44 h. ago Lakeland shoppers race to buy 'space saver' waffle maker for £4 ahead of Valentine's

"It is the perfect snack size and makes waffles so easy. Doesn't take up a lot of space either"

Economics

3 d. ago The History of Concrete review – John Wilson’s first movie is an absurd triumph

Sundance film festival: the documentarian’s feature debut, essentially an extended episode of his HBO series, turns an exploration of concrete into a meditation on changeFor those in the know, the release of the Sundance film festival lineup last December contained one perfect, tantalizing log line, for a documentary plainly called The History of Concrete: “After attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson tries to use the same formula to sell a documentary about concrete.”Wilson, a film-maker from the Nathan Fielder school of meandering, bone-dry observational comedy, is a master of the modern documentary-essay-memoir, with an uncanny eye for the idiosyncratic, unintentionally hilarious and disturbing vignettes hiding in plain sight. Over three near-perfect seasons, his peerless HBO series How To With John Wilson, executive-produced by Fielder, spun spoofs of practical guides (“How to Cook the Perfect Risotto”) into profound meditations on ...

Culture

3 d. ago Magners maker C&C posts profit warning after softer customer demand

Shares in the drinks firm dropped on Friday as a result.

Events

4 d. ago Alcohol maker could be forced to sell off its inventory as bankruptcy stalls

The alcohol producer blamed a slowing U.S. alcohol market and a dispute with the Kremlin for its financial woes

Politics

4 d. ago Liam Rosenior hails Chelsea star as 'best in the world' after Pafos win

Liam Rosenior saw his Chelsea side secure a narrow win over Pafos with Moises Caicedo proving to be the difference maker - and his new boss believes he's working with the best in the business

Politics

5 d. ago Iconic hot dog maker Nathan’s Famous sells for $450 million in all

Following the announcement, Nathan's shares surged by nearly 9% in midday trading

Economics

5 d. ago Iconic Coney Island hot dog maker Nathan's Famous is sold for $450 million

Nathan’s Famous, which began as 5-cent hot dog stand in Coney Island more than a century ago, has been sold to packaged meat giant Smithfield Foods in a $450 million all-cash deal, the companies announced Wednesday

Economics

5 d. ago Mercy review – Chris Pratt takes on AI judge Rebecca Ferguson in ingenious sci

It is the year 2029 and an LA cop finds himself accused of murdering his wife. He has 90 minutes to clear his name before robo-justice sends him downIrish writer Marco van Belle delivers an entertaining script for this real time futurist thriller-satire set in LA in 2029, in a world (as they say) where AI is wholly responsible for assessing criminal guilt or innocence. You’ve heard of RoboCop. This is RoboJustice. Veteran Russian-Kazakh film-maker Timur Bekmambetov directs, bringing his usual robust approach to the big action sequences, and Chris Pratt stars as the LAPD cop accused of murder. (Longtime Pratt fans will appreciate a cameo appearance here of Pratt’s fellow cast-member from TV’s Parks and Recreation, Jay Jackson, effectively reprising his performance as sonorous TV newsreader Perd Hapley.)The film’s ostensible target is the insidious power of AI, though the movie partakes of today’s liberal opinion doublethink, in which we all solemnly concur that AI is very worrying wh...

Events

5 d. ago Return to Silent Hill review – video game horror series births another middling movie

Director Christopher Gans returns to the haunted town franchise but can’t seem to figure out what to do with itThere’s an admirable loyalty, maybe even poetry, in a film-maker returning to an unpromising, barely-there movie series 20 years after his first crack became a minor hit. The horror film Silent Hill, based on a video game of the same name, has garnered a cult following in the decades since its 2006 release, but it’s not exactly a genre classic nor beloved franchise, with a single little-seen 2012 sequel to its name – until now. Return to Silent Hill brings back the first film’s director Christopher Gans for a new story set in the same ash-strewn ghost town, this one based on the Silent Hill 2 video game. Characters in these movies tend to wander into a place that is obviously haunted or cursed, refusing to leave even after it becomes clear that they should, and only decide to escape after it’s too late. Maybe Gans can relate.Or maybe he’s the only man for the job because no...

