Surpassing expectations – by Ruth Sharpe
THE FIRST time Ben Harper came to Lisbon, he performed to a few hundred people at Lisbon University’s Aula Magna. Ten years on, Harper is set to return to Portugal
Premieres – LITTLE MAN
Comedy/Crime The Wayans brothers are in the directors’ chair again, this time with a comedy about a man so anxious to be a father, that he mistakes an extremely short,
Premieres – VOLVER
Comedy/Drama Set in Spain, this is a generational story of three women – a good mother, who is desperately in love with a man who is far from being a
PREMIERES – THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO
Drama Part drama, part documentary, the film focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released
PREMIERES – YOU, ME AND DUPREE
Comedy For newlyweds, Carl and Molly Peterson, life cannot get any sweeter as they begin to settle down into married life. It’s not long until things go wrong though, when
The end of summer – By Clive Jackson
WELCOME TO the September night sky. This is the month of the autumnal equinox, when the Sun crosses the celestial equator or, in other words, takes its journey southwards. It
Pluto’s relegation
Clyde Tombaugh was only 24-years-old when he discovered Pluto, while working at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1930. He had spent six gruelling months examining images of the sky,
Film Review – UNITED 93 – By Ruth Sharpe
Terrifyingly real THE FIRST major production about the events of September 11 was always going to be controversial. Many reviews on this film have focused on whether or not it
Over 50s International Friends – (The IF Club)
• Every Friday evening at Hotel Oura Praia, Albufeira, from 9.30pm, get a few folk together to enjoy an evening of country music and Sixties hits, with Black Stetson (club
Film Review – FIND ME GUILTY – Review by RUTH SHARPE
A guilty pleasure PUTTING THE mafia in the courtroom is always going to result in controversy, however, in Find Me Guilty, director Sydney Lumet has turned fact into an action