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Despite an impressive cast, there was no reason for this gender-swapping remake

Joyce Glasser reviews After the Wedding (November 1, 2019), Cert. 12A, 111 min. Warning: this review contains spoilers. Watching Bart Freundlich’s English language adaptation of Susanne Bier’s After t ...

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Ravioli & macaroni have been part of British culture for centuries

Paula Goddard’s Wines of the Week starting 4th November 2019 Despite having a diverse culinary heritage inspired through invasion, it seems we British are more interested in mastering Italian cuisine ...

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Timothée Chalamet (so good in Call Me by Your Name) is miscast as King Henry V

Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs and Netflix The King (Netflix). Laurence Olivier’s Henry V film was World War 2 propaganda, a morale booster, released at the same time as D Day in 1944. Kenneth ...

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Felicity Jones adds buoyancy to a leaden and historically inaccurate script

Joyce Glasser reviews The Aeronauts (November 4, 2019), Cert. PG, 101 min. What’s wrong with this picture? Director Tom Harper (Wild Rose, BBC’s War & Peace) reunites Eddie Redmayne and Felicity J ...

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