Culture

5 d. ago McDonald’s customers fury over huge change to loyalty scheme making it ‘worthless’

MCDONALD'S customers have been left furious over a huge change to its loyalty scheme. Fast-food lovers using MyMcDonald’s Rewards will get less bang for their buck as the Big Mac maker is due to increase the number of points required to get free nosh. Customers can earn points through the free app, or when using...

Economics

5 d. ago 'Fabulous' waffle maker cut to £4 in Valentine's stack for 'special breakfast treat'

The 'fabulous little machine' is being snapped up ahead of Valentine's Day

Economics

5 d. ago Scene changers: on the road with the experimental Pip Simmons theatre group – in pictures

The maverick theatre-maker Pip Simmons, who died two years ago aged 80, is captured on stage and off in a book by photographer Sheila Burnett documenting the radical troupe’s years of European touring Continue reading...

Culture

6 d. ago Who is Nelson Peltz? The Wall Street billionaire at the heart of the Beckham rift

The multi-millionaire has kept quiet publicly with the ongoing problems between his daughter and the Beckham clan.... after the row was taken onto social media

Politics

6 d. ago A Poem for Little People review – Ukraine’s war with Russia seen through eyes of emergency evacuation team

Ivan Sautkin films efforts to help residents abandon their frontline homes, as well as a pensioner acting as a spy for the Ukrainian army from the Russian borderThere is a scene in this Ukrainian documentary in which a woman gruffly shrugs off the offer of evacuation from her property on the frontline. Her son has put in the request to the volunteer humanitarian team ferrying civilians to safety in the east of the country. But she is caring for her brother, who is paralysed, the woman protests – and what about her German shepherd? As explosions boom terrifyingly close, a volunteer patiently explains that his team will carry her brother to the minivan – and don’t worry, bring the dog. Eventually, the woman agrees to leave, brusquely wiping away a tear.Director Ivan Sautkin is a film-maker by trade and served as a volunteer on the evacuation team. A Poem for Little People is his one-man film; Sautkin is behind the camera, recording everything. These are no interviews, explainers or vo...

Events

7 d. ago Affordable London to New York flights in under four hours: Boom Supersonic outlines Concorde

Exclusive: Blake Scholl, founder and CEO of the aircraft maker, says Concorde successor Overture could fly by end of decade

Politics

7 d. ago Chinese electric vehicles are making inroads in America. Experts are worried

Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker last year

Science

1 week ago Florida man dies in industrial accident with dough mixer at a grocery store

Investigation launched after man’s death at South Florida Kosher Market

Events

1 week ago Supreme Court will hear appeal by maker of popular Roundup weedkiller to block thousands of lawsuits

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from global agrochemical manufacturer Bayer to block thousands of state lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people that its popular weedkiller could cause cancer

Events

1 week ago EuroMillions winning numbers LIVE: January 16th Lottery results with £66m jackpot

Tonight's draw will also see 10 guaranteed UK Millionaire Maker winners taking home £1,000,000 each as well as the possibility of someone scoring the massive EuroMillions jackpot

Economics

1 week ago ‘Soon I will die. And I will go with a great orgasm’: the last rites of Alejandro Jodorowsky

The Chilean film-maker’s psychedelic work earned him the title ‘king of the midnight movie’, and a fan in John Lennon. Now the 96-year-old is ready for the end – but first there is more living to doThere is an apocryphal story of an ageing Orson Welles introducing himself to the guests at a half-empty town hall. “I am an actor, a writer, a producer and a director,” he said. “I am a magician and I appear on stage and on the radio. Why are there so many of me and so few of you?”If a fantasy author were to dream up Welles’s psychedelic cousin, he’d likely have the air of Alejandro Jodorowsky: serene and white-bearded with a crocodile smile, presiding over a niche band of disciples. He has been – variously, often concurrently – a director, an actor, a poet, a puppeteer, a psychotherapist, a tarot-card reader, an author of fantasy books. At the age of 96, Jodorowsky estimates that he’s lived 100 different lives and embodied 100 different Jodorowskys. “Because we are different people all ...

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