FILM REVIEW October 7, 2010 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT Cert: 12A HOLLY and Eric don’t like each other, which means you’ve probably already worked out how this rom com ends, but let’s continue anyway. After their mutual pals Alison and Peter set them up on a disastrous date (she’s stuck up, he’s a cad), Holly (Katherine Heigl) and Eric [...]
Brace yourself, Gordon is in town October 6, 2010 Film MONEY NEVER SLEEPS Cert: 12A GORDON Gekko comes to London. If you enjoyed Oliver Stone’s original film, do you really need any other inducement to see Wall Street’s sequel, Money Never Sleeps? For a few brief scenes the financial world’s debonair Mephistopheles can be seen, trademark devil-may-care smirk and all, getting shaved in Trumper’s, [...]
CITY VIEWS: What did the original wall street film mean to you when released back in 1987? October 6, 2010 DAVID BUIK | BGC PARTNERS “Wall Street was a major cult film. The greased-back hairstyles, the £1,000 ‘whistle and flute’, the £150 pair of Churches, Turnbull & Asser shirts and Hermes tie. It was all a great act and no doubt Gordon Gekko was very influential.” QUENTIN SMITH | OLD MUTUAL ASSET MANAGERS “As a [...]
An angel in Wonderland doesn’t quite reach the satirical heights October 6, 2010 LIGHTS OUT IN WONDERLAND By DBC Pierre Faber & Faber, £12.99 by Jeremy Hazlehurst DBC Pierre’s first novel, Vernon God Little, was a brilliant act of ventriloquism in which he channelled the voice of a 15-year-old American boy on death row for a murder. This – his third novel – also tries to capture the [...]
OUT OF OFFICE October 6, 2010 RORY KINNEAR AS HAMLET Roll up, roll up, tickets are on sale now to see this brilliant actor take on the biggest role imaginable. The Oliver-winner has proved that he is a versatile stage actor over the years, and it’s just the time for him to take on The Dane. Advance rumours suggest that he’ll [...]
Warm your cockles with a big, bold autumn red wine October 6, 2010 JAMES Joyce said that white wine is lightning, and red wine is beefsteak. I don’t know about you, but a beefsteak in a glass is exactly what I want at this time of year. We asked some of the City’s most trusted wine experts to recommend their favourite wines for this time of year. “Once [...]
New breed of hotel bars to boost London October 6, 2010 London may have cutting edge nightlife when it comes to clubs and restaurants but sadly the bar culture isn’t quite NYC. Fortunately the much maligned (if pricey) hotel bars are here to save the day. In the coming month the scene is going to get a serious boost with a host of new luxury hotels [...]
Shell out on British oysters October 6, 2010 LIKE Marmite and the ouevre of Robbie Williams, oysters divide opinion, and strongly. For some they are the perfect expression of pure foodiness, something that is best eaten quivering, dressed only with the smallest squeeze of lemon or (if you must) a dab of Tabasco. For others they are snotty little gobs of horror. I [...]
School of speed October 5, 2010 WE’VE done rather well in this column, test driving Aston Martin sports cars for CityA.M. The City of course is a key market for these cars, which is why I’ve been fortunate enough to get them. But the thing is, the more familiar I became with them the more I realised that UK speed restrictions [...]
CAR TALK October 5, 2010 JAZZ GOES HYBRID The best seller in the B-segment – the Honda Jazz – is now the first to go hybrid. The hybrid version of the Jazz has the same 1.3 litre i-VTEC engine as the Insight hybrid and is able to run on the electric motor alone. This will mean the cars emits only [...]