First, the important stuff: Aloysius is alive and well. There had been rumours that the teddy bear had been given his marching orders from Julian Jarrold’s Brideshead Revisited, but here he is, in the arms of dear, dear Sebastian once more.
Such is the frenetic style of this comedy, based on the memoir of celebrity-fixated journalist Toby Young, a better title might have been something bright and sleazy such as Confessions of a Wordsmith, or Carry On Up the Red Carpet.
Righteous Kill (15): Seeking to explain the place of royalty in the English constitution, Walter Bagehot urged critics to revere first and ask questions later. “We must not let in daylight upon the magic.”
England's acting rose Kristin Scott Thomas gets another chance to show off her flawless French in this upscale family drama. Like the 2006 French language thriller Tell No One in which she starred, I've Loved You So Long brings arthouse style to a strong story to riveting effect.
Fast cars, fast women,
headbanging soundtrack:
there's clearly nothing in this remake of Death Race 2000 to interest the average teenage boy. Should any junior Jeremy Clarkson types want to give it a whirl, Jason Statham (Crank) plays Jensen Ames, locked up for a crime he didn't commit.
Redbelt is what happens when you put an intellectual in charge of an action movie, for good and ill. David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross) writes and directs this roundabout tale of a jujitsu instructor (Chiwetel Ejiofor) whose noble instincts are tested when he comes into contact with the movie business and the fight game.
The second of two martial arts themed movies this week. Jody Hill's comedy is an infinitely dumb and dumber affair. Shot in the style of The Office, it's complete with a David Brent-like tae kwon do instructor instead of a paper supplies manager.
What is it with Kevin Costner and the US presidency? After sorting out the Cuban missile
crisis in Thirteen Days and attempting the same with the Kennedy assassination in JFK, he pops up weeks before Americans go to the polls with a lesson in civics.
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