Review: Breathe in July 18, 2013 FILM BREATHE IN Cert 15 | By Steve Dinneen Four Stars BREATHE In is an almost unbearably tense drama about first, lost and forbidden love that will drag memories of every bad thing you’ve done in a relationship from the pit of your stomach. Guy Pierce plays Keith, a high school teacher in [...]
Review: Timber! July 18, 2013 THEATRE TIMBER! Southbank Centre | By Alex Dymoke Three Stars CIRQUE Alfonse isn’t afraid to eschew the conventions of family entertainment. Its new show Timber! features Michael Jackson-style baby dangling, worryingly inept axe juggling and lots and lots of drinking. The bottles may not contain real booze, but the show is as much [...]
Review: Richard Rogers Inside Out July 18, 2013 ART RICHARD ROGERS INSIDE OUT Royal Academy | By Alex Dymoke Four Stars THE new Richard Rogers exhibition at the Royal Academy includes his 1958 report from the Architectural Association School. It reads: “Rogers has a genuine interest in and a feeling for architecture, but sorely lacks the intellectual equipment to translate these [...]
Review: The World’s End July 18, 2013 FILM THE WORLD’S END Cert 12a | By Alex Dymoke Three Stars MORRISON’S car parks, Kit Kats, national rail services from Leicester to Coventry – it’s easy to hate the banal rubbishness of small-town Britain. But as a spate of offbeat British comedies have shown, it’s easy to love it too. Hot Fuzz, [...]
England show fight to recover poor start July 18, 2013 Century-maker Bell led the charge after three early dismissals on day one at Lord’s IN-FORM England batsman Ian Bell was content with his side’s patch-up job on the first day of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s after recovering from 28-3 to reach 289-7 at stumps. In the blazing Lord’s sun, and with Her Majesty [...]
Siddle’s no-ball blunder leaves Australia fearing for their Ashes chances July 18, 2013 AUSTRALIAN fast bowler Ryan Harris fears “unacceptable” errors could see his team throw away their chance to regain the Ashes this summer. England made an early recovery from 28-3 to move to 168-4 on the first day of the second Test at Lord’s when seamer Peter Siddle thought he had made the crucial breakthrough by [...]
Row breaks out over Open course as big names wobble July 18, 2013 GOVERNING body the R&A last night hit back at suggestions that Muirfield is unnecessarily difficult after stars Ian Poulter and Phil Mickelson criticised the Open course following an eventful first round. Ryder Cup hero Poulter offered the most stinging views, calling pin positioning “a joke”, while four-time Major winner Mickelson called on the R&A to [...]
Golf comment: R&A chiefs are spot on about Muirfield pins July 18, 2013 I THOUGHT Peter Dawson, the R&A’s chief executive, answered critics of Muirfield’s pin positions perfectly and I agreed with every word he said. A tough set-up is the organisers’ last defence when the course is playing easily, and you could not have wished for better conditions than yesterday. Mickelson three-putted for a bogey at 18 [...]
McIlroy mulls shrink visit as woes deepen July 18, 2013 BELEAGUERED former world No1 Rory McIlroy admits he may seek help from a sports psychologist after his fall from grace continued with a woeful eight-over-par 79 at the Open yesterday. The two-time Major winner dropped seven shots on the back nine to leave himself in danger of missing the cut at one of golf’s big [...]
Mourinho makes case for Rooney to abandon United for Chelsea July 18, 2013 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho has warned players they cannot afford to sit on the sidelines during a World Cup year, in what has been interpreted as a veiled message to transfer target Wayne Rooney. Manchester United this week rejected Chelsea’s opening bid for the England striker, who is said to be concerned at suggestions from [...]