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19/8/2010
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Rachel Winterbottom enjoys Nicholas Cage in the mouse-free version of this Disney classic
23/7/2010
Film review: The toys are back in town
Pixar take the final part of the Toy Story trilogy to infinity and beyond, says Mita Adesanya
21/7/2010
Film review: Inception
Rachel Winterbottom attempts to make sense of DiCaprio's latest adventure of the mind
6/7/2010
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse review
Rachel Winterbottom thinks pec shots and pained looks can't make up for the lack of plot
30/6/2010
FILM REVIEW: Get Him to the Greek
Rachel Winterbottom thinks Russell Brand's rock star comedy doesn't quite hit the right notes
28/6/2010
The TV Column: By Gerry Corner
Fabio Capello, Alan Hanson, Brian Blessed, Guy Mowbray - and the final whistle verdict on Matt Smith as Doctor Who
24/6/2010
TV REVIEW: Lennon Naked/BBC 4 Wednesday 22 June
Even Mitch Poole is convinced by Christopher Eccleston in the latest Beatles bio
2/6/2010
FILM REVIEW: Sex and the City 2
It's a case of the fashion, the fanciful and the farce, says Rachel Winterbottom
26/5/2010
Film review: Prince of Persia
Rachel Winterbottom follows Jake Gyllenhaal on a journey into Fant-Asia
22/4/2010
Whip It! (12A)
Rachel Winterbottom reviews Drew Barrymore's directorial début in a film about an all girl roller derby
22/4/2010
TV REVIEW: The Prisoner, Sat, ITV1
Mitch Poole isn't at all convinced by the new Village people
20/4/2010
Theatre review: The Comedians/Bolton Octagon
Joan Davies on Trevor Griffiths' mid-70s drama about comedy
1/4/2010
FILM REVIEW: Kick-Ass
Rachel Winterbottom on the comedy value of wetsuits and foul-mouthed young girls
17/3/2010
FILM REVIEW: Shutter Island
Rachel Winterbottom watches Scorsese take DiCaprio to the brink once more
10/2/2010
Youth in Revolt review
Rachel Winterbottom wonders when Michael Cera will be allowed to grow up
2/2/2010
The TV Column (2 Feb)
Mo Mowlam, Julie Walters, Alex Reid and the final ever word on CBB, all mentioned here by Gerry Corner
1/2/2010
FILMS: Precious (15)
Charlene McCauley adores the rough ride to redemption
27/1/2010
FILMS: Up in the Air
Rachel Winterbottom is impressed by George Clooney's timely portrayal of a corporate downsizer
27/1/2010
Theatre review: Les Misérables in Manchester
Sarah Tierney watches Gareth Gates sing his way through a storm at the Palace Theatre
11/1/2010
Films: The Road (15)
Jonathan Schofield on a fabulous tale of bleakness, compassion, horror and hope
8/1/2010
The TV Column (Jan 8)
David Tennant, Stephen Baldwin and c-listers galore.... all on the box in the last week and mentioned here by Angie Sammons
6/1/2010
Sherlock Holmes
Rachel Winterbottom deduces that Guy Ritchie has probably never read anything by Arthur Conan Doyle
8/12/2009
The Box
It's no Donnie Darko says Rachel Winterbottom on the latest film by Richard Kelly
24/11/2009
Paranormal Activity (18)
Mike Chapple hangs around with the horror nerds at a special preview of 'the scariest film you'll ever see'. Well they would say that, wouldn't they?
23/11/2009
The TV Column (23 Nov)
Justin Lee Collins, Terry Wogan, Jedward and Katie Price are voted in and out by Gerry Corner
12/11/2009
Jennifer’s Body
Rachel Winterbottom watches a man-munching Megan Fox in the latest film from Juno writer Diablo Cody
3/11/2009
The TV Column (Nov 3, 2009)
Raymond Blanc, Gordon Ramsay, playing with knives and disgusting food, all mentioned here by Angie Sammons
22/10/2009
Are you Svengali?
