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Spark Something Good

August 5, 2015, 12:34 pm
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Getting your hands dirty feels good. There's nothing better than really getting stuck into something and seeing the results. It works for sorting out your garden, doing some DIY, clearing the loft - but just imagine if whatever you got stuck into also managed to change someone's life. Just imagine.

We all spend our lives wanting to be better and more fulfilled versions of ourselves. The secret, I've learnt, is very simple - the key to happiness is kindness. And while helping someone out feels good, helping someone out in your local community feels great.

I'm not the only one who believes it. Currently around 40% of us volunteer each year, and even more want to, but don't know how to go about it. But the need for us all to get involved in local causes, be it through time or money, has never been greater.

Lots of people want to support local charities, give hands-on help and see lives being changed.

More people than ever before are coming up with incredible ideas to bring about real change and are desperate to put their skills to good use in their communities. And often, when it comes to making those ideas a reality, a huge barrier is simply not having enough manpower.

But this isn't just about today or even tomorrow. It's about the cumulative effect of people giving back to their community over time. We want to make people happy and spark a relay of good deeds across the nation. The potential is simply enormous.

So last week (29 July) I rolled up my sleeves, picked up a paintbrush and transformed a rooftop in Central London into a magical space for a bunch of kids I'd never met - all for the launch of Marks & Spencer's new initiative, Spark Something Good.

The campaign aims to inspire and motivate people to muck in and help out with local causes that desperately need a few more hands on deck to make their dreams a reality. So now I'm hoping you're all going to follow me, too. Not on the rooftop - it wasn't that big - but in transforming the lives around you. So come on, join us and help Spark Something Good.

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It's 'Top Gear' Folks; but Not as We Know It.

August 6, 2015, 6:13 am
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Did you know that when the film director Francis Ford Coppola first cast the lead in the classic war movie Apocalypse now he chose Harvey Keitel? There were some differences between Coppola's interpretations of the lead character Captain Willard and Keitel's idea on how he should be played and so after the first week of principal photography he was replaced by another casting favourite Martin Sheen. The rest as they say is history but we'll never know whether the film would have been better with the equally talented Keitel as the star or not. In another instance after working with Coppola on the Godfather Part three, the actor Andy Garcia was firm favourite to play Dracula in Coppola's version of the classic film but the role went instead to Gary Oldman. Again, the film may have turned out better or worse with either man playing the role. We'll never know. But what we all know is that Top Gear without Jeremy Clarkson will not even really be Top Gear. In a musical comparison this will be Van Hagar not Van Halen. Worse still, it won't even be like Queen without Freddie Mercury( and let's face it even the stuff recorded with Elton John and George Michael were poor substitutes for the originals with the great and grand Mister Mercury) and this is because the rest of 'the band' made up of James May and Richard Hammond have departed too. Just as James May observed in the midst of the fracas surrounding Clarkson's departure and subsequent negotiations for him and Hammond to stay were underway "It just won't work without Jeremy!" Even if they had stayed well, The Doors could never replace Jim Morrison could they? This proposed replacement of Top Gear is a brand new animal and should really have brand new packaging and a brand new name.

Anyway, possibly before the new team is cast in stone I would like to offer an alternative selection than the one being planned to be lead by Chris Evans-I think one team that could work really well in the Top Gear format would be Rowan Atkinson, Jay Kay from Jamiroquai and Stephen Fry. All car enthusiasts but moreover they're all very popular men. They would also be a similar combination of personalities as the original group. True this would be expensive to put together but no more than the original boy's have just signed a new deal for. Would it be better than the original line up? I very much doubt it but it was the best I could come up with.

With so many remakes of great movies churning out these days, either for the big screen or being made into television show's one movie that won't be remade is one of the very best ever: The Godfather. Did you know that Marlon Brando was the studio's last choice for the role of Don Vito Corleone? Executives refused to consider Brando for the role of Don Corleone, given the difficult actor's reputation. Among the other actors considered were Orson Welles, Laurence Olivier, George C. Scott, Anthony Quinn, and Ernest Borgnine. Even Burt Lancaster wanted the job but as we all know it went to Brando. No one has ever considered that bad casting because we know no one could have done a better job. Now Top Gear isn't a piece of art like this movie but it's a pretty great action blockbuster of a show. If it goes ahead as is it will be a Rocky movie without Stallone, a Mission Impossible movie without Cruise, worse still it could just be like a Bond movie with the wrong guy as Bond-you know the ones I'm talking about.

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‘Great British Bake Off' 2015 Winner Leaked? Bookies Suspend Betting After Flurry Of Punters Back The Same Baker

August 6, 2015, 6:16 am
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Nothing like a bit of ‘Great British Bake Off’ drama to kickstart August, is there?

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This year’s series is barely 24 hours old, and we’ve already had a music copyright debate, a gateau disaster and a barrage of tweets about a sad hipster in a hat.

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The bakers


Now, there’s serious cause for concern though, as bookies Ladbrokes have suspended betting on the show, fearing that the winner has been leaked.

The BBC reports that a “flurry” of bets were placed on one contestant, leading the bookmakers to halt all betting on the show.

"We offered prices on Monday and, almost before the ink was dry, an unusual number of punters were in a rush to back only one contestant," Ladbrokes’ David Williams tells the BBC.

"On Tuesday and Wednesday it was more of the same one-way traffic. That was enough to set our alarm bells ringing and, as a precaution, we suspended our betting.

“Hopefully, we'll go back up with revised odds sooner rather than later, but we didn't want to get caught with our pants pulled down and a soggy bottom, so we've decided to take a breather until we are reassured that ‘Bake Off’ hasn't gone off already.

"When you see a run of bets like this for one contestant at the expense of everyone else that can be a sign to suspend betting for a bit to assess the situation.”

Before the first episode even aired, bookies had already picked Nidya from Leeds as the favourite to win this year’s series.

The first episode of the show wasn’t without its dramas, and over 9 million viewers tuned in to see Dorret’s black forest gateau turn into a huge gatnoooo (yeah, we went there).

