13 h. ago Ebony & Ivory review – definitely not Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder in silly, surreal indie comedy

A pop icon and a musical legend meet on the Mull of Kintyre in 1981 and dress up as sheep in Jim Hosking’s daft, deadpan offeringJim Hosking is the wacky deadpan surrealist of indie cinema who has now created another bizarre stoner comedy, a two-hander and a bit lower budget than his earlier works such as The Greasy Strangler and An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn. It is like an epic-length Mitchell and Webb sketch in fact, the kind of film you find yourself laughing along to, just a bit, in a spirit of throwing in the towel – a spirit of not quite being able to believe that two actors, mugging and gurning at each other, really are saying these same lines to one other, over and over again.The setting is Mull of Kintyre in 1981, and a pop star called Paul, with a strangely familiar but also entirely ersatz Liverpool accent, is welcoming a visitor, who arrives implausibly by rowing boat through the choppy grey sea. This is a blind Black pop legend called Stevie, who appears nonetheless...

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2 w. ago Images show Brit mum's horrifying injuries after pair mowed down by Ibiza taxi

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Mum Ebony Corinley suffered extensive injuries, including six broken ribs, multiple leg fractures and an open fracture on her knee after the Ibiza collision

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2 w. ago Ibiza mum hit by car suffers broken spine and horror injuries as she faces huge bill

Brit mums Lauren Holmes, 27, and her pal Ebony Cordingley, 26, were enjoying their last night on an Ibiza holiday when they were run over by a taxi as their families launched fundraisers

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2 w. ago Family of Brit mums fighting for their lives in Ibiza reveal more details over horrific incident

Lauren Holmes and Ebony Cordingley were enjoying what should have been their last night in Ibiza

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2 w. ago Horrifying scale of Brit mums' injuries after speeding taxi careers into them in Ibiza

Lauren Holmes and Ebony Cordingley were hit by a taxi on what would have been their last night on Ibiza and the best friends, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, have serious injuries

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2 w. ago Final hours of Brit mums fighting for lives after being run over by taxi in Ibiza

Two British friends are believed to have been run over by a taxi in Ibiza in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Lauren Holmes and Ebony Cordingley were enjoying a meal in the hours before the horror crash

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3 w. ago British mums fighting for lives after being hit by taxi in Ibiza

Lauren Holmes, 27, and Ebony Cordingley, 26, were struck while walking back to their hotel after a meal on their last night of holiday.

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3 w. ago Final hours of Brit mums fighting for lives after being run over in Ibiza

Lauren Holmes, 27, and Ebony Cordingley, 26, had been enjoying a meal in the hours before they were hit by a taxi on holiday in Ibiza, according to a family member

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3 w. ago Brit mums fighting for their lives in Ibiza after being mowed down by car pictured

Lauren Holmes and her close friend Ebony Cordingley are said to be in a 'very serious' condition in intensive care after a car smashed into them while they were on holiday in Ibiza

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