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Bumbling villains,a clunky plot - run, Romola, run… 

Byline: by Chris Tookey

Glorious 39 (12A) Verdict: Poor script and laboured direction sink fine leading performance **

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Quiz of the Day 

1. How many strings does a standard violin 6. For which film did John Travolta win the Golden have? Globe Award for Best Actor in 1996? 2. In...

Tories would break my heart 

SOME interesting confessions from playwright Sir David Hare in the latest issue of Tatler. Asked if he's ever had his heart broken, he...

Wednesday 11 

THE BLACK TENT (S4C, 9.15am) A wounded British Army captain is saved by a tribe of nomads in the Libyan desert during World War Two, and they...

THIS WEEKS PLATINUM PICKS 

North by Northwest **** out of four, 1959, Warner, unrated, $25; Blu-ray, $35 Finally, it looks just right. Back story: Someone obviously...

Quiz Of The Day 

6. Which area of shallow water in the North Sea was once renowned as a source of cod? 1. A British armoured division took its nickname from...

Is the next Alfred Hitchcock in the cube down the hall? Smart communicators are turning employees into correspondents and storytellers, and the YouTube generation is responding with great content 

Remember the bad old days of corporate communication, when pulling information out of the workforce was like pulling teeth? When finding good...

Beyond Allusions 

Beyond Allusions "Inglourious B as ter ds," directed by Quentin Tarantino. Weinstein/Universal, 2009, 152 minutes. Jo Ann Skousen In one of his...

Castle was king of campy horror flicks 

when it was released in 1960, Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror film "Psycho" came to theaters with a promotional gimmick of the old- fashioned...

FILM 

THE 39 STEPS 12.20AM, BBC2 For admirers of Alfred Hitchcock (and Paul Merton) there are two late-night lollipops on BBC2. At 11.20 Paul...