Recap the inaugural episode of the 2015 ‘GBBO’ series here.



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I Wish I Knew How to Quit You: My Love/Hate Relationship With Reboots

August 6, 2015, 6:16 am
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"But it's a classic! How could you even possibly think of remaking it?"

That's the mewling whinge you'll hear up and down the country, or angrily typed out on online forums and social media, pretty much every time Hollywood decides to reboot a movie. I totally get it and, I can't lie, there are times when I have spaffed out that indignation myself.

Yes, it might seem disrespectful to a classic movie to have another bash at it. Yes, if there's nothing wrong with the original movie, why does it need to remade at all? I totally understand both those arguments.

In the last few weeks director Mark Neveldine has told ScreenCrush.Com that he would love to remake The Warriors, one of my favourite films of all time, saying: "We have never been interested in remakes, and probably still aren't. But that's the one that we've always felt would just be awesome. We just feel like we're the perfect guys for that job; baseball bats, roller-skates, gangs, the heightened world. We know there's been fear at some studios like "We make this movie today and gangs are gonna go wild!" And it's like "Whatever." You do it in Crank style, people are just gonna laugh and have fun."

Other seemingly holy cows that are also on the redux list are The Goonies and Gremlins. Chris Columbus, wrote both of those, has been quoted as saying: "The stuff that I'm involved with - the Gremlins and Goonies reboots, for instance - they would do those without me. So, I'm staying involved just so I can be protective and actually protect what people love about those movies so it doesn't go off track."

The latest attempt at Fantastic Four is upon us whether we like it or not, we already know that Spider-Man is getting a third big screen reboot in less than 15 years, a new Ghostbusters vision is on the way, 90s teen witch gem The Craft is getting a generational facelift and even more recently comes word that A Nightmare On Elm Street is being rebooted. I could be here forever if I listed all if the reboots we already know are in the pipeline and seems that every day that list grows. The redux express is showing no signs of slowing down.

I'm never going to put my hand on my heart and say that remaking a movie is always a good idea because, in all honesty, it isn't - making a bad movie is one thing but remaking a great movie and turning it into a horrible movie is a crime that should actually be punishable in some way. What I will say is that even the best films usually have some flaws and redoing them allows us to update and improve on the idea OR take it in a new direction. Sometimes revisiting a film and giving it new life is the first time a director has really been able to put an idea on the big screen in the way we were, of they believe we were, meant to see it.

Also, wouldn't you rather have a well crafted reboot of a classic movie than a shonky sequel that's so far away from the original film that it is almost insulting? There are so many franchises that, as the numbers at the end of the title increase, the quality of the film itself decreases. THAT, to me, is a far bigger crime. Terminator Genisys, yes, I am looking at you. You don't have a number but you do make me think of a stinky number two.

Let's look at just one genre: Horror. In the bad, or at very least poor, reboot corner we have many culprits including Poltergeist, Nightmare On Elm Street (2010 version), Halloween, Friday The 13th, Texas Chainsaw, April Fools Day, Prom Night, The Stepfather... the list goes on and on.

But in good reboot corner - staying with the horror genre - we have Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, John Carpenter's The Thing (Yes, in case you didn't know, it is a remake), The Fly, Dawn Of The Dead, The Ring, Night Of The Living Dead, The Hills Have Eyes, Evil Dead... the list goes on.

It's actually an interesting exercise to do genre by genre. Okay, it's slightly tragic and anal and it might take forever but whatever.

To automatically say that a reboot is a bad thing purely because it's a reboot is nothing less than a tantrum.

Understandably, people do get attached to movies. We tend to have a personal connection with them, memories associated to when or where or with whom we saw the film for the first time and how we felt. The thing is that having a film remade doesn't damage the original and is certainly doesn't mean we can't watch the original over and over - it doesn't disappear just because a reboot has come along. It's not an 'either/or' situation.

You also don't have to watch it if you don't want to. You could just avoid it. Personally, and being a geek, even if it turns out to be a stinker I still like to see the new version so I can compare them and look and see what they kept in and what they changed.

Take Dungeons and Dragons for example. Back in 2010 there was a (terrible) film released inspired by the widely popular game and world in it that didn't do much to inspire audiences or critics. In 2015 a new movie is in the works at Warner Bros, 10 months after a trial over who owned the rights to the fantasy game ended.

This is one of a slew of franchises, or potential franchises, that are getting a new lease of life with quite often attractive, young and unknown or up-and-coming casts. That's perfectly okay. I think it's actually better than okay, I actively encourage it even if it does make me cringe a bit. And audiences encourage Hollywood to keep doing it by going to cinema to see the films albeit with wildly different degrees of box office success.

My only request with a reboot is that they bring something new to the table, be it creativity, pure sass or even a cheeky homage. But don't give me the same thing done less well - especially if you have a bigger budget.

Don't forget, there are whole generations that don't know the originals exist or pooh-pooh them because they're old. The new version might make them discover the original for the first time and that's a great thing because it fosters a love of film AND a desire to know more about it. Or we can at least hope that's the case.

So, the next time you hear Hollywood is having another bash at a movie you love, don't let the idea of it give you nightmares. I'm curious so personally, until I get to see it on the big screen, I'll be probably counting sleeps, not losing them. And I kind of hate myself a bit for that.

Reboots, I wish I knew how to quit you.

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Hugh Jackman Photobombs Australian Newsreader During Live Broadcast (VIDEO)

August 6, 2015, 6:24 am
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Hugh Jackman gave an Australian newsreader a massive surprise this week, by sneaking up behind her during a live broadcast.

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Jessica Turner from Australia’s Channel 10 News had been reporting on the Fight Cancer Foundation’s ‘Back On Track’ programme from outside Sydney Children’s Hospital, where the ‘Wolverine’ actor was present to launch the scheme.

What she wasn’t counting on, though, was that she’d be broadcasting right at the moment that Hugh chose to leave the hospital - and when he noticed the cameras, he couldn’t resist a little prank.