The cult internet comedy and some questions for Candy McCulloch who stars in the latest epidode
20/10/2009
The TV Column
Graham Norton, Jonathan Ross, Grayson Perry, Katie Price, Cheryl Cole, John and Edward and Jo Brand. All mentioned here, by Angie Sammons
9/10/2009
Zombieland review
Rachel Winterbottom devours this comedy-horror starring Woody Harrelson
16/9/2009
Adventureland
Summer jobs and summer love: Rachel Winterbottom rates this nostalgic film about post-university blues
9/9/2009
District 9 (15)
Rachel Winterbottom ingests some alien juice and feels better for it
2/9/2009
Film review: Funny People
Apatow's terminal illness comedy gets Rachel Winterbottom laughing in the face of adversity
21/8/2009
Inglourious Basterds review
Rachel Winterbottom watches Tarantino's long-awaited Nazi war film
12/8/2009
GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra review
Rachel Winterbottom thinks Hasbro are toying with disaster
28/7/2009
Films: Coco Before Chanel
Sarah Tierney thinks Audrey Tautou was tailor-made for this one
20/7/2009
The TV Column
Gerry Corner watches Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, All the Queen's Horses, Airline and The Street (in reverse order)
17/7/2009
Film review: Brüno
Rachel Winterbottom on a new genre in cinema: horr-edy
16/7/2009
Films: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The latest, sometimes baffling Hogwarts episode fails to cast a spell on Phil Key
6/7/2009
Public Enemies (15)
Is Johnny Depp a fop or a flop? Lew Baxter decides
26/6/2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Rachel Winterbottom isn't blown away by all those explosions
4/6/2009
Films: Terminator Salvation (12a)
Lew Baxter thinks we're all doomed after watching the saviour of the human race
3/6/2009
Films: Looking for Eric (15)
Sarah Tierney says 'oui' to Loach and Cantona's film about the power of saying 'NON!'
27/5/2009
TV: Soaps round-up
Nicola Mostyn on Mr Ugly Mug, mini-skirts to the waist, mad redheads and bigamy....
20/5/2009
Dirty TV secrets
Lynda Moyo asks what do you watch when you're 'taking a break' from intelligent TV?
19/5/2009
Angels and Demons
Rachel Winterbottom thinks there's a decent thriller hiding somewhere in here
17/5/2009
TV review: Coronation Street (ITV1)
Andrew Sachs makes a high profile return to TV on the cobbles of Weatherfield. Gerry Corner's verdict?
13/5/2009
Boy Meets Girl
Nicola Mostyn wonders if the gender gap is all that funny
8/5/2009
Films: Star Trek (2009)
Lew Baxter is beamed up and boldly going into JJ Abrams' brave new world
7/5/2009
Films: Cheri (15)
Sarah Tierney finds that Bill Kenwright has moved as far away from Goodison as is possible - to Belle Époque Paris
6/5/2009
TV: The Apprentice
Nicola Mostyn thinks the party just got started with the Sugar man
5/5/2009
Film review: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Rachel Winterbottom would like hear something she didn't already know
30/4/2009
Best: His Mother’s Son
Nicola Mostyn on a sad story where it’s the alcohol that tackles and eventually triumphs
27/4/2009
TV review: Doing a Reggie Perrin
Gerry Corner on the resurrection of a sitcom which didn't get where it is today without a Man Behaving Badly
23/4/2009
Britain’s Got Talent (ITV1)
Nicola Mostyn finally realises there’s nowhere to hide
14/4/2009
TV review: Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
Should Craig Charles and co have been left to spin the galaxies in peace? Nicola Mostyn will be back for more
30/3/2009
Heston's Feasts
Nicola Mostyn no longer wonders what the Romans did for us
27/3/2009
Lesbian Vampire Killers
Rachel Winterbottom on a film idea that should have stayed dead
26/3/2009
Lesbian Vampire Killers
Rachel Winterbottom on a film idea that should have stayed dead
24/3/2009
The Colour of Money
Nicola Mostyn on a simply stressful game show
17/3/2009
TV: Comic Relief
Is it all about staying in to watch the celebrity gang weep buckets? Nicola Mostyn thinks so
17/3/2009
Films: Watchmen (18)
Rachel Winterbottom on a gang of superheroes who don't quite cut it
16/3/2009
Wired up
Its box set was one of 2008's biggest Xmas sellers and it has been called the best TV show that no one has seen. Now all 60 hours of The Wire are to be shown on BBC2. Paddy Hoey explains why this isn't just another cop show
12/3/2009
Film review: The Young Victoria
Sarah Tierney finds a new respect for royalty
4/3/2009
Grow Your Own Drugs
Nicola Mostyn says the drugs do work…well, sort of
25/2/2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Rachel Winterbottom loves Brad Pitt, even with wrinkles
24/2/2009
Soap update
In soap land this month, Nicola Mostyn finds everyone’s wondering if reliable romantic bets are the way to go
19/2/2009
Revolutionary Road review
Cat Johnson finds a lot to admire but little to enjoy
17/2/2009
TV: Brit sitcoms
Not Going Out...Free Agents... and the brilliant Being Human. Nicola Mostyn goes in search of a decent laugh on the box
16/2/2009
Films: Vicky Cristina Barcelona (12a)
Stuart Ian Burns is swept away by Woody Allen's Spanish harem
4/2/2009
Skins (E4)
Rachel Winterbottom thinks it's not just the characters who have identity issues in the eternal yoof TV drama
2/2/2009
The Krypton Factor
Nicola Mostyn thinks the new Krypton factor is lacking some basics
27/1/2009
Dispatches: The True Cost of Cheap Food
Nicola Mostyn on Jay Rayner, and how restaurant critics can contain only 10% meat
27/1/2009
Films: Frost/Nixon (15)
“400 million people were waiting for the truth”... Stuart Ian Burns is bowled over by a masterpiece
19/1/2009
“I wish I’d never had kids. I wish I’d never been born. I wish I was dead.”
