PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
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White House Down (12A)
Directed by Richard Emmerich/Four stars
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
An African-American president, a G8 summit, vengeful veterans, political traitors and an attack on the White House while a former security man is looking for a redemption.
Sounds familiar? Currently we have of course the frightening real-life scenario as the US promotes paranoia to legitimise an illegal attack on Syria.
In White House Down Channing Tatum makes a credible action man who, while visiting the Washington pile with his daughter, is suddenly drawn into combating an attempt to take the president (Jamie Foxx) hostage
It's been dismissed in the US as anti-patriotic and you can see why. Apart from seeing the White House blown up, it's a hilarious satire on the current state of a nation seemingly determined on suicide.
Jeff Sawtell
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