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Sneaking up behind her, Hugh shouted “photobomb”, and then kept walking, a flustered Jessica laughed off the prank, joking it was “the best kind of photobomb”.

Of course, Hugh still has a long way to go before he takes the photobombing crown from Benedict Cumberbatch, who can’t seem to go the length of an awards ceremony without inviting himself into the background of someone’s picture.

The Australian actor has an exciting few months ahead of him, and he's currently gearing up for the release of ‘Pan’, an adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s ‘Peter Pan’ story, where he will be playing Blackbeard.

The film also stars child actor Levi Miller in the titular role, while Cara Delevingne will be playing one of the mermaids in Neverland.

Hugh also recently announced that his next outing as ‘X-Men’ character Wolverine will be his last, teasing his last appearance in the role on his Twitter page.



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Nick Grimshaw's Radio 1 Shows Gains Listeners After Hitting Record Low

August 6, 2015, 7:10 am
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There’s good news for DJ Nick Grimshaw, whose Radio 1 breakfast show has gained listeners, after hitting an all-time low earlier this year.

Back in May, figures showed Grimmy’s show attracted an average of 5.5 million listeners a day, but that number has now risen by 343,000, according to Rajar figures.

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Nick's got a reason to smile


Radio 1’s sister station 1Xtra has also gained listeners, and the channels’ controller Ben Cooper has shared his joy, stating: "This is great news for Grimmy and 1Xtra, however RAJAR only tells part of the Radio 1 story as it continues to innovate in reaching new audiences for the BBC in different ways.

"I'm delighted that we are also averaging over one million requests a month on the Radio 1 iPlayer channel and over one million views a day on YouTube.

"Radio 1 will continue to bring new music, new presenters and new innovations to our young audience."

The DJ has had a busy few months, and during that time, he was announced as one of the new judges on ‘X Factor’.

Since being revealed as one of the show’s panellists, Grimmy’s new co-workers Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, Simon Cowell and Rita Ora have all made appearances on his show.

Earlier this month, the initial round of ‘X Factor’ auditions was completed, along with the bootcamp stage, and the panel will reunite in September to film everyone’s favourite segment, ahem, the Six Chair Challenge.



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'Jumanji' Remake Release Date Prompts Confusion And An Outpouring Of Grief Online

August 6, 2015, 7:13 am
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It caused a generation to fear giant slobbering spiders and to fall in love with Robin Williams.

But now Sony Pictures has confirmed the classic American adventure film 'Jumanji' will receive a 21st-century makeover as part of a remake set to be released next year.

The original 1995 motion picture starring Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst and David Allen Grier was a box office hit taking over $260 million worldwide.


A classic scene from 1995's 'Jumanji' (Source: Tumblr)


Rumours of a remake have been circulating since as early as 2012 but with Robin Williams sudden passing last year details were not confirmed until now. The film will be in cinemas from December 25th 2016.

Let's just hope "the game for those who seek to leave the world behind" isn't re-imagined as a smartphone app.

Meanwhile, social media doesn't know what to think...





































And 'Jumanji' isn't the only new film announced today. See the video below.

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Sportsman Wins Injunction Over 'Previous Sexual Relationship With Celebrity'

August 6, 2015, 7:54 am
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A "prominent and successful" professional sportsman is embroiled in a High Court action to prevent a newspaper publishing a story about a sexual relationship he had with a female celebrity before his marriage.

The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, won a temporary injunction at the weekend preventing The Sun from running a story based on an account given by the woman, referred to only as X.

The order was made on Saturday by a High Court judge following an urgent telephone application made by top lawyers on behalf of the man and his wife, who were also granted anonymity.

Mrs Justice Elisabeth Laing said she was granting the injunction for a "short period only", pending a further and more detailed hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Wednesday.

That hearing was listed before another judge, Mr Justice Dingemans, but it did not take place.

Today, Mr Justice Dingemans gave a short ruling on the case, explaining why the hearing relating to the injunction did not take place.

He said: "In the event the parties agreed orders containing undertakings and directions for trial, which meant that the hearing before me did not go ahead.

"This short judgment records that fact by way of open judgment, and this is because the orders provided for a derogation from the principle of open justice in that the order for anonymity of the claimants made by Laing J (Mrs Justice Laing) was continued."

Following the weekend application, Mrs Justice Laing produced a written judgment explaining her reasons for granting the injunction.

Referring to the applicants - the sportsman and his wife – as A1 and A2, she said: "A1 is a prominent and successful professional sportsman who has from time to time held positions of responsibility in his sport.

"He appears in advertisements for some products. He is now married to A2. He seeks to restrain a national newspaper from publishing a story, to be recounted by X, about a sexual relationship between them.

"It is common ground that the relationship was some years ago and lasted a few months. At the time of this relationship he was not married to A2, but she had been his girlfriend for a while.

"X says, and this has not been specifically denied by A1, that they met at times when he should have been preparing for sports events."

The judge said: "X now wishes to give her account in order to 'put the record straight'".

Mrs Justice Laing said evidence from the newspaper described the proposed content of the article, adding: "It is considerably more detailed and concrete than what has been published so far."

Publication "will no doubt cause embarrassment to A1 and A2".

The judge said: "A1's conduct in two-timing A2 for a relatively brief period before they married must have hurt the two women concerned when they found out about it.

"It is not for me to moralise about such conduct. But I do express a suitably diffident doubt whether this conduct was socially harmful.

"It caused private pain; but no-one was corrupted or coerced. The conduct had no ramifications beyond the three people who were affected by it. It did not affect society in any way."

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Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg Ask Each Other Red Carpet Questions To Highlight Gender Stereotyping By Media

August 6, 2015, 8:04 am
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Actresses haven't been backward at coming forward this year on the inequalities of the movie industry in general, and their treatment on the red carpet in particular.

Kristen Stewart is the latest star to reveal just how differently male and female actors get treated when it comes to what questions they're asked - and she pranked her 'American Ultra' co-star Jesse Eisenberg to do it.

