Slasher flick with added pliés January 20, 2011 Film BLACK SWAN Cert: 15 NATATLIE Portman plays ballet dancer Nina in this psychological thriller from director Darren Aronofsky (the Wrestler). She’s just landed the lead role in Swan Lake: it’s The Biggie. Notorious for being mentally and physically exacting, the challenge is made even tougher when the talented Lily (Mila Kunis) joins the company. [...]
Suiting that’s fit for a king January 20, 2011 THERE’S a moment in the movie du jour, The King’s Speech, when Colin Firth’s Bertie, Duke of York (and future George VI) goes to Balmoral where his brother Edward, the Prince of Wales (Guy Pearce, above right) is hosting a rather racy party. Firth shows up wearing a kilt, and looks rather a ninny compared [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND January 20, 2011 FILM THE DILEMMA Vince Vaughan and Kevin James (no, us neither) star in this predictably lame bloke comedy. Avoid it – et voila, dilemma solved! NEDS Actor/director Peter Mullan’s terrific portrait of delinquent life in Glasgow’s tough estates in the 1970s. DVD THE SWITCH Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston star in a romantic comedy about [...]
Wolves have the fight to tame Kenny’s Reds January 20, 2011 WOLVES vs LIVERPOOL Tomorrow – 12.45pm Sky Sports 2 KENNY Dalglish hasn’t made the dream return to management that many Liverpool fans would have hoped for, taking just one point from his opening three games. It could have been even worse had Dirk Kuyt not converted a second half penalty against Everton on Sunday. Liverpool [...]
Mourad worth Big Buck’s in World Hurdle January 20, 2011 WITH just under two months to go until the start of the Cheltenham Festival, the time is right to start building our ante-post portfolio. The purpose of any bet placed such a long way in advance of the event itself is to take a price about a horse that will supposedly be a lot shorter [...]
Goldman loses shine as assets profits nosedive January 19, 2011 Pay per employee at Wall Street’s top investment bank fell by 14 per cent in 2010 compared to the previous year, figures showed yesterday. The decline in pay at Goldman Sachs comes amid a fresh row about bonuses, despite compensation tracking the bank’s performance. The bank announced a 13 per cent decline in revenues to [...]
Wenger: Gunners hungry for success January 19, 2011 LEEDS UNITED 1 vs ARSENAL 3 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger believes his side’s defeat of Leeds in last night’s FA Cup third round replay confirms the end of a six-year trophy drought is just around the corner, Leeds were well deserving of a second shot at Arsenal after their performance at Emirates Stadium 10 days [...]
We have a team full of leaders, says Arsenal manager January 19, 2011 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has denied his side suffers from a lack of leadership. Midfielder Denilson had been quoted yesterday in an interview given to Brazilian TV saying “Fabregas is the captain, but he is not a leader to me”. The 22-year-old subsequently claimed he had been misquoted, while Fabregas himself insisted their is no [...]
HMV in crisis talks as debt threatens bank limits January 19, 2011 TROUBLED music retailer HMV has called in KPMG for debt management advice to try to stop it breaching upcoming bank covenants. HMV, which experienced a torrid day yesterday after admitting that credit insurers had reduced their coverage of its sales amid fears of its creditworthiness, has hired the accountant to provide specialist debt advisory services, [...]
Keothavong: I blew chance January 19, 2011 British No2 laments missed opportunity after defeat in second round of Australian Open BRITISH No2 Anne Keothavong admitted blowing a golden opportunity after coming within six points of shocking 30th seed Andrea Petkovic at the Australian Open. Keothavong, who has never been further than round two in Melbourne, won the first set 2-6 and was [...]
