Formulaic movie
Feature on the new movie X+Y, starring Sally Hawkins.
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Alps plane crash
A German passenger plane crashes in the Alps. First news story here, live blog here. Day two: cockpit recorder recovered.
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Kingdom for a hearse
The bizarre re-interment of Richard III:tyrant, hunchbacked Shakespeare anti-hero, and holder of the world’s biggest parking ticket.
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War on ciggies
A rash of plain packaging laws, based on Australia’s, break out in Europe despite the best efforts of the tobacco
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Cinderella = Nelson Mandela
Kenneth Branagh tried to tell me his new Cinderella is a feminist icon, and as sexy as Ghandi (that is,
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