Jesse becomes more and more uncomfortable to be on the receiving end of Kristen's questions - which is strange, seeing as they're only the very normal type of enquiries that female actresses receive all the time.

Watch how Kristen gives Jesse a lesson in their video for 'Funny or Die' above...

This comes on the back of a group of actresses speaking out after years of withstanding unequal treatment - whether it be what they're asked to wear to auditions, to the age differences permitted between them and their leading men. Zoe Kravitz claims she was even told she wasn't to audition for 'Dark Knight' because... they "weren't going urban".

Maybe this is karma for Jesse... two years ago, he sat down for an interview with Romina Puga for his film 'Now You See Me' which he succeeded in making more and more awkward. Remind yourself of his charms here...



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'Strictly Come Dancing' 2015: First Celebrity On Line-Up To Be Announced By Chris Evans, This Monday

August 6, 2015, 8:16 am
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‘Strictly Come Dancing’ fans won’t have long to wait until they can find out which stars will be lacing up their dancing shoes and heading onto the floor for this year’s series.

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Chris Evans - because God knows he hasn’t been getting enough media attention lately - will be revealing the first celebrity taking part in this year’s series on his Radio 2 show this Monday (10 August). ‘It Takes Two’ presenter Zoe Ball confirmed this on Radio 2 on Wednesday.

Last year, fans of the show were teased with the revelation of one member of the line-up per day, through a variety of different media, and it sounds like bosses have a similar tactic lined up this time around.




Rehearsals for this year’s show are already underway, with the 13 professional dancers returning from last series posing for a photo in a studio, alongside the three new recruits to the line-up.

In the past few months, we’ve seen rumours circulating all over about who could be taking part, with Peter Andre, Louise Redknapp and Jamelia reportedly on producers’ wishlists (and Michelle Heaton apparently on a one-woman mission to land a place on the show).

Several stars have also ruled themselves out of the running, such as ‘Loose Women’ presenter Linda Robson, who admitted she was fearful she’d be the token “joke” act, and newsreader Fiona Bruce, who confessed she prefers “getting down on the dancefloor” to performing routines.

Alrighty then.

Check out the full list of rumours for this year’s ‘Strictly’ below, ahead of this Monday’s announcement…



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'War Book' Political Drama Asks The Ultimate Question... Who Would You Trust To Push The Button?

August 6, 2015, 9:02 am
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If the nation were threatened with the prospect of overwhelming attack, someone knows what to do, right?

Because there’s a set of top-secret protocols and guidelines worked out by government and military officials that take account of everyone and everything, right?

This is the ‘War Book’, a genuine item that gives its name to a new political thriller, that follows nine civil servants who gather for three days to shape policy and procedures in the event of such a disaster.

As the scenario escalates and the group begins to address the breakdown of civil order, the reality dawns that they are deciding the actual, fragile future of the nation and everyone in it. When personal politics crash irrevocably into the room, each is forced to look closely at what they really believe, and how much their decisions are actually worth.

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Those in the room decide - the cast of political thriller 'War Book'


Jack Thorne’s modern-day script is based on a set of 1960s documents that have since been declassified. Director Tom Harper tells HuffPostUK, “There’s no reason to believe these meetings aren’t continuing to this day.”

The film, with all but one scene set in one room, boasts a stellar cast – including Sophie Okonedo, Ben Chaplin, Antony Sher and Shaun Evans – but what becomes apparent between the personal agendas and shifting allegiances, is that deciding what really matters in the world is a very subjective matter.

“We’ve taken a few shortcuts,” explains Tom. “They would have spent three whole days, not an hour and a half. But the basic framework is authentic, and so are the questions involved, taking it as far as… do you push the button?”

Both director and writer were clear that they didn’t want to push forward their own answer to this ultimate question.

“It’s not black or white, these are people struggling to come to terms with decisions that they’re facing,” says Tom.

“And that’s because there aren’t any easy answers. It really could come down to who the strongest-willed person in the room happens to be, or other idiosyncratic details that can influence people’s thinking.

“When you’re growing up, you expect the doctors or politicians or teachers to have the right answers, and then you grow up and realise that’s not the case.”

'War Book' will have a series of event screenings and discussions over the weekend of August 7, 8 and 9 as follows:

Friday 7 August:
BFI Southbank (London)

Saturday 8 August:
Art House Crouch End (London)
Rio Dalston (London)
Phoenix Picturehouse Oxford
Cambridge Picturehouse

Sunday 9 August:
Empire Walthamstow (London)
Picturehouse Central (London)

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The Psychology of 'Doctor Who'

August 6, 2015, 9:29 am
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It is fair to say that I have two great obsessions in my life. Doctor Who and Psychology. The following blog post is the strange hybrid child of my two passions - the centre of the Venn diagram of my two favourite things. So be prepared for a neuropsychology geek overload.

So as a Psychologist, what can I can deduce about the Doctor's psychology? Although many have tried, no-one has been successful in giving the Doctor a full psych evaluation. So what can we tell from the evidence presented (all 800+ episodes).

Well let's face it, when we look at the Doctor his physiology appears remarkably (some would say conveniently) humanoid. Unlike the Ood, the Doctor does not have to wander about holding part of his brain. And he has not yet been turned into an unemotional cyborg like the Cyberman. However, we do know that the Doctor is an alien from the far off planet of Gallifrey. Even the primitive investigations us Earthlings have managed have revealed some key physiological differences, such as the fact that the Doctor has two hearts.

But what about his brain? Is that also alien?

Well given the Doctor's average skull size it seems fair to assume that his brain would be around the same weight (three pounds) as a typical adult male. But is it possible to tell more?
In the 19th Century, a German physician, Franz Gall came up with the idea of Phrenology. This 'science' suggested that we could discover a person's personality traits and mental aptitudes simply by measuring the areas of the skull. Phrenology heads are still popular today but more as an interior designer's accessory than as a serious scientific instrument.

Only recently have we been able to (safely) look at someone's brain while they are still alive! Modern brain scanning techniques have given rise to an updated version of phrenology - neo-phrenology, which suggests that you can make some judgements about a person's mental strengths and weaknesses by looking at the structure of areas of the brain.

