Laura Linney and Kathy Bates are also among the women escaping their dreary menfolk in 1960s Dublin
Maggie Smith reprises the role of Miss Shepherd, the elderly ex-nun who pitches up in a London driveway in a battered van
Alan Bennett’s hit stage play is brought to the screen by Nicholas Hytner
In a world slavishly devoted to youthfulness, are middle-aged women just intrinsically boring?
Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut is a schmaltzfest whose spoilt divas struggle to deserve inspire our sympathy
This week’s cinema releases reviewed: ‘Quartet’, ‘Hors Satan’, ‘McCullin’ and ‘Grabbers’
‘I’m in Wales on the promise of a hog roast. Truly, this one is the quiche for the new millennium’
A Russian tour operator will take clients to watch the launch of the Soyuz rocket on its September mission to take crew to the International Space Station
This week’s films reviewed: ‘Rampart’, ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’, ‘Safe House’, ‘The Adopted’ and ‘Black Gold’
There is a nostalgic thrill to be had from reverting to our old obedience and sitting down when we’re told to
‘Downtown Abbey’ has a sturdy dramatic motor in the issue of the succession
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