Nina Simone, one of the most distinctive vocalists and pianists to emerge from the world of jazz and make an impression on the pop charts, has died at the age of 70 at her home in France.
<b>Movie of the week:</b> <em>28 Days Later</em> is one of those what-if stories that hearken back to a time when the threat of nuclear disaster hung over the world, writes Shaun de Waal.
<b>Not the movie of the week:</b> <em>The Core</em> is complete nonsense you can’t take seriously for a split second, writes Shaun de Waal.
<b>Movie of the week:</b> That Nicole Kidman got the Oscar for best actress and not Julianne Moore — for her work in <em>Far from Heaven</em> — is simply baffling, writes Shaun de Waal.
<b>Movies of the week:</b> Shaun de Waal discusses Roman Polanski’s <i>The Pianist</i>, starring Adrien Brody, and rapper Eminem’s <i>8 Mile</i>.
<b>Movie of the week:</b> Shaun de Waal reviews Martin Scorsese’s <i>Gangs of New York</i>, a violent movie about history and politics.
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/ 28 February 2003
<b>Movie of the week:</b> Shaun de Waal reviews <i>About Schmidt</i>, the new drama starring Jack Nicholson.
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/ 21 February 2003
Movies of the week: Shaun de Waal reviews Denzel Washington’s Antwone Fisher and the enjoyable thriller Final Destination II.
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/ 21 February 2003
<b>Review:</b> The Mind in the Cave
by David Lewis-Williams
(Thames & Hudson)
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/ 14 February 2003
Valentine’s Day movies of the week, by Shaun de Waal.