Category Archives: Reviews

THEATRE REVIEW: Keira Knightley in ‘The Misanthrope’

Posted on January 1, 2010 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Keira Knightley has chosen well for her West End stage debut as a spoiled young movie star who is the center of attention in Martin Crimp’s rhymed update of Moliere’s “The Misanthrope.” She gets to … Continue reading →

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THEATRE REVIEW: John Logan’s ‘Red’ at the Donmar

Posted on December 31, 2009 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Passion can be difficult to explain and harder to re-create, especially when the passion is for abstract art. But passionate acting and design just about make a success of John Logan’s new play, “Red,” that … Continue reading →

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FILM REVIEW: ‘St. Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold’

Posted on December 18, 2009 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Strident, clumsy and pointless, “St. Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold” is a sequel to the 2007 attempt to revive the squealing sexy schoolgirl appeal of a series of Ealing Comedies from the 1950s. … Continue reading →

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THEATRE REVIEW: Tamzin Outhwaite in ‘Sweet Charity’

Posted on December 3, 2009 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – British television actress Tamzin Outhwaite is so vivacious and eager to please in the Menier Chocolate Factory’s revival of the 1960s Broadway show “Sweet Charity”, now transferred to the West End, that it’s a shame … Continue reading →

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THEATRE REVIEW: Alan Bennett’s ‘The Habit of Art’

Posted on November 19, 2009 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON — Alan Bennett has a lot on his mind in his latest play, “The Habit of Art,” including creativity, aging, fame, anonymity and sex, and it hangs together because of his gift for language and fine … Continue reading →

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Sergey Dvortsevoy’s brilliant ‘Tulpan’ opens in UK

Posted on November 13, 2009 by admin

By Ray Bennett I had a very enjoyable dinner at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival two summers ago with Kazakhstan film director Sergey Dvortsevoy to celebrate his marvelous film “Tulpan”, which finally reaches cinemas in the United Kingdom this … Continue reading →

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FILM REVIEW: Sam Taylor-Wood’s ‘Nowhere Boy’

Posted on October 29, 2009 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Sam Taylor-Wood’s “Nowhere Boy” is a passable look at the early life of John Lennon when he was estranged from his mother and raised by his aunt. Fans who hope to discover more about the … Continue reading →

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FILM REVIEW: Ray Winstone in ’44-inch Chest’

Posted on October 22, 2009 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – When a man’s wife breaks the news that she has met someone else after 21 years of marriage, the husband and four friends kidnap her lover while they decide if they should kill him in Malcolm … Continue reading →

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FILM REVIEW: Hilary Swank in ‘Amelia’

Posted on October 19, 2009 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Freckle-faced, prairie-voiced and fiercely independent, Hilary Swank’s depiction of aviator Amelia Earhart in Mira Nair’s biographical film “Amelia” is of a high order. It ranks with recent real-life portrayals of Ray Charles by Jamie Foxx … Continue reading →

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THEATRE REVIEW: David Hare’s ‘The Power of Yes’

Posted on October 12, 2009 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Not so much a play as a staged documentary, David Hare’s insightful “The Power of Yes” at the National Theatre is the result of the playwright acting as a journalist in search of the reasons … Continue reading →

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