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Birmingham are reportedly battling out with SPL giants Celtic in the race to sign former Arsenal midfielder Amaury Bischoff. The 22-year-old is a free agent after being released by the Gunners, mainly due to a number of injury problems at the Emirates Stadium. Celtic's former West Brom boss Tony Mowbray is looking to revamp his squad after taking over from Gordon Strachan, but the Birmingham Express and Star claims Blues manager Alex McLeish also wants the Portugal Under-21 international.... [read full story]
Calculation aims to take risk out of deciding whether follow-ups to cinema hits will be a sure thing, or a disastrous gamble Ever wondered why Spider-Man 2 triumphed and Basic Instinct 2 bombed? Now a group of academics have...
A clutch of new films will cement Matt Damon's reputation as the hit of his generation. But that won't change this most reserved and politically committed of actors. Vanessa Thorpe reports Runners taking part in the annual...
Loach and Menges go to war Ken Loach is making his first film about the Iraq war. Teaming up again with revered cameraman Chris Menges – for the first time on a feature since Kes , in 1969 – Loach is drawing to a close on his...
After the ill-judged scattershot "satire" of Borat (which hit far too many soft targets – ageing American feminists, for heaven's sake!) Sacha Baron Cohen raises his game somewhat with Brüno (2009, 18, Universal). Fired from...
