Four Samosas: Heist for love

https://youtu.be/s8-wlyy_kIo Four Samosas is about underachieving, Indian-American rapper Vinny played by Venkat Potula, who is disheartened to learn that his favourite ex-girlfriend Rina is engaged to his adversary and goat-shit recycler named Sanjay, assembles a group of fellow misfits to steal her dowry diamonds from her father’s grocery store, and disrupt her wedding. Four Samosas,…

30th Raindance Film Festival

 THE FANTASTIC 30th RAINDANCE FILM  FESTIVAL IS IN FULL SWING IN LONDON! www.raindance.org will give you lots of information about your need to take part and come and see a few films! Pick up a handbook at any of the venues itemised. Tickets to this year’s events are available from Curzon Mayfair, Curzon Soho, Genesis…

Doctor Who: David Tennant returns as the new Doctor

  David Tennant has made an absolute surprise appearance in Jodie Whittaker’s final Doctor Who story. The BBC has confirmed Tennant, who previously played the role between 2005 and 2010, has officially returned for three episodes to be aired from November next year as the 14th Doctor, in the sci-fi drama’s 60th anniversary. After three…

Harry Potter star Robbie Coltrane dies aged 72

Robbie Coltrane, famous for playing Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films and a criminal psychologist in the crime series Cracker in 1993, has died aged 72. Coltrane who began his career in comedy and theatre, also appeared in James Bond films Golden Eye and The World is Not Enough. Coltrane was awarded an OBE…

Dame Angela Lansbury dies aged 96

Dame Angela Lansbury, three-time Oscar nominee with a career spanning eight decades and star of the US TV crime series Murder She Wrote had died in her sleep five days before her 97th birthday. Born in London, in 1925, Dame Angela Lansbury, moved to New York and attended the foreign School of Dramatic Art, was…

Coyote Ugly

Coyote Ugly is a 2000 American Musical based on the Coyote Ugly Saloon, directed by David McNally and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman. The film is set in New York City and stars Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, Maria Bello, Melanie Lynskey, John Goodman, Tura Banks, Izabella Miko, and Bridget Moynahan. The movie grossed…

60 years of James Bond 007

Sixty years of James Bond celebration at the Royal Albert Hall, Daniel Craig returns to the big screen in Casino Royale in concert, Dame Shirley Bassey, Lulu, Chrissie Hynde, and Garbage. The 007 movie brand has survived for over 60 years including twenty-five films, with the most recent No Time to Die, released in September…

Charlady wearing haute couture

Ever dare to pursue your dream, to make invisible, visible, in a story revealing class discrimination by the elite. MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS is the enchanting tale of a seemingly ordinary British housekeeper whose dream to own a couture Christian Dior gown takes her on an extraordinary Parisian adventure.  In post-World War II  1958, London,…

Raymond Briggs – The Snowman illustrator dies aged 88

Raymond Briggs creator of The Snowman and many other stories recently honoured with a lifetime achievement award by the Book Trust for his outstanding contribution to children’s literature. The BBC cancelled plans for a new radio version of Christmas favourite The Snowman after its composer complained that it would “sound silly”. Raymond Briggs, who never…

Jennifer and Ben get married at last after 18 years

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck marry in Las Vegas, just after 18 years after ending their first engagement in January 2004. “We did it. Love is beautiful. Love is Kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient”, she wrote on her fan website OntheJLo. News of the couple getting back together last…