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Kind hearts, ladykillers and whisky galore: Ealing comedies – ranked!

Classic heist caper The Lavender Hill Mob is getting a cinema rerelease. But which of these 40s and 50s film fancies are slyly subversive, and which have dated less well?

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Michael Jayston obituary

Veteran stage and screen actor hailed for his roles in the 1971 film Nicholas and Alexandra and BBC TV’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

The Guardian - UK

My favourite fictional character: George Smiley is unattractive, overweight, a terrible dresser – and a better spy than James Bond

I grew up in the southeast of England. There wasn’t all that much to do. I remember spending a lot of time at the local cinema. You had to drive to get there. I watched pretty much anything I could.

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Letter: Joss Ackland obituary

Tom Stubbs writes: Both actors – Joss Ackland and Alec Guinness –are at the top of their game

The Guardian - UK

Star Wars Fans, If You Want To Own A Lightsaber, Apparently Black Friday Is The Time To Buy It

Black Friday 2023 is the time to get a Lightsaber for your favorite Star Wars fan.

Cinemablend

30+ Times An Actor Admitted They Hate One Of Their Own Movies

These celebrities did not hold back when hating on movies they're in.

Cinemablend

Friday essay: the secret lives of Ian Fleming and John Le Carré – the spymasters shaped by a lack of parental love

In 2022, writer Suleika Dawson published an intimate, refreshingly candid first-hand account of her passionate extramarital affair with David Cornwell – who worked as an intelligence agent for MI5 and MI6 in the 1950s and early 1960s, and wrote spy novels using the pseudonym John le Carré.

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Cassandro to Funny Face: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Gael García Bernal is gloriously risk-taking in an ode to Mexico’s lucha libre scene, and Audrey Hepburn is sublime in the 50s couture classic

The Guardian - UK

Richard II in a hot tub, Much Ado done anew: Canada’s Stratford festival puts shocks into Shakespeare

A disco king hits the dancefloor, Beatrice and Benedick’s romcom gets a feminist framing and Lear faces dystopia as the revered rep company returns in full force

The Guardian - UK

Streaming: the best holiday romance films

Netflix’s featherweight A Tourist’s Guide to Love follows a familiar arc, but there’s more to fall for in classics from Summertime to The Green Ray

The Guardian - UK

The 100 best TV shows of all time

Here are the greatest TV shows ever made... find out what tops the list.

WhatToWatch

Jenna Ortega’s criticisms about Wednesday weren’t ungrateful – they were refreshing

The star of Netflix’s hit series made some candid remarks about the show’s writing on a podcast this week, revealing she had become ‘almost unprofessional’ while making changes on set. We shouldn’t be criticising her, argues Louis Chilton – it was a welcome respite from the usual PR hogwash

The Independent UK

Secrets of Ealing Studios including the stunt that almost drowned Alec Guinness

New book The Secret Life of Ealing Films by Robert Sellers reveals the secrets from behind the scenes of classic movies, including a crevasse fall by John Mills and the stunt that nearly drowned Alec Guinness

Daily Mirror

James Bond and Star Wars film posters among hundreds up for auction

The lots include three Star Wars posters autographed by Sir Alec Guinness, who played the Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original films.

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Second World War in film: 20 of the best war movies ever made

D-Day marked the beginning of the end of the Second World War, a period of our history captured on screen in all its guts and glory. Graeme Ross sticks his head above the parapet...

The Guardian - UK

‘The Russian Bond is on his way’: exclusive extracts from the letters of John le Carré

Former spy David Cornwell, best known as John le Carré, was a bestselling novelist but also a prolific letter-writer. Here we publish extracts from his correspondence with Alec Guinness, Graham Greene, Tom Stoppard and others

Evening Standard

Labour MPs sing karaoke for Sir Keir Starmer at Liverpool conference

LABOUR sang from the same hymn sheet at a karaoke party at their Liverpool conference last night. Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting sang Robbie Williams’ Angels with new words: “Keir won’t forsake me / I’m loving Starmer instead”. Deputy Angela Rayner did Don’t Stop Believing while Lisa Nandy led Living…

Bristol Post

Former Bristol City target on trial at rival, Nottingham Forest £10m fight: Championship rumours

The latest transfer news and gossip from across the Championship

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The Card review – cheeky chappy comes up trumps in a twisty tale of social mobility

Wily upstart Denry Machin is played with picaresque charm in a witty adaptation of Arnold Bennett’s novel, empowered by the big, vivid sound of a brass band

Inverse

'Obi-Wan Kenobi' reveals one of the best decisions George Lucas ever made

Not many actors could do what Ewan McGregor has done. Here's why 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' proves once that casting McGregor was the best choice George Lucas made when he was creating the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy.

The Guardian - UK

Miles Jupp to star in stage version of The Lavender Hill Mob

Jupp will play opposite Justin Edwards in adaptation of the classic Ealing comedy set to tour the UK this autumn

Salon

"Obi-Wan" & the joy of not Force-ing it

Ewan McGregor – with his dad bod – is more space daddy than Jedi zaddy, and that gives us hope

The National (Scotland)

Ewan McGregor feeling the love after reprising Obi-Wan Kenobi role

EWAN McGregor said reprising the role of Star Wars icon Obi-Wan Kenobi after almost two decades was a “different experience”.

Daily Record

Ewan McGregor discusses playing Obi-Wan Kenobi and trying to sound like Alec Guinness

Ewan also revealed he tried to sound like Alec Guinness - who wasn't very Scottish

Los Angeles Times

Obi-Wan Kenobi has a deep history. Before watching Disney+ series, here's what to know

For anybody familiar with "Star Wars," Obi-Wan Kenobi requires no introduction.

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