USA saves the world again July 28, 2011 Film CAPTAIN AMERICA – THE FIRST AVENGER Cert: 12A HAVING run through all the other superheroes, to the extent that obscure ones known only to hardcore comics buffs are being rolled out – is it really a surprise that the Green Lantern bombed? – Hollywood has finally addressed the trickiest of the lot. Captain Americ, [...]
What’s hot in Edinburgh this summer July 28, 2011 EDINBURGH’S annual merry-go-round of theatre, comedy, dance, opera, street performance, art and much more gets underway next week. On the Fringe, one of the major draws this year will be a show directed by the Hollywood film star John Malkovich [pictured below], and starring the actor Julian Sands. The show, devised by the two men, [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKND July 28, 2011 FILM ARRIETTY Animated adventure based on the Borrowers, from Japanese genius Hayao Miyazaki. ZOOKEEPER Seriously misfiring comedy with Kevin James and some talking animals. HORRID HENRY: THE MOVIE The children’s book gets a family-friendly cinematic outing. DVD THE EAGLE The Romans take on the Celts in this so-so adventure, with Jamie Bell and Channing Tatum. RANGO [...]
Insider Google story feels all too familiar July 27, 2011 I’M FEELING LUCKY: THE CONFESSIONS OF GOOGLE EMPLOYEE NUMBER 59 BY ZOE STRIMPEL Allan Lane, £20 hhhii DOUGLAS Edwards’ take on the Google story isn’t your average account of the rise and rise of the internet giant. We know this because he is at pains to tell us. I’m Feeling Lucky, he says, is an insider’s [...]
Holiday hell: no Blackberry July 27, 2011 SOLVING YOUR LOVE & LIFE PROBLEMS DEAR VEXED: My wife has banned me from using my Blackberry while we’re away for our August holiday. That’s three weeks. She claims my addiction to it is ruining our family; yet the idea of being unconnected for that long terrifies me. Help! Mark, 34, fund manager YOU are [...]
BEACH READS | WHERE QUALITY MEETS RELAXATION July 27, 2011 You by Sleep With Me author Joanna Briscoe is an addictive novel about a teenager, Celia, a student in the 1970s at a Bohemian school in Dartmoor. James Dahl is her attractive English teacher and tensions rise to breaking point as Celia’s mother finds herself drawn to Dahl’s intriguing wife. The Booker Prize longlist has [...]
Small cameras for snap-happy holiday makers July 27, 2011 LEICA V-LUX 30 German brand Leica is known for its high-spec, ever-so-groovy cameras, and the new V-Lux 30 is a case in point. Sleek and compact, it’s got an impressive 16x zoom, touch-screen controls, GPS tagging can create 3D photos and records video in HD. £550 www.leica-camera.co.uk NIKON COOLPIX P7000 Launched last autumn, Nikon’s smart [...]
Lady-friendly gadgets? A bit patronising, but on the rise July 27, 2011 TECH TALK MANUFACTURERS are feminizing their hardware more these days. There are endless variations being launched which are aimed at women. Kodak’s Easyshare Mini is a credit card sized camera with three-step sharing feature for uploading your photos on to Facebook or Google+. You can tag them using the Face Recognition feature. On the video [...]
The ultimate summer drive July 26, 2011 Big, brash and brutal: BMW’s 6 Series convertible has always been a fabulous grand tourer for executive wind-in-the-hair motoring. But this third generation 6 is longer, lower and wider than ever. It’s also bigger inside and more luxurious too. But the real treat is that, unlike its predecessor, it’s elegant as well. In fact, this [...]
Fresh, organic and utterly perfect July 25, 2011 Roganic 19 Blandford Street, W1U 3DH Tel: 0207 4860380 www.roganic.co.uk FOOD ***** SERVICE ***** ATMOSPHERE **** Cost per person without wine: £55 or £80 WHERE to start with Roganic? It could be with the bad pun of a name, or the temporary nature of the place, or the exalted Lake District restaurant which begat this [...]