Film review: Pitch Perfect 2 still hits the right notes May 15, 2015 Cert 12a | ★★★☆☆ If you haven’t heard of Pitch Perfect, it’s probably because you’re not a girl under the age of 25. But this comedy about rival acapella choirs became a cult hit in 2012, largely due to breakout performances from the sickeningly talented Anna Kendrick and offbeat Australian comedian Rebel Wilson. Simply [...]
Film review: The Tribe May 15, 2015 Cert 18 | ★★★☆☆ That this daring film got an international release at all is one of several impressive things about it. For not only is it sickeningly violent and utterly pessimistic, but it also plays out entirely in Russian Sign Language – without subtitles. Don’t bring a date. The plot is mercifully [...]
Rugby favourites brave Moorgate Monsoon May 14, 2015 Saracens comfortably beat the Army at the Honorary Artillery Company in the City of London yesterday evening, as the two teams battled the weather, as well as each other. Winning 38-3, Saracens said it had triumphed despite the “Moorgate Monsoon”.
Mad Max: Fury Road is the best action film of the year – film review May 14, 2015 Cert 15 | ★★★★★ Mad Max: Fury Road is the most surprisingly brilliant, gloriously demented film of the year. It’s a carnival of the grotesque that combines Hollywood sheen with a heart of pure, unadulterated pulp. What’s just as extraordinary is that the only other movies director George Miller has worked on since the millennium [...]
Something for the weekend May 14, 2015 MUNCH! CROSSTOWN DOUGHNUTS Mmmmm doughnuts! And not just any doughnuts. This new shop in Soho takes an already indulgent treat to the next level with flavours including salted camarel with banana cream and Belgian chocolate truffle. 4 Broadwick Street, Soho, visit crosstowndoughnuts.com LISTEN! LSO IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE See one of the greatest orchestras in the [...]
Adam Lyth set to open England batting alongside Cook May 14, 2015 UNCAPPED batsman Adam Lyth is set to partner skipper Alastair Cook at the top of the batting order on his international debut when England face New Zealand in next week’s first Test at Lord’s. The 27-year-old left-hander is expected to replace Jonathan Trott, who announced his retirement in the wake of England’s tour of the [...]
Vunipola: Our season will be a failure if we miss play-offs May 14, 2015 ENGLAND prop Mako Vunipola has conceded that Saracens’ season will be rendered a failure should the perennial Premiership challengers fail to seal a play-off spot tomorrow. Saracens lie fifth in the league table, level on points with fourth-placed Exeter following last weekend’s 24-20 defeat to the Devon side at Allianz Park, but trail courtesy of [...]
European failings put squeeze on English Champions League places May 14, 2015 Allocation at risk of being cut after next season as Premier League teams flop. ENGLAND’S biggest football clubs are currently enjoying an era of unprecedented financial dominance, with all 20 Premier League outfits reckoned to be among the 40 richest in the world. Spiralling revenue, driven by ever-swelling television contracts, has afforded even the most [...]
Chelsea spend £4.5m on Brazil starlet Nathan May 14, 2015 PREMIER League champions Chelsea have bolstered their stockpile of talented youngsters by completing the signing of Brazil Under-20 attacking midfielder Nathan. The 19-year-old, who can also play as a second striker and whose full name is Nathan Allan de Souza, is believed to have cost £4.5m from Brazilian club Atletico Paranaense. He joins Chelsea at [...]
Andy Murray feared a week’s absence after pulling out of Rome Open May 14, 2015 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray admits his participation at the French Open may have been on the line had he not taken the decision to withdraw from the Rome Masters yesterday. World No3 Murray was due to face Belgium’s David Goffin for a place in the quarter-final but pulled out citing fatigue, interrupting a clay-court revival that [...]