CHRIS SEARLE welcomes a startling vision of contemporary Newport from a veteran photographer of the British working class
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Film Round-up: March 16
This week the Star's critics MARIA DUARTE and ALAN FRANK review Peter Rabbit, Mary Magdalene, My Generation, Tomb Raider, and My Golden Days
ANGUS REID recommends a very unusual documentary: a love story between two disillusioned journalists
In verse and polemic, the bard points out that he is a poet and musician, not a political party
MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness!
PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Peter Rabbit (PG)
Directed by Will Gluck
★★★
THE GOOD news is that this sweet and charming modern take on Beatrix Potter's classic characters bears no resemblance to the film's appalling trailer.
Having got rid of the cantankerous old Mr McGregor (Sam Neill), Peter Rabbit (James Corden) and his siblings (Margot Robbie, Daisy Ridley and Elizabeth Debicki) and friends face a new enemy in the shape of McGregor's city-dwelling nephew Thomas McGregor (Domhnall Gleeson).
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