The brain can be divided into three distinct parts, the fore-brain, mid-brain and the brain stem. Each area of the brain is responsible for a particular function. So for example, the occipital lobes (located at the back of the brain) are responsible for visual processing. So, if a brain scan revealed that someone had a malformed occipital lobe we might expect that person to have problems with their vision.

No-one so far has tried to scan the Doctor's brain (even if a few have tried to steal it). However, we could consider the things that the Doctor is good at and then attempt some reverse engineering. For example, the Doctor has often been shown to have a superior memory; therefore, maybe we would expect the Doctor's brain to have a better hippocampus (the structure in the mid-brain responsible for memory). The study of famous brains, such as Einstein's, does highlight how those with superior ability can have structural differences in their brains. Einstein, for example, is reported to have had an unusual pattern of grooves (called sulci) on both right and left parietal lobes. The parietal lobes are known to be particularly important for mathematical abilities and spatial tasks. Therefore although we might assume that the Doctor's brain is the same size as a human brain, the chances are that it is wired up quite differently.

Although the Doctor appears to have a remarkable intellect, the Doctor does show a number of very human failings which might actually remind you of a certain sub-species of human. The Doctor can be grumpy, sulky, indecisive, engage in risky behaviours which place both him and his companions in danger as well as having quite an extreme sense of fashion.

Yes.

That's right.

The Doctor's behaviours are similar to sulky teenager and this might explain some of the poor decision-making we occasionally see. Psychologists think that the teenager's brains have a large number of neural connections which can lead to poor judgments as they simply can't keep track of multiple thoughts. Further, due to the sheer number of neural connections they can't gain instant access to the critical memories and emotions needed to inform important decisions. It is possible that part of the reason that the Doctor takes risks and occasionally makes poor decisions is because he just has too many neural connections and simply can't keep track of all of his thoughts.

We also know that when the Doctor regenerates he can shape his personality to suit his current environment. For example, the War Doctor (John Hurt) appears to have had a very different psychological make-up to other regenerations. We know that humans can also shape their brains to respond to the environment in which they find themselves. At around the age of 12 we start a process where the neural connections which are not being used die off in a process called pruning. So for example, our ability to learn languages we have not been exposed to in childhood starts to decrease. This continues through our teenage years. It could well be that the Doctor around the time of regeneration is undergoing a very extreme form of neural pruning, priming his brain for the challenges ahead.

For all of the Doctor's differences, one way in which he is very human is in his need for companionship. The Doctor's companions tend to be the outgoing, adventurous type who will leap into the Tardis at the drop of a hat. The Doctor's companions are extremely loyal and offer him the emotional support he appears to need. Psychologists know that friendships are extremely important for remaining both physically and mentally healthy, with loneliness seriously impacting on our well-being. It has, however, been suggested that the Doctor may lack the empathy to care for his companions, with his companions constantly being placed in danger and some coming to a sticky end. Although it is clear that the Doctor cares for his human companions, it is not clear whether the relationship is 100% equal or whether the Doctor sees his companions more as a type of faithful pet. That is not to say that he does not care for his companions - many people love their 'fur babies' more than their human family! However, it does raise the interesting question as to whether, as an alien, the Doctor can ever fully understand human behaviour, just as sometimes we are at a complete loss to understand the thoughts and behaviours of our pet cat or dog.

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Safer Gigs for Women, Who Would Disagree?

August 6, 2015, 9:31 am
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I have been going to gigs for about 20 years now and one band in particular has my love like no other. I've seen the Manic Street Preachers countless times. Dressed in animal print and drenched in glitter, I've traveled far and wide, and patiently the hours of queuing to get to the barrier.

Obsessed? Well music is important to me. Emotionally, I doubt I could go a day without it. Practically, I've worked in a gig venue to help myself through university and have been known to financially cripple myself to go to festivals some summers. So I'm not naive when it comes to music crowds.

Though the nature of gigs themselves may encourage freedom in behaviour and nature - all together in one big, euphoric, often dark setting, crammed in tight and sweaty - it does not make it acceptable to grope, grab or act in any other threatening way towards a woman without her consent. You would think this does not need saying but this is the story of why I felt it was time to speak up and how 'Safe Gigs for Women' has happened.

Through most of my gig going life, Manics gigs in particular, I've felt safe. I've been known to go to gigs alone sometimes when my own passions aren't shared with my friends.

Convinced that the Manic's show in June at Cardiff Castle was quite possibly the most important gig in their history, it didn't matter that I couldn't find anyone else to go with, I wasn't going to miss it. I've been doing this long enough to think I can keep myself safe at gigs and due to being on my own and transport a concern, I didn't go into the thick of the crowd.

Getting on towards the end of the show, I found myself being barged past by a man to get a bit closer during 'the hits'. He then proceeded to keep staring at me. During the end song, I then found myself being grabbed at with both hands by him looking for a kiss, and when I said "no way!" He tried to pass it off as "just cause it's the last song". I stress this man never introduced himself, or even spoke to me.

Given that I was actively trying to ignore him I can't see why this would be seen as appropriate. I appreciate in moshpits it can be hard to assess what is accidental and this wasn't the pit and was clearly deliberate.

Was it the way I dressed and if so I can't see why the man from C&A would think I would be interested? I could ask if at a certain time of night, men do sometimes just "go after anything in a skirt" just because, "they might get lucky", but that discredits men all together and that's not fair, even more so considering the example the Manics themselves have set with regards to women. But anything else I ask tends to push the blame on me, and I'm not prepared to do that.

Sadly my initial reaction was no more gigs alone, but that is clearly not right. A woman at a gig on her own does not, should not ever equate to fair game or a chance to "get lucky" in anyone's minds.

What stays with my though other than his poor dress sense, however, is seeing as I was standing where it was open and other people could see what was going on, when I was clearly not okay with this, why did no-one attempt to help me?

