NOT QUITE THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews <i>The Reader</i> starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes.
British film director Anthony Minghella, who won an Oscar for The English Patient, died in a London hospital on Tuesday after a short illness, his agent said. He was 54. Minghella died from complications following surgery last week for cancer of the tonsils and neck, agent Leslee Dart said.
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/ 21 January 2008
Almost 60% of Australians are either members or want to join the ‘mile-high club’ — where membership is gained by having sex on an aircraft. Asked whether they would consider making love at altitude, almost half of the 1 110 surveyed by a travel website said they would but had not yet satisfied their desire.
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: The Harry Potter franchise: It’s like we’re treading water until the big climax arrives, writes Shaun de Waal.