5 movie prop shockers – How much would you’ve paid for Walter White’s underwear? December 3, 2013 Perhaps another sign of global economic pickup, as recent movie prop auctions see people splashing out big time on their favourite memorabilia. Here are five movies (well, four films and one adulated TV series) that illustrate the point: Game of Death The coveted jumpsuit that clad Bruce Lee in "Game of Death" went up for [...]
Review: The Sign of the Don November 26, 2013 FOOD Four Stars VALUE Three Stars ATMOSPHERE Four Stars Cost for two with matched wine and some sherry £148 Address: 21 St Swithins Lane, EC4N 8AD Tel: 020 7626 2606 If you were taking a partner out for an important occasion – an anniversary, maybe, or the death of a loved one – would you [...]
Clooney and Bullock excel in Gravity November 7, 2013 FILM GRAVITY Cert 12A | Five stars Just when you think you’ve got Gravity pegged – is it a disaster movie? A psycho-drama? – it floats off in an altogether different direction. In some ways, it’s a 90-minute action sequence – and a brilliant one at that – but calling it an action movie would [...]
A sci-fi treat with plenty of brains October 24, 2013 FILM ENDER’S GAME Cert 12a | By Simon Thomson Four Stars ENDER’S Game is a science fiction adventure about a special boy, sent to a special school, where he is trained to be a ruthless war commander. Basically, it’s Harry Potter. If he’d been sent to a military academy. In space. The internet has been [...]
Boris Johnson beats Osborne to charm China October 14, 2013 GEORGE Osborne and Boris Johnson yesterday conducted a joint question and answer session with Chinese students as the two politicians attempted to woo the country on competing trade missions. Osborne is today expected to offer a loosening of regulatory barriers for Chinese banks wanting to expand in London. Yesterday he said: “A great nation like [...]
Amazon hits 15 years of British online business October 14, 2013 AMAZON UK celebrates its 15th birthday today, with its British operations having run since 1998. Amazon has seen dramatic growth in its 15 years with revenue growing from $293,643 (£183,662) in its first quarter of 1999, after launching in the UK, to highs of $15.7bn last quarter. Despite Amazon’s record growth, its earnings are harder [...]
Amazon’s best selling products of all time October 14, 2013 Amazon, the online mega retailer, has published a bumper list of entertainment best sellers. We've got as much as we can fit of the 15 years worth of data below. Overall Fastest Selling Product Fastest selling product of all time Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (physical book) Fastest Selling Product by Category Fastest selling [...]
JK Rowling makes screen writing debut September 12, 2013 BEST-SELLING Harry Potter author JK Rowling will return to the wizarding world for her screenplay debut, Warner Brothers said yesterday. Rowling has agreed to write the screenplay for “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”, a film based on the adventures of Newt Scamander – the fictional author of a Hogwarts textbook of the same [...]
Any Other Business – 28/08 August 27, 2013 ■ Square Mile stalwart and market commentator at Panmure Gordon David Buik is known for his poetic City commentary – often quoting the likes of Whitman, Shakespeare, Poe and Housman. But he began his daily missive with a more modern rhyme on Monday – and one that will be all too familiar to weary Bank [...]
Odemwingie farce mars QPR triple signing January 31, 2013 QUEENS Park Rangers broke their transfer record for the second time in a month yesterday by signing former Blackburn defender Christopher Samba from Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala for £12.5m. Samba joined Rangers on a four-and-a-half-year contract hours before last night’s deadline, replacing former Ewood Park team-mate Ryan Nelsen, who has left to manage Toronto FC, [...]