Michael Gambon

2 1/2 stars for 'The Fantastic Mr. Fox'

Mr. Fox (voiced by George Clooney) and friends. (Courtesy of Fox Searchlight) So many careful and clever visual felicities dot the landscape of Wes Anderson’s animated feature “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” from the catastrophically...

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Kauto Star's heroic Haydock victory upstaged during commercial break

Diary: It is ironic that, after Sea The Stars' Arc, Zenyatta's Breeders' Cup and Saturday's epic duel between Kauto Star and Imperial Commander, the most widely viewed race of 2009 is likely to be the Rigby Stakes. Just in case...

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'The Road' takes Viggo Mortensen to Mount St. Helens and Astoria, Ore.

An interview with Viggo Mortensen, who stars in the upcoming film version of Cormac McCarthy's bleak 2006 novel, "The Road." In the movie, which opens Nov. 25, the apocalyptic landscape was played by Mount St. Helens.

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'The Road' takes Viggo Mortensen to Mount St. Helen's and Astoria, Ore.

An interview with Viggo Mortensen, who stars in the upcoming film version of Cormac McCarthy's bleak 2006 novel, "The Road." In the movie, which opens Nov. 25, the apocalyptic landscape was played by Mount St. Helens.

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The Habit of Art | Theatre review

Lyttelton, London WH Auden, the Oxford oracle, is peeing into his washbasin. He's waiting for a rent boy to arrive in his college rooms; he's stuck over his stanzas; he looks not so much like a bag person as a crumpled plastic...

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Notes on an Irish funny man

After marrying an English woman 'in secret', Dara O Briain is ideally placed to comment on the differences between Ireland and England, finds Barry Egan By Barry Egan Sunday November 22 2009 DARA O Briain can remember being on...

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David Lister: How can they not love Lily?

It is the season of lists. Best of the Year/ Decade. Worst of the Year/ Decade. Most Beautiful of the Year/Decade. I'd like to introduce a "Mildly Enjoyable Night Out But Nothing To Write Home About of The Year/Decade", because...

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Fantastic Mr. Fox review

Wes Anderson Goes Stop-Motion With Adaptation of Roald Dahl Story The year of George Clooney continues with Anderson's wonderfully anachronistic approach to stop-motion animation, and what could be the Texas auteur's most...

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Welch Adapts Jane Austen's Emma

Film Review of the 2009 BBC Miniseries Screenwriter Sandy Welch (Jane Eyre, North & South) presents a fresh rendition of Jane Austen's beloved classic. Storyline Sheltered, spoiled, and wealthy Emma Woodhouse, (played with...

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The Habit of Art, Lyttelton, NT, London

For many years, Alan Bennett was accustomed to stand on the threshold of the closet, pointing a Hush Puppy first one way, then another. But with the advent of love in the shape of Rupert (World of Interiors) Thomas, the partner...

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