Nicola Mostyn's soap update finds the line that best sums up EastEnders
16/1/2009
Slumdog Millionaire (15)
Danny Boyle's 'feel-good’ award-winner is a world away from sweetness and light, says Rachel Winterbottom
15/1/2009
The Wrestler (15)
Sarah Tierney gets ringside at Mickey Rourke's comeback fight
8/1/2009
Demons
Nicola Mostyn on ITV’s new supernatural TV series. Remember: it may suck
6/1/2009
Yes Man (12A)
Rachel Winterbottom says yes to the film adaptation of the British novel
5/1/2009
TV: Celebrity Big Brother (C4)
The egos have landed at the Big Brother house. AA Grill watches the latest collection of prototypes all piling in it to win it
29/12/2008
TV: Doctor Who - “The Next Doctor” (BBC1)
So who was the biggest sensation in the Christmas special? Bookies' favourite 11th Doctor David Morrissey or that massive Cyberman thingy? Stuart Ian Burns decides
22/12/2008
Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen
Nicola Mostyn watches the greatest story ever told
16/12/2008
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Rachel Winterbottom wanted an Excellent Adventure but got a Bogus Journey
15/12/2008
Come Dine With Me
Nicola Mostyn enjoys some cooking with the gloves off
10/12/2008
Films: What Just Happened (15)
Hollywood makes another film about itself. Rachel Winterbottom examines its navel
8/12/2008
TV: Hole in the Wall versus Eggheads
Two gameshows aim to pit the wits or the bodies of contestants against very important challenges. Nicola Mostyn watches them
1/12/2008
TV: Survivors (BBC1)
Handy if you want to know how to catch a chicken come the apocalypse
1/12/2008
Films: The Silence of Lorna (15)
Unmissable marriage-of-convenience tale stirs up plenty of inconvenient emotions
25/11/2008
Films: Blindness (18)
Nicola Mostyn just can’t see the logic in this land of the blind
24/11/2008
Soap update
The soaps are getting confused and so are the scriptwriters
21/11/2008
Max Payne (15)
Rachel Winterbottom braved the Payne, and wishes she'd taken an aspirin
18/11/2008
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (18)
Stuart Ian Burns finds the same old story of the platonic relationship struggle, but this time with porn
17/11/2008
TV: I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here
Is Kilroy is to blame for all of society's ills? It's one theory. Nicola Mostyn watches the all-new ritual humiliation show
10/11/2008
The Home Show (C4)
Nicola Mostyn says it's time to throw away the key on property programmes
9/11/2008
Film Review: W (15)
Stuart Ian Burns says good intentions aren't enough, after watching Oliver Stone's take on the yesterday man
2/11/2008
Quantum of Solace (12a)
Do you like it cool, blue-eyed and deadly? Millions did over the weekend, but is the new Bond flick any good? Nicola Mostyn finds out
31/10/2008
Of Time and the City (U)
Terence Davies' epic documentary about Liverpool finally goes on release. Gerry Corner watches it in wonder
29/10/2008
Ghost Town (12A)
Does Ricky Gervais get lost in translation in his first big screen role?