Most of my friends are men, and I feel like I could count on all of them to stand up in an instance like this, but why not others? Cause think about this for a second... If it's fear of getting smacked, ask yourself: how on earth do you think the woman on the receiving end feels? I'm sure most men understand boundaries of normal, safe behaviour but until men start challenging those who don't, how can we ever challenge such outdated, noxious views?

In response to this event, I shared my story, The response I got from other women saying they had experienced similar illustrated I am not alone. From this, I established a Twitter account () in order for women to share their stories, and highlight that what happened to me was not an isolated incident (it was also, sadly, not the first incident like this). My current hope is that directed measures will be coming to Camden soon, to try make gigs safer for women. Please contact me via Twitter for more information.

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Jennifer Aniston And Justin Theroux Marry In Garden Of Bel Air Home, People Magazine And TMZ Website Report

August 6, 2015, 9:33 am
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Jennifer Aniston has married her fiance Justin Theroux in a private ceremony at the couple's Los Angeles home, it has been reported.

People Magazine reports that sources have confirmed the 'Friends' actress and actor/writer Justin wed in front of 70 friends and family at their mansion in Bel Air.

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Jennifer and Justin have been engaged for almost three years


Photographs posted on TMZ website reveal a wooden stage and temporary seating set up in the backyard. The website also reports the arrival of a big cake topped by two puppet characters.

TMZ also reports that the ceremony was as much of a surprise to their guests - including DJ Howard Stern, 'Friends' star Lisa Kudrow and longtime pal Chelsea Handler - as it was to the world's media, caught on the hop.

Jennifer and Justin have been engaged for three years, since Justin proposed in August 2012 during a Paris vacation.

Jennifer was previously married to Brad Pitt, whom she divorced in 2005. He is now married to longtime love Angelina Jolie. Jen's other previous loves include actors Vince Vaughn and Tate Donovan, and model Paul Sculfor.

Jennifer previously gushed about her fiance to People Magazine, calling him "the best thing this decade" about being in her forties.



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You Can't Learn Mindfulness by Taking a Pill

August 6, 2015, 9:34 am
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What keeps me practising mindfulness is that even if I'm not in the mood and believe me, that's often the case (mostly the case) is what I'm learning about how it impacts the brain. With a sit up you'll see the results to keep you going; you'll have some ripples down your front. With mindfulness each time you practice, you're building up an area in your brain that corresponds with the ability to pay attention. If you can learn to pay attention and not get dragged into unhelpful thoughts, you've broken the chains of slavery. Our thinking mind will beg, scream, urge, tantalize you to drag you off to wherever it wants but if you can keep focus, the benefits are biological, psychological and neurological. Boom! I bet you never connected all that with paying attention.

For those of you who've tried to study mindfulness but found it too torturing and yet still boring to each day, having to look into your own mind - especially when it's a pigsty, I understand you completely. The problem is, even if you aren't aware of the toxic thoughts in your head they're still there. You can run, you can hide, you can wish them away but they remain.

If we run away from our shadow it will follow us, if we run toward our shadow it will run away.

If you don't deal with them, you'll keep slinging your mess over everyone else and blaming them for creating yours. I have this lifelong mantra "Who can I blame?" If there's something I don't like about me, I will find an unassuming person, pin my crap on them and then give them hell and whip them like an old defunct mule. I'm extremely accomplished at pointing my finger at someone for getting me furious rather than U-turn the telescope onto myself to see who is actually the culprit. I don't think I'm alone when I say that I treat everyone around me in the way that I treat myself. We project the stuff in our minds not just onto our family and friends but the whole planet; I assume everyone's out to get me because I'm probably out to get them. We are the enemy to ourselves, everyone else is decoration.

You can't learn mindfulness by taking a pill, (I, who loves, pills, wish you could) nor can you thrust yourself upon a Reiki master/dog whisperer /juicer every time you feel your mind declare war. No one can help you except you and only you. The big yawn about this is, as with any other skill, you have to practice doing it in order to break the old habits. It's the only way you'll be able to get off cruise control and start to notice the scenery, smell the roses, taste the chocolate and hear the cry of a she-wolf. It takes gallons of willpower to get yourself to sit and practice but to be honest, I don't love lugging myself into the shower every day either. (Sometimes I skip it, don't tell anyone). Even when brushing my teeth I'm not having the time of my life so the discipline of sitting and practising each day is a personal achievement after giving myself every excuse known to man for not doing it ... my house is on fire or I have to find my missing sock immediately, especially if the house is on fire.

I'm on the road with Sane New World this autumn. Find out where I'll be.

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'Emmerdale': Residents Stunned As Val Killed By Mirror After Explosion, Pete Overwhelmed By Brother's Betrayal

August 6, 2015, 1:33 pm
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It was another shocking episode of 'Emmerdale' on Thursday evening, as the explosion claimed another victim, and someone else died in horrifying circumstances.

Both sisters Val Pollard (Charlie Hardwick) and Diane Sugden (Elizabeth Estensen) remained trapped in the mirror maze following the dramatic explosion bringing to a tragic end the wedding celebrations of Pete and Debbie Dingle.

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The mirror maze trapped both Val and Diane, but only one of them emerged from the wreckage


But while Diane was rescued, Vale was killed by a falling piece of mirror - sacrificing her life for her sister's - after she and her sister had shared an emotional heart-to-heart over their fractured relationship. Val went out in typically dramatic fashion, daring the dangling shard of mirror to do its worst.

Meanwhile, Debbie's injuries were tended to, while brothers Ross and Pete remained shocked by the discovery of betrayal.

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Pete and Ross's confrontation also ended in tragedy - but how can Pete get away with this?


Pete was beside himself with the revelation of his brother's affair with Debbie, and ended up beating Ross to a pulp - with unexpectedly tragic consequences. Worse still, he tried to cover up the incident by driving his brother's body to a nearby woods and hiding it, before returning to the village and - ironically - making up with Debbie and pledging a new future for both of them.

Dramatic enough for you?



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'I'm A Celebrity' 2015: Leslie Ash Heading To Jungle, Following 11-Year Health Battle?

