one over the 8
AFTER the diamond-encrusted glitz of Ocean’s 8 earlier this year, with its all-female team of jewel thieves, Steve McQueen’s Widows is ...
Director’s passion finally bears fruit
ONE of Britain’s greatest filmmakers returns with his most ambitious project yet — a striking portrayal of a pivotal moment in British ...
Apollo expert is boldly going - to the cinema
IT’S nearly 50 years since man first walked on the moon, but it’s safe to say it’s an achievement that will never be forgotten. The ...
Queen singer’s tale is ready to rock you
IT was the biggest concert in the history of popular music — and rock’s aristocracy was out in force. Live Aid at Wembley on July 13, ...
Giving the Fallen back their voices
WITH the centenary of the end of the First World War fast approaching, the film director Peter Jackson has hit on an extraordinary way ...
Leading man has got the right stuff
FIRST MAN marks the second collaboration between director Damien Chazelle and actor Ryan Gosling following the Oscar-winning La La ...
A WATCH made by Henley manufacturer Bremont has a starring role in Tom Hardy’s latest film. The actor chose to wear the firm’s ...
Star’s first lead role has a barefaced chic
WHETHER starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March in 1937, James Mason and Judy Garland in 1954 or Barbra Streisand and Kris ...
Glenn could come close... to an Oscar
FROM Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction and the Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons to Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard and ...
Supernatural drama asks hard questions
JUST as Keeley Hawes’s compelling turn as the home secretary in the BBC’s hit Sunday night drama Bodyguard has served to remind us of ...
Diamond wheezers nearly made it pay
IT was like something out of a movie. In April 2015 a gang of retired criminals stole valuables worth up to £200million from London’s ...
Book heist thriller is unputdownable
WHAT turned four ordinary Kentucky college boys into criminals? It’s a question that British director Bart Layton pushes to an ...
Lee’s award-winner goes under the hood
THE first time a Spike Lee film played in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, he expected it to win the Palme D’Or. Instead, Do ...
Dude! Slacker classic is back on the big screen 20 years on
IT was a box office flop at the time of its release, but 20 years on the The Big Lebowski is an established cult classic that has ...
Judgement packs emotional punch
AWARDED a damehood for services to drama in the Queen’s most recent birthday honours, Emma Thompson is now officially a national ...
Buried childhood is difficult to bear
IT’S only a short while since cinemagoers were being invited to bid Christopher Robin “Goodbye” — now here he is again. Produced by ...
Farmyard alliances portray life’s pitfalls
A MEDDLESOME duck, a bossy pig and a dozy rabbit face a series of misadventures in this family-friendly animation. The Big Bad Fox and ...
Join Woody, Sully, Nemo and friends at Sunday showings
THE Regal Picturehouse in Henley is staging a series of Vintage Sunday showings to relive some of Pixar’s greatest animated films. ...
Heroes are ready to make quantum leap
SUPERHERO comics aren’t usually thought of as being particularly educational — much less the big screen film adaptations thereof. But ...