28/10/2008
TV: Dead Set (E4)
Lynda Moyo on an episode of Big Brother that is worth watching
28/10/2008
TV: Extraordinary Animals in the Womb (C4)
Creature comforts before birth: What's the foetal attraction?
20/10/2008
TV: Soap round up
The latest shenanigans from the land of soap
14/10/2008
Britain's Got The Pop Factor...
A look at Peter Kay's new talent-contest-fun-poking-X-factor-style show.
6/10/2008
TV Review: Amazon with Bruce Parry
Admiration for BBC2’s affable adventurer
30/9/2008
TV Review: Merlin (BBC1)
A boy wizard? Can you see that catching on…
25/9/2008
Tropic Thunder (15)
22/9/2008
TV: Secret Diary of a Call Girl
From our critic's angle, the sex trade looks pretty damn glam
18/9/2008
Pineapple Express (15)
Rachel Winterbottom discovers inaction is the answer for the weed-iest action heroes around
15/9/2008
When Women Rule The World (C4)
Does the battle of the sexes have its funny side?
9/9/2008
Step Brothers (15)
Rachel Winterbottom gets to grips with her inner child and wants to throttle it
2/9/2008
The Strangers (15)
Nicola Mostyn on a good, effective horror – with annoying audience commentary
2/9/2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (12A)
Rachel Winterbottom feels sympathy for the devil
1/9/2008
TV: Soap round up
It never pays to be too happy in soap land. Nicola Mostyn gives us the lowdown
27/8/2008
Get Smart (12A)
Nicola Mostyn on a satisfying, summery spy film
26/8/2008
TV: Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery
Nicola Mostyn wonders whether all doctors are just frustrated light entertainers
22/8/2008
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (12A)
Rachel Winterbottom discovers that some things are better left buried
19/8/2008
You Don’t Mess With The Zohan (12A)
A hairdressing comedy that you might want to rinse, but not repeat
19/8/2008
TV: Liverpool on the Box
From Z Cars to Brookie, Vinny Lawrenson Woods on what's in store on BBC Four this week as the city is portrayed on the telly
18/8/2008
The X Factor
Nicola Mostyn sings a song of love, yearning and loss and then reviews X Factor for us
6/8/2008
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (15)
Rachel Winterbottom loses her faith
5/8/2008
Baby Mama (12A)
Rachel Winterbottom on a comedy about surrogacy that just about delivers
4/8/2008
Sandwiches unwrapped (C4)
The unpalatable truth about buttie packers revealed. So should we be scared? Nicola Mostyn sinks her teeth into Dispatches
29/7/2008
The Dark Knight
Christopher Brown-Colbert watches Heath Ledger sign off, with one last joke...
28/7/2008
The Charlotte Church Show
Nicola Mostyn and the Welsh expletive machine
24/7/2008
Meet Dave (PG)
Rachel Winterbottom is forcibly introduced to yet another Eddie Murphy let-down
22/7/2008
Wall.E (U)
Hailed as a contender for Best Film at next year's Oscars, is Disney-Pixar's new eco-flick as out-of-this-world as it's cracked up to be? Angie Sammons comes down to Earth
21/7/2008
Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor (BBC3) and Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show (ITV2)
Nicola Mostyn checks out two female fronted sketch shows and wonders if they're funny
14/7/2008
Snog, Marry, Avoid (BBC3)
Nicola Mostyn watches an Atomic Kitten in a charisma free zone
9/7/2008
Hancock (12A)
Rachel Winterbottom isn't convinced by Will Smith's anti-hero superhero
7/7/2008
Soaps update
Dust off your suitcase. Soapland is filled with movings out and movings on at the moment
3/7/2008
Wanted (18)
Rachel Winterbottom discovers violence is the answer after viewing Wanted
30/6/2008
While you were out: Doctor Who (BBC1)
Do the Daleks have a deadly charm? Well, they don't do it for Nicola Mostyn
23/6/2008
While you were out: Big Brother (C4)
Nicola Mostyn wonders whether Sylvia has ever watched the show as everyone starts to crack in the house from Hell
20/6/2008
The Happening (15)
Rachel Winterbottom finds out what’s occurring in M Night Shyamalan’s latest flop
19/6/2008
The Incredible Hulk (12A)
It’s not easy being green, says Nicola Mostyn, but this new rebooted Hulk instalment punches its weight
9/6/2008
While You Were Out: Alexei Sayle's Liverpool (BBC2)
Lew Baxter was the journalist in the Edinburgh audience when Alexei Sayle famously went off on one about Liverpool, in 2003. Here he casts his gimlet eye over the comic's latest offering
4/6/2008
Private Property (15)
Nicola Mostyn finds this French social drama exhaustingly realistic
2/6/2008
Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain
Nicola Mostyn enjoys a history lesson
20/5/2008
While you were out: Gladiators (Sky One)
Are you ready for their return? Nicola Mostyn isn’t sure
13/5/2008
Iron Man (12A)
Nicola Mostyn thinks Robert Downey Junior is just super…
24/4/2008
Films: Persepolis (PG)
The last days of Persia revisited in black and white. Vinny Lawrenson Woods decides if it's worth it
23/4/2008
Pushing Daisies
Nicola Mostyn thinks TV should be getting more clever, not less…
25/3/2008
27 Dresses (12A)
Nicola Mostyn finds there are no prizes for originality in this formulaic but enjoyable rom com
12/3/2008
The Other Boleyn Girl (12A)
Nicola Mostyn on a rollicking, ridiculous story of the royals
4/3/2008
A Semi success
Will Ferrell stars in one sports flick too many for Heather Smith. So does Semi Pro hit the mark?
