CATHERINE STEEL relishes a compelling novel about Augustus’s right hand man, but misses the politics, the cultural shifts, and more detail about his restoration of Rome
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TONY BURKE speaks to JOEL McIVER, co-author of the biography of bluesman John Mayall
A misfit couple unhappily ever after, a dead man walking, dodgy journos, and trench art trucking
New releases from Javon Jackson, IZE Trio, and Mal Waldron Trio
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
EWAN CAMERON marvels at the impossible ambition, realised with dreamlike finesse of translating Italo Calvino to the stage
Hot Pursuit (12A)
Directed by Anne Fletcher
2/5
NEVER have two leading ladies worked this hard to turn a pig’s ear of a comedy into comic gold.
Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara are huge fun to watch and make a surprisingly great double-act in this modern-day female odd-couple comedy.
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