Monthly Archives: September 2007

Ye Olde Steak House: a fond farewell

Posted on September 30, 2007 by admin

A great steak house serves its last meal in Windsor ON I’ve eaten in a great number of restaurants in my life, the good, bad and indifferent, but only two ever captured my heart. One is Dan Tana’s on Santa … Continue reading →

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A fine 'Macbeth,' Stewart makes it so

Posted on September 29, 2007 by admin

“British critics hailed a powerful new production of “Macbeth” starring Patrick Stewart (with Kate Fleetwood, left), praising its visual bravado and emotional intensity,” AP reports, saying that the show, which just opened in London, is set to transfer to New … Continue reading →

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A sparkling treat: 'Across the Universe'

Posted on September 29, 2007 by admin

Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess in ‘Across the Universe Julie Taymor’s “Across the Universe” is a sparkling treat for anyone with an appreciation of how popular music became the soundtrack for so many people’s lives. That was never so … Continue reading →

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'Michael Clayton' could play Oscar's tune

Posted on September 27, 2007 by admin

Tom Wilkinson and George Clooney in peril in ‘Michael Clayton’ Tony Gilroy’s gripping thriller “Michael Clayton” starring George Clooney, which previews in the U.K. today and opens Friday, is the writer turned director’s second topnotch film in 2007. Paul Greengrass … Continue reading →

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Just another happy hooker in 'Secret Diary'

Posted on September 27, 2007 by admin

Billie Piper as Belle in ITV2′s “Secret Diary of a Call Girl’ Chrissy Skinns, producer of the new Billie Piper series “Secret Diary of a Call Girl,” which debuts tonight on ITV2, insists that its portrait of prostitution as something … Continue reading →

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On surviving icepicks in the brain: 'My Lobotomy'

Posted on September 27, 2007 by admin

Charles Fleming, journalist, novelist and best of friends, has a new book out titled “My Lobotomy” written with a man named Howard Dully who underwent the most hideous surgery you can imagine when he was 12. Fleming, a former reporter … Continue reading →

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Tragic story, great musical: 'Parade'

Posted on September 26, 2007 by admin

Bertie Carvel and Lara Pulver sensational in the Donmar’s ‘Parade’ Composer and songwriter Jason Robert Brown was just 28 when he won the Tony Award for best score for the musical “Parade,” which opened Monday in a terrific revival at … Continue reading →

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Great value in 'Free World'

Posted on September 24, 2007 by admin

Kierston Wareing roars to stardom in Ken Loach’s ‘It’s a Free World’ Ken Loach’s engrossing and entertaining film dealing with U.K. immigrants, “It’s a Free World,” airs on Channel 4 tonight at 9 and comes out on DVD Oct. 1. … Continue reading →

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Tough justice in 'The Brave One'

Posted on September 20, 2007 by admin

Jodie Foster takes no prisoners in Neil Jordan’s ‘The Brave One’ Director Neil Jordan says that “The Brave One” is a vigilante story that he shot as a horror film. Jodie Foster plays an intelligent woman who discovers that she … Continue reading →

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Intense questions in 'A Mighty Heart'

Posted on September 20, 2007 by admin

Angelina Jolie with Dan Futterman as Daniel Pearl in ‘A Mighty Heart’ Michael Winterbottom’s searing new docudrama “A Mighty Heart,” a dramatization of the frantic hunt for American reporter Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped in Pakistan and later murdered, did … Continue reading →

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