25/2/2008
Be Kind Rewind
Nicola Mostyn on a comedy that’s about as vital as VHS
13/2/2008
Great expectation
Charming and funny indie film Juno is sometimes more irky than quirky, says Nicola Mostyn
11/2/2008
Look out, there's a monster coming
Vinny Lawrenson Woods watches Cloverfield and finds a commotion over a motion picture going through the motions
28/1/2008
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tim Burton makes a neat job of Stephen Sondheim’s horror musical
18/1/2008
No Country For Old Men
No wonder cowboys get the blues. Nicola Mostyn is gripped by the Coen brothers’ meditative thriller
8/1/2008
Lust, Caution
Nicola Mostyn on Ang Lee’s new film of espionage, sex and the Second World War
10/12/2007
The Golden Compass
A story of dust and daemons makes Nicola Mostyn hits the books
29/11/2007
Shrooms
Nicola Mostyn takes a trip down bad horror lane
20/11/2007
Into The Wild (15)
A young man's search for meaning in Alaska leaves Nicola Mostyn strangely cold
7/11/2007
I Do: How to Get Married and Stay Single (15)
Nicola Mostyn is wooed by the charms of a daft, Gallic romcom
1/11/2007
Bitterest pill
In the US, health and wealth go hand in hand, according to Michael Moore's new movie Sicko. It's controversial, it's compelling, says Nicola Mostyn
22/10/2007
Stardust
Nicola Mostyn wishes she believed in magic again
15/10/2007
The Heartbreak Kid
Nicola Mostyn on the Farrelly brothers’ latest film
3/10/2007
The best rock n roll film ever?
So says John Robb after watching the Ian Curtis biopic, Control
1/10/2007
Michael Clayton
Nicola Mostyn considers Clooney as Clayton
24/9/2007
A Mighty Heart
The bravery of Mariane Pearl is something to salute - as is Angelina Jolie's performance - in Michael Winterbottom's new film
18/9/2007
Shoot ’Em Up
Nicola Mostyn, a bonkers new action flick and lethal carrots
11/9/2007
Atonement
Nicola Mostyn falls hopelessly in love with an emerald green frock
28/8/2007
Knocked Up
Nicola Mostyn finds Judd Apatow’s bouncing new comedy almost as good as she was expecting
21/8/2007
The Bourne Ultimatum
Nicola Mostyn finds out why Bourne is better than Bond
9/8/2007
Tarantino puts city on wish list
Lure of Liverpool brings cult movie director to FACT for exclusive preview screening of new blockbuster
27/7/2007
The Simpsons Movie
Nicola Mostyn realises there’s no place like Springfield
13/7/2007
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
Vanessa Lees follows Harry Potter to the dark side
10/7/2007
Die Hard 4.0
Find out why good old brawn and guts rule the day in Bruce's latest outing, and how you can win a piece of the action too
2/7/2007
La Vie en Rose
Nicola Mostyn gets lost in the ups and downs of Edith Piaf’s life story
13/6/2007
Plot of gold
Liverpool Confidential goes to the world premiere of the Dingle-made feature film Grow Your Own. But how does it rate? Read on...
11/5/2007
Spidey blacks out
Nicola Mostyn enjoys swinging with Spider-Man 3



 



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