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Public Enemies (with trailer)

Public Enemies

NOBODY does gunplay better than Michael Mann and it's the exchange of bullets that you'll remember most after watching Public Enemies.

In Mann's masterwork, Heat, he orchestrated a street shoot-out that set a new standard and his latest movie is at its best when John Dillinger and his cohorts are trying to blast their way past the...

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Cinema for babies is just the ticket

Cinema sessions for new parents and their babies are being held at Derby's Quad. So for parents who are desperate to see a grown-up film and can't find a babysitter, Cine Babies is just the...

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Review: Ice Age 3 (with trailer)

Ice Age 3 (with trailer)

IN the midst of an oppressive UK heatwave seeing a film about ice in an air-conditioned cinema sounds like a godsend. But the refrigera...

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Review: My Sister's Keeper (with trailer)

Weepie tugs every heart-string

By Nigel PowlsonIT will take a strong constitution a box of four-ply Kleenex for most film-goers to get through My Sister's Keeper....

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Review: Anything For Her (with trailer)

French prison escape is a break from the norm

By Nigel PowlsonHOW far would you go to save the one you love? That's the question posed by Fred Cavaye's new French thriller and the...

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Romantic comedy that will lift your spirits

Last Chance Harvey

LAST CHANCE HARVEY Cert 12A Quad, Derby, tomorrow, 2pm THIS week's Midweek Treat is a romantic comedy about a lonely man who finds...

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Review: The Girl Cut in Two (with trailer)

French veteran still makes the cut

By Nigel PowlsonFRENCH New Wave founder Claude Chabrol is still churning out films as he approaches his 80th birthday and shows here...

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Review: Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen

Robot series hits the scrapheap

By Nigel PowlsonTHERE are apparently 42 different robots in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. This includes one that prowls like a...

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Review: Looking for Eric (with trailer)

AURA:   Eric Cantona and Steve Evets.

By Nigel PowlsonWHAT does it take to get a Ken Loach film into a multiplex cinema in Derby? Eric Cantona, that's all. Loach's socially-...

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Review: Doghouse (with trailer)

Why Dyer  is back in the Doghouse

By Nigel PowlsonDOGHOUSE is a British film that desperately wants to be like Shaun of the Dead but ends up being another Lesbian Vampir...

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Review: Hangover (with trailer)

way out west:  A rude awakening for Zach Galifianakis with baby Tyler, Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms in Hangover

By Neil WhiteGROSS, bawdy and swear-word-littered it may be but Hangover is the stand-out comedy of the year so far. The background...

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Music

Stars line up for Buxton Festival

bustling:  Visitors will be flocking to Buxton Opera House to see the festival and touring productions later this month

By Nigel Powlson

DERBYSHIRE'S biggest arts extravaganza gets under way next Friday hoping to attract a record number of visitors.

The 19-day Buxton Festival runs from July 10 to 28 featuring a high-quality programme of opera, music and literature as well as a multitude of fringe events.

It hopes to top last year's 41,000...

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Orchestra's afternoon of classics

returning:  Sinfonia Viva at Buxton Festival

DERBY-based orchestra Sinfonia Viva will make a return visit to Buxton Festival this year for an afternoon concert with Dame Ann Murray...

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Little-known pieces in a perfect setting

key figures:  Stephen Medcalf and, right, leading lady Mary Plazas in a previous production.

BUXTON Festival has founded its reputation for excellence on uncovering lost or hidden gems from the world of opera and turning them...

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Katherine lines up Arena dates

Katherine lines up Arena dates

WELSH mezzo soprano Katherine Jenkins has announced an 11-date arena tour in March including performances in Birmingham and Nottingham....

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Ultimate tribute to Bolan's T-Rex

classics:  T-Rextasy play hits such as Metal Guru

YOU can relive Marc Bolan and T-Rex's career highlights at Derby Assembly Rooms tonight when T Rextasy's Electric Boogie Tour recreates...

