Book reviews: For The Glory: The Life Of Eric Liddell, Not Working and Zero K
ERIC LIDDELL’S athletic prowess was immortalised in the 1981 movie Chariots Of Fire. Daily Express :: Books Feed
Film reviews: Our Kind Of Traitor, Everybody Wants Some and The Angry Birds Movie
OUR Kind Of Traitor has the misfortune to be released when The Night Manager still burns brightly in the collective memory. Daily Express :: Films Feed
Film reviews: Florence Foster Jenkins and I Saw The Light
THEY say it’s the taking part that counts but spare a thought for the poor opera lovers who listened to Florence Foster Jenkins, a game old songbird whose chutzpah and enthusiasm were not matched by ability. Daily Express :: Films Feed
Film reviews: Florence Foster Jenkins, Knight Of Cups and Truman
IF God loves a trier then He must have adored society heiress Florence Foster Jenkins. Daily Express :: Films Feed
Film reviews: Captain America, Son Of Saul and Demolition
SAVING the day can be a very messy business. Daily Express :: Films Feed
Book reviews: Eligible, Restoration and Hitman Anders And The Meaning Of It All
There have been many book, film and TV takes on Pride And Prejudice, Jane Austen’s eternally popular novel. Daily Express :: Books Feed
Film reviews: Captain America, Demolition and Son Of Saul
WHAT does it profit a superhero to save the world if thousands of lives are lost in the process? Daily Express :: Films Feed
Book reviews: All At Sea and The Brontës: A Life In Letters
A TRAGIC death and newly discovered Brontë family letters feature in this week’s poignant five-star reads. Daily Express :: Books Feed
Film reviews: Bastille Day, Jane Got A Gun and Miles Ahead
DON’T mess with Idris Elba! That’s the general thesis of riotous action thriller Bastille Day in which Elba’s growly undercover agent, Sean Briar, charges around Paris trying to prevent an imminent atrocity, taking on simpering colleagues, suspected terrorists and the corrupt Paris police force. Daily Express :: Films Feed
Book reviews: The Co-Op’s Got Bananas and The One-In-A-Million Boy
A MEMOIR of growing up in the post-war north,” says the cover of Hunter Davies’s new book but anyone expecting a read that calls to mind the Monty Python Four Yorkshiremen sketch or the phrase “It’s grim oop north” will be sorely disappointed. Daily Express :: Books Feed