All Blacks home in on trophy September 29, 2013 RUGBY UNION: New Zealand can win the Rugby Championship even if they lose their final match against South Africa after beating Argentina 33-15 on Saturday. The Springboks kept alive their hopes of winning the four-team contest with a 28-8 victory over Australia.
A bleak, brutal and smart crime thriller September 26, 2013 FILM PRISONERS Cert 15 | By Alex Dymoke Four Stars PRISONERS is essentially a three-way acting competition between Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal and Jake Gyllenhaal’s hair. Seriously, Jake Gyllenhaal looks really cool in this movie. Far too cool for a real cop, what with all those tattoos and his shirt done up to the top. [...]
Review: Blue Jasmine September 26, 2013 FILM BLUE JASMINE Cert 12A | By Steve Dinneen Three Stars Every new Woody Allen movie – and they arrive with disquieting regularity – is greeted with the same question: is it a return to form or another of his onanistic “wilderness” projects? The general rule of thumb is that further he strays from his [...]
Brilliant performance art poorly presented September 26, 2013 ART ANA MENDIETA: TRACES Hayward Gallery | By Joseph Funnell Three Stars I REMEMBER the first time I saw a work by Ana Mendieta. It was a film of the performance Chicken Piece, where the artist stood naked holding a recently decapitated chicken that violently flapped as life drained from its wings. It was shocking. [...]
Also out this week September 26, 2013 FILM: AUSTENLAND (Cert 12a) Twilight author Stephanie Meyer’s first foray into film production is sweet but witless. ART: VAN GOGH IN PARIS (Eykyn Maclean Gallery) Van Gogh’s Paris paintings are brighter than most of his more famous works. ART: PHILIP-LORCA DICORCIA (David Zwirner) Photographer DiCorcia examines the unease that accompanied the end of the Bush [...]
Exclusive: Spurs can hurt big boys now Bale’s gone, says Ardiles September 26, 2013 TOTTENHAM are better equipped to challenge the Premier League’s big hitters now that Gareth Bale has left for Real Madrid, according to legendary midfielder Ossie Ardiles. Spurs have dropped only three points so far this season and can move to the Premier League summit with a positive result against Chelsea in tomorrow’s top of the [...]
Ainslie: Now I want to win America’s Cup with a British team September 26, 2013 THE DUST may barely have settled on Sir Ben Ainslie’s extraordinary America’s Cup win with Oracle Team USA but the sailing great is already targeting a repeat – this time with a British team. Ainslie played a key role as his team completed one of the greatest comebacks in any sport on Wednesday, when they [...]
Nothing cooler than Arsenal winning the title September 26, 2013 ARSENAL’S major shareholder Stan Kroenke has vowed to continue backing manager Arsene Wenger in the transfer market because “there would be nothing cooler” than winning the Premier League title. The Gunners smashed their transfer record last month when they paid Real Madrid £42m to sign midfielder Mesut Ozil and go into this weekend’s fixture at [...]
Surrey schoolboy, 18, smashes record breaking double century September 26, 2013 SCHOOLBOY Dominic Sibley became the youngest player to hit a double century in the County Championship yesterday in Surrey’s Division One match against Yorkshire. The 18-year-old, who was given time off lessons to play in only his third first-class game, ended the day 220 not out as Surrey reached 572-4 – a lead of 138. [...]
Prolific Sarries pair keeping try rivalry friendly September 26, 2013 SARACENS star David Strettle insists he and fellow wing Chris Ashton are not competing for tries as they look to continue their free-scoring ways, and unbeaten start, at Harlequins tomorrow. Sarries have scored 117 points in their three Aviva Premiership wins from three with 30-year-old Strettle their most prolific, scoring four of the club’s 13 [...]