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Two anniversaries celebrated at cathedral summer organ recitals

DERBY Cathedral's Summer Organ Recital series this year celebrates two anniversaries. Felix Mendelssohn was born 200 years ago and the cathedral's Compton organ itself is 70 years old. Each...

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Dancing with the forest folk

Dancing with the forest folk

MAYBE it's the strong line-up for 2009, the success of previous years, or simply the lovely amphitheatre venue at The Waterside Centre....

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The search is on for new Ozzy

sabbath day:  Ozzy Oddbin is leaving Sack Sabbath after the summer festival season and so the search is on for the  band's new frontman.

LIFE as an Ozzy Osbourne clone has its dangers, as Russ Saxton of tribute band Sack Sabbath explained. "Our frontman Ozzy Oddbin has...

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Hit bands share advice with The Getaway Boys

How to guide:  Top names have been helping The Getaway Boys

A YOUNG Derby band recording their debut album are getting advice from top bands Kasabian and The Happy Mondays. Daniel Parkin, 22,...

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Kasabian on move

Chart-toppers:  Kasabian.

FRESH from performing at Glastonbury and on the back of their No 1 album, Kasabian have announced a 10-date arena tour. West Ryder...

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Review: Derby Bach Choir

Derby Bach Choir

Derby Bach Choir, Derby Cathedral, By Mike Wheeler Derby Bach Choir's fiftieth anniversary celebrations reached their climax with a...

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Stars line up for Buxton Festival

bustling:  Visitors will be flocking to Buxton Opera House to see the festival and touring productions later this month

By Nigel Powlson

DERBYSHIRE'S biggest arts extravaganza gets under way next Friday hoping to attract a record number of visitors.

The 19-day Buxton Festival runs from July 10 to 28 featuring a high-quality programme of opera, music and literature as well as a multitude of fringe events.

It hopes to top last year's 41,000...

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Little-known pieces in a perfect setting

key figures:  Stephen Medcalf and, right, leading lady Mary Plazas in a previous production.

BUXTON Festival has founded its reputation for excellence on uncovering lost or hidden gems from the world of opera and turning them...

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Doddy makes a Christmas date

KEN Dodd is back in Nottingham this Christmas. The Christmas Happiness Show will be live on stage at the Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, at 7pm on Wednesday, December 30. Ken says: "I have a...

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Enjoy Bard in great outdoors

SHAKESPEARE'S Globe company are returning to the picturesque outdoor setting of the Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, this weekend. From tonight until Sunday they will perform one of the Bard's...

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Bragg looks forward to meeting his readership

eRA ENDS:   Bragg's South Bank Show is ending.

WHEN ITV's flagship arts programme The South Bank Show ends its three-decade run early next year, it will mark the end of an era for...

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Have fun with Bard's baddie (with video)

BITTER MAN:  Andy Barrow as Richard III in Oddsocks Productions' outdoor performance on the Cathedral Green.

IF you like your Shakespeare served straight and think there's no place for comedy noses and squirting blood in the Bard's work, then...

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Inside story on Old BIg 'Ead

Clough

BRIAN Clough inspired a fierce loyalty among his players but they all knew that if they let him down they would be shown the door. "If...

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Caribbean island love story

Caribbean island love story

NOTTINGHAM Playhouse's latest show is certainly daring to be different. The Playhouse's Theatre Company presents Once On This Island, a...

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A Midsummer Night's panto

A Midsummer Night's panto

A PANTOMIME in the summer? Unusual to say the least, but that's what Hilton Amateur Theatrical Society (affectionately known as HATS)...

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Neil's city panto role (with video)

Neil Morrissey at the panto launch

IT'S the height of summer – but TV favourite Neil Morrissey is already looking forward to spending Christmas in Derby. The star...

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My son got me into this Peer group thing!

My son got me into this Peer group thing!

ACTING has become a family affair over the past few months for father-and-son team Mic and Adam Horvath. The Oakwood pair are among...

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