Sharp, funny and explosive, it’s a very British action-comedy that does everything it should. Timothy Dalton is a triumph as a millionaire baddy. Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright’s excellent follow-up to the cult comedy-horror Shaun of the Dead (and the second chapter in the Cornetto Trilogy, before The World’s End) reunites Pegg with Nick Frost in the story of two policemen who uncover a conspiracy in a Somerset village. As Bloom lies on his deathbed, his now-adult son (Billy Crudup) attempts to unpick the shaggy dog stories and discover who his father really is. Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney play the young and old versions of Edward Bloom – a man who has spent his life telling wild tales of giants and witches. Tim Burton steps out of his usual realm of the macabre to make this quirky, fun family film largely free of spooks. The soundtrack is also gorgeous, and features the likes of Frank Ocean, SZA and Animal Collective. But his overbearing father Ronald (Sterling K Brown) pushes him too far, and when Tyler gets injured, he turns to drugs to block out the pain. High-school student Tyler (Kelvin Harrison Jr) has it all: he’s a popular athlete with a beautiful girlfriend (played by Euphoria’s Alexa Demie). Trey Edward Shults’s film is a dreamlike study of growing up. What’s in store for Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) and Che (Sara Ramirez), and can Charlotte (Kristin Davis) keep her picture-perfect family intact? Kim Cattrall’s brief cameo in AJLT… is nicely timed as her own new series, Glamorous, launches on Netflix, with Cattrall playing a former model and mentor to influencer Marco (Miss Benny). The Sex and the City gang are back to face more first-world problems and, in the case of Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), a long-awaited reunion with old flame Aidan (John Corbett). Five rounds test language, calculation, lateral thinking, visual intelligence and memory, before the winning team of three are then pitted against each other in the final which, in tonight’s opener, is a nailbiter.įormer Strictly dancer Kevin Clifton follows the roots of his family tree all the way to Canada for a story of scandal, surprise and startling resilience.Īs temperatures rise, Adam Frost has an update from his meadow turf experiment, Nick Bailey sings the praises of the dogwood tree and the build-up to RHS Flower Show Tatton Park begins. Jayde Adams leads this series which is none the worse for its familiar premise and brand of humour, as her band of misfits at a call centre are given a rude awakening by the arrival of Katherine Kelly’s flinty new boss.Ī cerebral prime-time puzzle show hosted by a historian might sound like a gamble for Channel 5, but the premise is, like its distant cousin Only Connect, made for playing along at home, and Lucy Worsley proves a wry, reassuring presenter (as in her own histories of everyone from Agatha Christie to the Georgians). Having written Jam & Jerusalem, Trollied and Stella, writer Abigail Wilson is an old hand at the warm, well-crafted mainstream sitcom. His wife Abbey, Steven Gerrard and Sven-Göran Eriksson are among the contributors, while Crouch himself proves honest and self-effacing. GTĪ tall story, indeed: this profile of Peter Crouch traces his unlikely rise from figure of fun to robot-dancing England striker and back to figure of fun again, this time on his own terms. The finished works will take their well-deserved place in the Royal Collection and will be on display at Holyroodhouse and the National Portrait Gallery. Many of them speak movingly of their experiences over the last 75 years, having answered the call to help rebuild a devastated nation.Īmong the sitters are actor Carmen Munroe, artist Gilda Oliver, factory worker and campaigner Edna Henry, scientist Geoff Palmer and railworker “Big” John Richards, their stories encompassing a broad canvas of post-war life where racism has undoubtedly had an impact without ever defining them or their achievements. “It is, I believe, crucially important that we should truly see and hear these pioneers who stepped off the Empire Windrush at Tilbury in June 1948… to recognise and celebrate the immeasurable difference that they, their children and their grandchildren have made to this country.” So says the King in this film following one of his most impressive initiatives, as 10 artists (Sonia Boyce, Sahara Longe and Chloe Cox among them) paint portraits of those who emigrated to Britain as part of the Windrush generation.
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