Julie Walters

DVD of the week: Mamma Mia!

Few movies deserve the sobriquet 'so bad it's brilliant' but this rollickingly rubbish adaptation of an already transparently terrible stage show is an exception. Indeed, despite (or perhaps because of) its undeniable...

Masterpiece Contemporary presents 'Filth'

Back in the festive England of the '60s — an era of swingers, ministerial sex scandals, and social and religious taboos shattered daily — a star waited to be born. And born she was when the most visible and influential of the...

'Filth' commits great foul

How do you solve a problem like bad language in a movie called Filth? PBS is using sound effects in this true story, which premieres at 9 tonight on Masterpiece. Brilliant acting propels this slight satire about Mary Whitehouse...

Tuned In: Finding the 'Filth'

British woman fights to clean up the smut on TV By Rob Owen, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette There's little that's filthy about "Filth," a "Masterpiece Contemporary" biopic about a British woman who fights back against what she...

“Total Finale Live” (8 p.m., MTV): A galaxy of stars, including Justin Timberlake,

Published:Sunday, November 16, 2008 “Total Finale Live” (8 p.m., MTV): A galaxy of stars, including Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Beyonc , the Backstreet Boys and Kid Rock, is set to bid farewell to...

Jokes but no Nigella under Richard and Judy's tree

Anyone who does not want to find Harry Hill's Whopping Great Big Joke Book in their Christmas stocking should make that abundantly clear, immediately, to all family, friends and potential gift-givers.The Richard and Judy...

If it's rude and crude, it's often British

God bless England. Sundays at church, I decline to say that, being Irish, of rebel leanings, having friends in Sinn Fein and all that. But I feel it, sometimes. England is frequently demented but always interesting. Think of...

Honest tale of an actor's life

By John Preston Saturday November 15 2008 The Autobiography By Julie Walters Weidenfeld & Nicolson, STG£18.99 When she left school, Julie Walters trained to become a nurse. For a while, she worked in a geriatric women's ward in...

Gervais’ standup not so special

It’s little exaggeration to say that Ricky Gervais revolutionized TV comedy. So I was looking forward to “Ricky Gervais: Out of England: The Standup Special” (8 p.m., today, HBO), and I was surprised and a little confused when...

Area entertainment: Circus, opera, jazz, more

The last time we saw Julie Walters, she was shimmying on tabletops in "Mamma Mia!" as she sang "Take a Chance on Me" in all her middle-aged fabulousness. Walters plays Mary Whitehouse, a prim British teacher who launches a...

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