Film & Books

In Review: The Queen's Corgi is one for the adults too, says Reel Reviewer...

I approached this cartoon take on the private life of Queen Elizabeth's canines with a huge dollop of apprehension. Still, in spite of my finely honed cinematic prejudices, I quite liked this effort...

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In Review: Yesterday is a cute big screen watch

It's not a laugh-out loud gag fest, but it's cute and delivers the gags with some amusing characters....

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Open-air film screenings at Milton Keynes' stunning Chicheley Hall

The Village Screen are well known in the North of England for taking over unusual and quirky venues in Sheffield, Manchester and the Peak District to screen cinematic classics...

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Tim Burton's Dumbo to show at Milton Keynes Gallery this weekend

Dumbo soars to new heights alongside a charming and spectacular aerial artist, Colette Marchant, until Holt learns that beneath its shiny veneer, Dreamland is full of dark secrets......

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Milton Keynes resident publishes eye-opening novel on the slave trade

Milton Keynes resident Magnus John has published a novel inspired by the true stories of men and women transported to West Africa following the abolition of slavery...

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In Review: Greta is a four star winner...but could she have pushed herself even further?

As her daughterly nemesis - and someone equally needy - Chloe Grace Moretz spins her usual filmic nebulousness into movie gold, someone who desperately seeks out and embraces a weird attachment, essentially to aid her own mental health...

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