[ad_1] Sydney Sweeney (The White Lotus, Euphoria) and Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick) are the easy-on-the-eye co-stars of this frothy, old-fashioned romcom, a loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Directed by Will Gluck (Easy A), the film centres on law student Bea (Sweeney) and finance bro Ben (Powell), who have a swoonsome meet-cute…
[ad_1] Taylor Swift has always dealt in fairy tales. Her first three albums – self-titled, Fearless and Speak Now, which were released between 2006 and 2010 – all show her in various states of princess-dom, her long blonde hair falling in corkscrew curls, her dresses sparkling and swirling, her life waiting to begin. Her biggest…
[ad_1] It’s that time of year again when TV viewers are invited to join the likes of Simon Cowell, Cliff Richard and Wayne Rooney and enjoy some winter sun in the Caribbean. Unlike those second-home-owning celebs, however, most of us can only do so by visiting fictional Saint Marie (the real Guadeloupe) in BBC One’s…
[ad_1] In many ways, murder mysteries are as much a part of the festive season in this country as pantomime. Instead of Puss in Boots and Peter Pan, we gather together to watch detectives with signature items of clothing trudge across beautiful rural landscapes on the trail of a sketchy holiday park owner with a…
[ad_1] The Boy and the Heron is unfathomable. Perhaps more so than any other film by the great Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, famous for Spirited Away and The Wind Rises. It is a weird and wonderful journey through an exquisitely rendered fantasy land that often makes little sense, and yet it is underpinned by an…
[ad_1] “We’ve kicked off with a Rohypnol joke! We’re not even a minute in – we haven’t even got to Jonathan and Russell!” So said Jimmy Carr at the start of The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2009, perfectly encapsulating why I’ve always struggled to enjoy Channel 4’s festive comedy quiz show, which, since it began…
[ad_1] “It’s Christmas!” shouted caveman Robin (Laurence Rickard), as the Ghosts festive special, the final ever episode of the beloved sitcom, began. But the festive season wasn’t the only thing worth getting excited about. Robin and the other ghosts nervously awaited big news. Alison and Mike Cooper (Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe) were away at…
[ad_1] Fifteen years ago, it would have been unthinkable that gushing amniotic fluid, mucus plugs, stirrups, forceps and torn perineums would become synonymous with a British Christmas. But after 12 Call the Midwife festive specials, that’s exactly what has happened. ‘Tis the season to scoff Quality Street while watching a woman in a habit snip…
[ad_1] Tonight we’ll finally discover the answer to the question: which Walford resident is being offed, and why? December 25, 2023 6:00 am(Updated 10:58 am) Diane Parish as Denise Fox and Lacey Turner as Stacey Slater (Photo: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron) Earlier this year, the doomsayers were ringing the bell for EastEnders. Amid squeals at the…
[ad_1] The best thing on TV this Christmas is BBC Two’s film about the late comedian. It will make you howl with laughter – and sob, too December 25, 2023 6:00 am(Updated 10:15 am) Caroline Aherne is my hero (Photo: BBC/Passion Docs/Shutterstock) Caroline Aherne is always in my head. It’s either her own voice –…
