Earlier this year Hugh Jackman bowed out as Wolverine after nine X-Men movies, across two decades. Back in 2011 the Aussie actor only made a cameo appearance in Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class, before starring in the follow-up, Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past Now Vaughn, has hinted at how […]
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GETTY ‘I think Adele is quite wonderful and I think she might have mentioned me once in conversation’ Legendary crooner Johnny Mathis is admiring the view from the penthouse apartment in Beverly Hills where he has lived since his home of 56 years burnt down in November 2015. “It’s sunny, […]
The 60-year-old actress sadly died last December, having completed Star Wars The Last Jedi. Since she won’t be in Episode IX, fans have been wondering if Fisher’s Leia will share a scene with Supreme Leader Snoke. Now Serkis, who plays the villain, has confirmed that the two characters don’t meet. […]
Lawrence Of Arabia (Cert PG; 191mins) The latest re-issue only confirms the majesty of Peter O’Toole’s riveting central performance as the mercurial TE Lawrence, soldier, adventurer, dreamer and a man who saw himself as the only person to unite fractious Arab tribes. Robert Bolt’s intelligent screenplay captures a portrait of […]
Two months after her diagnosis, she underwent a mastectomy. She filmed a video diary from her hospital bed, showing her bandaged chest just hours after the operation. The film was uploaded to YouTube and garnered more than 50,000 views. Over the next few months, viewers from around the world followed […]
TEAM OF RIVALS by Doris Kearns Goodwin Penguin, £14.99 One of the best books written about politics. It brilliantly tells the story of Abraham Lincoln’s remarkable rise and how he built his administration around his rivals for the Republican nomination. It is a horrible thought that Donald Trump could now […]
OUR LAST TANGO (Cert 12A; 84mins) This absorbing documentary tells the story of Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes, two of the greatest exponents of the tango. Long after their love died and their marriage ended, the pair continued to perform together. The film reunites them for one last […]
In Between (Cert 15; 101mins) There is a freshness and sincerity to this tale of three women defined by the expectations of their families and trying to be true to themselves in a world moulded by men. Muslim lawyer Laila (Mouna Hawa) and Christian DJ Salma (Sana Jammelieh) work hard […]