Not much to smile about
Mature Times reviews Smile by Roddy Doyle Roddy Doyle, who used to be a secondary school teacher, returns again to the trauma of school days in Smile, his 11th book. In Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, which wo ...
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After a much-needed makeover this Thor is a lot of fun
Joyce Glasser reviews Thor: Ragnarok (October 24, 2017) Cert. 12A, 130 min. When Marvel Comic editor and story creator Stan Lee (with artist partner Jack Kirby) presented the superhero Asgardian god o ...
Soutine’s Portraits: Cooks, Waiters & Bellboys
Robert Tanitch reviews Soutine’s Portraits at The Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2 Chaim Soutine (1893-1943), the Lithuanian-born painter, who became one of the leading expression ...
Fly away to a fantasy world, grounded in a grim reality
Joyce Glasser reviews I Am Not a Witch (October 20, 2017) Cert. 12A, 95 min. On one dry summer’s day, a witches’ camp in the Zambian outback receives its youngest member: nine-year-old Shula (Maggie M ...