August 7, 2015, 3:03 am
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Leslie Ash could be about to make her return to the small screen, with an appearance on ‘I’m A Celebrity’, following an 11-year battle with her health.

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Back in 2004, Leslie was struck down with a strain of the MRSA superbug, but recently revealed the happy news that she was off medication, and was able to walk without the use of a stick for the first time in years.

It has now been claimed that she’s hoping to return to television, with reports suggesting she’s in talks with producers of ‘I’m A Celebrity’ to enter the jungle later this year.

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Leslie Ash


An insider tells The Sun: “While Leslie can walk again, she still sometimes uses a stick because of some balance issues which might rule her out of some challenges.

“Bosses are currently seeing people about this year’s series and Leslie would be a great contestant if it could be made to work.”

If Leslie does become one of this year’s campmates, she could well be joined by ‘EastEnders’ actor Jake Wood, famous for playing Max Branning in the BBC soap.

After wowing us all with his snake-hips on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ last year, Jake recently spoke publicly about his desire to enter ‘I’m A Celebrity’, and with a planned break from ‘EastEnders’ coming up, we definitely think he’d be a great contestant.

Other stars to have been rumoured include Jamelia, Spencer Matthews and Caitlyn Jenner, who previously appeared on the US version of the show, when she was still known to the public as Bruce.



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Katie Hopkins Accused Of 'Fat-Shaming' Audience Member After Heated Exchanged In First Episode Of Chat Show

August 7, 2015, 3:15 am
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It didn't take long for Katie Hopkins to stir up trouble with her new chat show - about 20 minutes, in fact.

The self-professed 'most hated woman in Britain' had barely taken to her chair for TLC's 'If Katie Hopkins Ruled the World' before she became embroiled in a heated exchange with an audience member, who accused her of 'fat-shaming'.

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Katie was in fighting form during the first episode of her new chat show


One of Katie's proposed 'Rules' was that everyone who weighs more than nine stone be charged an extra £20 per kilo when boarding a flight, applying the same rules as for excess baggage.

While a surprisingly subdued Gemma Collins - the 'TOWIE' star who'd been expected to argue with Katie - in fact agreed with her, explaining that her size didn't prevent her fitting in a seat, it was left to audience member, known only as 'Sheryl' to accuse Katie of being bigoted against fat people.

"This is just pure hatred and there is no room for hatred in this society anymore," she told Katie.

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Sheryl wasn't happy with Katie's attitude, which she called "fat-shaming"


"It doesn't give fat people an incentive to lose weight, it gives thin people a privilege to fly.

"My grandma is overweight, she lives half the time here and half the time in Africa. Now I do not expect my 80-year-old grandma with arthritis and glaucoma to start losing weight."

Predictably, Katie didn't bat an eyelid, telling Sheryl she was just "an angry person in a pink jacket" and then offering to have a physical fight with her. Sheryl retorted that she'd "take" her.

Writer Liz Jones, also on the panel, reminded Katie that one of the last times people were discriminated against on account of their body types resulted in Nazism.

But Liz also had her share of the sharp side of Katie's tongue. During an earlier discussion on grooming, Liz talked about the amount of plastic surgery she'd had. Katie commented purely that Liz was now "weird-looking".

While Katie's loyal fanbase on Twitter hung on every word by their spokeswoman, the general consensus was that the show held few surprises, the biggest one being that Katie wasn't in fact hosting the show herself. Those duties were given to presenter Mark Dolan (previously Katie Price's co-host on Fubar radio), with Katie sitting to one side pontificating when required, and contributing a previously recorded package which saw her undertaking a "vagina facial" during the discussion on grooming.

With all this going on, who needs Dimbleby?

'If Katie Hopkins Ruled The World' continues on TLC. Some of her more controversial comments below...



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Film Reviews: Marshland - Hard To Be A God (Trudno byt bogom) - 52 Tuesdays - Manglehorn

August 7, 2015, 3:37 am
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Marshland, a noir thriller set in 1980s Spain, a country still haunted by Franco's brutal era is visually stylish and gripping - Aleksey German's Hard To Be A God astonishes, mesmerises and captivates - 52 Tuesdays, Sophie Hyde's low budget inventive and ambitious directorial debut is a remarkable achievement - David Gordon Green's Manglehorn seems rather contrived, somewhat pretentious and disappoints.

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Director: Alberto Rodriguez
Cast: Javier Gutierrez, Raul Arevalo, Maria Varod
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Country of origin: Spain 2014 105 mins.
2015 Goya Awards Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography
Certificate 15
Rating: ****

'Marshland' opens with stunning aerial shots of the marsh, remote and rich in colour, with the arteries of the Guadalquivir river hinting at past secrets hidden within it's desolate beauty. it's 1980, five years since General Franco's death and Spain struggles with its emerging democracy and the scars of its brutal fascist past. Two teenage girls from the rural town of Villa Franco del Guadalquivir are missing and detectives Juan (Javier Gutierrez), a man with a past in Franco's Political-Social Brigade and left wing, soon-to-be a father Pedro (Raul Arevalo), conscious of the past and hopeful for the future are assigned to the case. The girl's brutalised bodies are found on the marshes but a wall of silence and an unsympathetic Guardia Civil adds frustration to the existing level of distrust and unease between the two detectives. A burnt photo negative given to Pedro by the girl's grieving mother Rocio (Nerea Barros) suggests that the case of the abducted girls isn't a solitary crime and could have links to the past and the continued corruption of those with power.

'Marshland' is a stylishly visual, gripping and intelligent noir thriller. Alex Catalan's cinematography captures the isolated and desolate landscape as a character in itself, claustrophobic, brooding and menacing that hides secrets from the past, Julio de la Rosa's musical score is spot on and the lead characters are terrific.

