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Shrieks in Why Did I Get Married Too?
Tyler Perrys latest domestic drama Why Did I Get Married Too? presents us with four black American males in crisis with their wives
Dinner for Schmucks is truly awful
Dinner for Schmucks is a truly terrible comedy has Paul Rudd invited to a dinner by his bosses at which the dumbest guest will be the attraction
Jonah Hex is one hell of a weird Western
Jimmy Haywards screen version of the popular DC comic Jonah Hex looks like an attempt to make a spaghetti Western in America
Robert Plant is a king on the country road
If only more musicians would grow old like Robert Plant. Acknowledging that heavy rock is best left to the kids
Sound Check: The Nick Hornby sessions
Bestselling author Nick Hornbys love of pop is well documented now he is putting his own words to someone elses music
Amanda Nevill is fighting for British film
Today the film-going experience has to be fabulous, says BFI director Amanda Nevill which is why shes on a crusade to make up the £50m public funding lost for a new national film centre in London
Who's the daddy in The Switch?
The Switch is no great shakes but it sure is better than some of the awful rom-coms weve been treated to recently
Certified Copy is worth a dozen dumb rom-coms
Abbas Kiarostamis enigmatic romance confirms he is one of cinemas greats but its the performance from Binoche that gives Certified Copy real heart
Clybourne Park is the funniest play of the year
Bruce Norriss Clybourne Park is an achingly intelligent study of middle-class hypocrisy
Scouting For Girls are having the time of their lives
South Ruislip lads Scouting For Girls took time out of their busy schedule to talk London, fame and a 'weird but amazing' collaboration with Kit Kat
Proms 2010: Europe unites with purpose
Who said todays youth has the attention span of a gnat? Incomplete it may be but Bruckners Ninth Symphony demands 60 minutes of focused attention
First review: Miral is a moving portrayal of life in Israel for Palestinian women
Julian Schnabel, the New York painter and film maker, has studied victims and outsiders in each of his last three films. Miral is no different
Look on the bright side, Eels
Though still uncommunicative and inclined towards heavy, distorted rock, Eels' Mark E Everett came close to being perky
Secrets out Life really is rosy in the Tangerine Dream Café
Tangerine Dream Café at the Chelsea Physic Garden falls under the secret category, in terms of its hidden location in Londons oldest botanic garden
Tom Aikens is back without a bang
Tom Aikens' resurrected empire is expanding once more, with a new Toms Kitchen at Somerset House, selling posh comfort food to the West End masses
Michael Gambon: I feel wrong if I don't plan a play a year
After a mystery illness and his dramatic withdrawal from Alan Bennetts The Habit of Art last year, Michael Gambon returns to the stage in Krapps Last Tape
Venice Film Festival: Natalie Portman bewitches as a dancer with a dark side in Black Swan
Psychological thriller Black Swan, which opens the Venice Film Festival, is Darren Aronofsky's most complete and convincing work yet
Jazzing things up at 1 Lombard Street
Jazz, dinner and Grade II listed surroundings make Saturday nights at 1 Lombard Street deliciously charming
On your bike for London's Sky Ride
For those cautious of cycling on London's busy roads, it's worth getting on your bike this Sunday September 5
Proms 2010: Power and pantomine for Hansel and Gretel
In the case of Engelbert Humperdincks Hansel and Gretel, there were even some theatrical coups that Glyndebourne didnt get
Oikos is lost on the eco trail
Developed at the National Theatre Studio, Oikos is a study of rancid domesticity thats also an apocalyptic vision of environmental meltdown
Fatboy Slim steals the show at South West Four
With big names on the bill South West Four was destined to be epic and (mostly) did not disappoint
The theatre company that could provide the blueprint for life after the arts cuts
Jeremy Hunt and Ed Vaizey are keen to move the debate on from cutting, towards encouraging arts companies to think about ways they can obtain philanthropic support
Heard the one about Zadie Smiths kid brother, Doc Brown?
Zadie Smith became a globally acclaimed novelist, her brother was in the dark world of rap. Now, with the help of his sister, Doc Brown has started a new life as a comic
Keith Lockhart goes to Hollywood at Prom
The BBC Concert Orchestra's Prom, its first under its new principal conductor Keith Lockhart, hinted at its range