For years now I’ve been fighting a single-handed defence of the later career of Robert De Niro (no defence, of course, being necessary for the early career which featured Mean…
Last week your faithful correspondent reviewed a big budget Hollywood film, based on a beloved television series, featuring four friends who went to a foreign land with no knowledge or…
Back before the days of "Iron Chef", "Masterchef" and "Hell’s Kitchen", television’s top food expert was a very tall, slightly ungainly, woman who sounded a little drunk. She was Julia…