Released 7th August

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Director: Aleksey German
Cast: Leonid Yarmolnik, Gali Abaydulov, Yuriy Ashikhmin, Remigijus Biulinskas
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Language: Russian with English subtitles
Country of Origin: Russia 2013 177 mins.
Certificate 15
Rating: *****

Aleksy German's 'Hard To Be a God' is a journey into hell, a world of the grotesque. Snot drips from noses, boils ooze puss, corpses rot and the rain teems down. It's the earth-like planet Arkanar, trapped in a medieval era where art, culture, freedom of thought and knowledge are suppressed by the Greys and the brutal monastic warrior order, the Blacks who patrol the filthy streets instilling fear. Into this world drenched in blood steps an observer, a scientist from Earth, Don Rumata (Leonid Yarmolnik), cultured, civilised and disguised as an aristocratic swordsman but sworn to an oath of non-intervention. Will Don Rumata change this world or will he succumb to the squalor, stench, blood and tears? Will he be taken for a god?

'Hard To Be a God' astonishes, mesmerises and captivates. The design sets by Sergei Kolovkin, Giorgy Kropachev and Elena Zhukova are astonishing and Vladimir Ilin's black and white cinematography traps the viewer in a claustrophobic Bosch and Breugal landscape with the characters looking full onto camera, each frame filled to bursting with images of this desperate world. Adapted from the 1964 novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky and shot over 6 years, the director died before completion and it was his wife and co-writer Svetlana Karmolita and his son Aleksei German who finished this film. Be patient, very patient, 177 minutes is quite a time but you'll be rewarded with an astonishing and unique movie.

Released 7th August

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Director: Sophie Hyde
Cast: Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Del Herbert-Jane, Beau Travis WilliamsSam Althuizen, Imogen Archer
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Country of Origin: Australia 2013 114 mins.
Winner Best Director 2013 Sundance Film Festival; Crystal Bear Berlin International Film Festival
Certificate 15
Rating: ****

Inventive and ambitious, '52 Tuesdays,' Sophie Hyde's small budget directorial debut and winner of Best Director at Sundance, is an intimate coming-of-age portrait of Billie (Tilda Cobham-Hervey), a young girl coming to terms with her emerging sexuality at the same time as her mother Jane (Del Herbert-Jane`) is undergoing a gender transition. Filmed one day, every week, for a year and with the amateur cast given the scene script one at a time adds a documentary-like authenticity to the naturalistic performances. The cast are excellent and Tilda Cobham-Hervey's to be applauded for her naturalistic emotional performance as Billie, a young girl, coming to terms with her sexuality and embarking on sexual experimentation with friends Josh (Sam Althuizen) and Jasmin (Imogen Archer) whist coping with her family and their conventions.

With its authentic feel, outstanding performances and a documentary sense of real time, '52 Tuesdays,' an intimate portrait of the developing bond between Jane/James and Billie, is a remarkable achievement but it's questionable whether Billie's perspective should take preference over Jane/James' feelings, which was the agreed view point between the director and the screenwriter, Matthew Cormack.

Released 7th August

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Director: David Gordon Green
Cast: Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Chris Messina, Harmony Korine
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Country of Origin: USA 2014 97 mins.
Certificate 12A
Rating: **


Al Pacino may play the eccentric A.J. Manglehorn (Al Pacino) with consummate ease, but David Gordon Green's experimental character piece of a man trapped in the past seems rather contrived and somewhat pretentious at times.

Clara, the girl who left A.J.Manglehorn 20 years ago, or you could say got away and Fanny the cat make up A.J. Manglehorn's life, a loner who communicates best with children and animals and has his own set of rules. His locksmith shop in a small rural town in Texas brings in the cash, there's intermittent contact with his son Jacob (Chris Messina) and bank clerk Dawn (Holly Hunter) who hopes that something will come out of their Friday morning free coffee and doughnut meetings. Will Dawn win the day? It's a two hander between Pacino and Holly Hunter and they come out of it well but overall the film disappoints and doesn't hang together.

Released 7th August

Recommended Blu Ray/DVDs

Timbuktu
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
Genre: Drama
Language: English, French, Touareg and Arabic with English subtitles
Country of Origin: France, Mauritania 2014 97 mins
Rating; ****

Stunning, poetic, absorbing, mesmerising, funny, sad, passionate and breathtaking.

Based on the forceful takeover of Mail in 2012, Timbuktu is an extraordinary fable about the dangers of religious extremism that also conveys the rich cultural heritage of the Malian people.
Released 10th August

It's All So Quiet (Boven is het Stil)
Director: Nanouk Leopold
Genre: Drama
Language: Dutch with English subtitles
Country of Origin: Netherlands, Germany 2013 93 mins.
Rating: ****

Poignant, lyrical, with an ambient beauty - a beautifully crafted reflection on solitude and sexuality.

Helmer, a farmer in the remote Dutch countryside searches for happiness as he comes to terms with the death of his father and desires within himself that he's tried hard to repress.

Released 10th August

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‘Prison Break': Prison Drama Set To Return For 10 Brand New Episodes, But Will Wentworth Miller Reprise His Role?

August 7, 2015, 3:45 am
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‘Prison Break’ is set to return to our screens six years after the last episode aired, it has been confirmed.

The US drama, which centres around Wentworth Miller’s character Michael Scofield’s attempts to free his wrongly imprisoned brother (Dominic Purcell), will return for 10 brand new episodes next year.

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Wentworth Miller starred alongside Dominic Purcell in the original series of 'Prison Break'


Gary Newman, the boss of Fox, made the announcement at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Pasadena, following the drama's recent success on streaming service Netflix.

Fox CEO Dana Walden added that the reboot would "pick up with the characters several years after we left them in the show" and that "some of the iconic characters will be back".

However, it is unclear if Wentworth Miller will return for the new series as his character Michael died in the 2009 movie spin-off ‘Prison Break: The Final Break’.

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The new series is still in development but Gary Newman initially said that he would be ignoring what happened in the straight-to-video movie.

He later added that there would be a “logical and believable explanation to why the characters are alive and still moving around the world”.

At the height of its success, ‘Prison Break’ was nominated for the 2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series Drama.

It's the latest Fox show to get revived, following '24' and the forthcoming reboot of 'The X-Files'.



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