LIFE OF PI 3D (20th Century Fox) Director: Ang Lee Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, a tiger Ang Lee won Best Director at the most recent Academy Awards. I’m not sure how or why, because so much of the film is based on computer effects that it’s hard to know exactly how much influence Lee might have had on the look and feel of Life Of Pi.
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First look: Captain Phillips
Ok, what do we know. We’re at sea
Nazi-themed opera shocks Germany
A modern production of Richard Wagner’s opera Tannhauser is causing a stir in Germany because of Nazi-themed scenes showing people dying in gas chambers and members of a family having their heads shaved before being executed.
Dawn French marries again
Dawn French has reportedly married her partner Mark Bignell.
Richard O’Brien is the third sex
Rocky Horror Show creator Richard O’Brien has opened up about his desire to be more feminine, asserting himself to be about 70 per cent male, 30 per cent female. Speaking to BBC Radio4, he revealed he used to be ashamed of his longing to have female qualities but said he had been taking hormone oestrogen pills for the past 10 years
NZ diplomats ‘heroic’ – Argo escapee
One of the former American diplomats portrayed in the Oscar-winning film, Argo, has set the record straight about the involvement of New Zealand diplomats. Contrary to the film’s version, our diplomats did visit the six embassy workers who escaped after Islamists took over the United States embassy in Tehran and took their 52 colleagues hostage in 1979.
Styles denies ‘disgusting’ texts
Harry Styles has denied he sent “disgusting” text messages to a British TV presenter.
Neighbours ‘will hit 30 years’
Australia’s longest running soap Neighbours continues to defy the hallowed ratings system on which television networks heavily base their programming decisions.
TV Guide’s hot gossip
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is no stranger to hob-nobbing with the British aristocracy, but she is about to take a leap back in time to the world of Downton Abbey as the hit British drama enters its fourth season.
Time Essay: Is the Work Ethic Going Out of Style?
IN the pantheon of virtues that made the U.S.