A rollicking outing for Marvel fans April 26, 2012 FILM AVENGERS ASSEMBLE Cert: 12A ***** A team of super heroes being brought together from three different blockbuster movie franchises. An alien invasion. A shadowy Chancellor Palpatine-style intergalactic villain. A shady government organisation with dubious plans. Various back stories and sub plots. Joss Whedon has a lot of plates to keep spinning with Avengers Assemble. [...]
Drama starring Glenn Close as a man is a sad but brilliant oddity April 26, 2012 FILM ALBERT NOBBS Cert: 15 **** What a queer treasure of a film this is. Starring Glenn Close in an Oscar-worthy turn as a woman disguised as a man in 19th century Dublin, the film is based on a book by George Moore, an Irish novelist and poet of the late 1800s, and directed by [...]
An Orwellian whorl of a film that’s unsettling and original April 26, 2012 FILM CLONE Cert: 15 **** Matt Smith, who plays Clone’s hero Tommy, is kinda handsome in a kooky way. More Easter Island statue than Michelangelo’s David. People fancy him, but they’re not sure why. It probably accounts for why his CV beyond Doctor Who is sparse to say the least. You feel he is going [...]
It’s just too close to call in title decider April 26, 2012 It is likely to be a hard fought contest between the two Manchester rivals GAMES simply don’t come any bigger than this. Sir Alex Ferguson has said that Monday’s Manchester derby is the most important in his 26-year reign as Manchester United boss. The cross-city rivals have dominated the Premier League this season and whoever [...]
Tidal Bay and Knighton Combe are the value calls in Bet365 Gold Cup April 26, 2012 ANOTHER season of National Hunt racing draws to a damp end at Sandown tomorrow and the Bet365 Gold Cup (3.10pm) looks set to be run on bottomless ground. At the time of writing, the going at the Esher track was described as heavy and I am not sure that the meeting would survive another deluge. [...]
Saha: I’m playing for my Spurs future April 26, 2012 4 Goals scored by Saha, who has made just six starts for Spurs TOTTENHAM’S Louis Saha admits he could be forced out of the club in the summer, just four months after his arrival, but is nevertheless desperate to ensure they claim the Champions League spot he insists they deserve. The much-travelled French striker only [...]
Lancaster lauds incoming Smith as final piece of England jigsaw April 26, 2012 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster has hailed New Zealander Wayne Smith as “a coach of the highest regard” and believes his addition could be a major coup for the national set-up. Smith, part of the triumphant All Blacks coaching team at the 2011 World Cup, is expected to agree to replace Andy Farrell as England’s [...]
Slump is fault of Redknapp, says Corluka April 26, 2012 TOTTENHAM will miss out on Champions League qualification because of fatigue caused by an under-rotated squad, believes exiled defender Vedran Corluka. A run of three wins in 14 games has taken Spurs from Premier League title contention to fifth place, behind Arsenal and Newcastle, and outside of the top-four placing required to reach the Champions [...]
Handshake cancelled over fears Terry trial could be prejudiced April 26, 2012 PREMIER League chiefs have cancelled the pre-match handshake at Sunday’s clash between Chelsea and QPR in order to avoid inflaming the race row surrounding John Terry and Anton Ferdinand. The League stepped in after QPR defender Ferdinand was advised by lawyers that shaking hands or snubbing Blues captain Terry could prejudice the latter’s criminal trial, [...]
Pressure mounts on Euro chiefs to scrap final bans for bookings April 26, 2012 EUROPEAN chiefs are coming under increasing pressure to change rules on bookings given to players in competition semi-finals after three players from each of this year’s Champions League finalists, Chelsea and Bayern Munich, were suspended from selection. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, chairman of Bayern and of the influential European Club Association, has echoed calls from his coach [...]
