Formed Borders community theatre group hits the road this Saturday for a mini-tour of the region with their production, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

Clash of the Titans - - the 1981 Geek mythology fantasy starring Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier and Maggie Smith, with memorable f/x from stop-motion animation master Ray Harryhausen - boasts a pretty hefty fan following, especially among Gen Xers for whom the movie is a geek pop touchstone.

On her monthly shopping trip to Milan, Emily Delahunty , an English romance novelist now living in Umbria, takes her seat on the train and observes her travelling companions: a young German couple, obviously smitten; an elderly English gentleman, his grown daughter and her husband; and an American husband and wife, with their disarmingly beautiful ...

During her long career, Maggie Smith has been many things to her fans. Electrifying as a charismatic schoolmistress in her best actress Oscar-winning role in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie." Hilarious as the vain actress with a bisexual husband in "California Suite." Heartbreaking as a middle-aged Irish spinster in "The Lonely Passion of Judith ...

Next Stage has done a remarkable thing in following on from a series of super successful film and TV versions of this play and staging a production under the direction of Ann Garner that is quite captivating.

When I was twelve, my father took me to see a little film called Evil Under the Sun -- the last in a trio of tony Agatha Christie whodunit films that somewhat shaped the person I am today.

There is a rare chance to see the stage adaptation of Muriel Spark's novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in Bath next week.

Emma Thompson, left, and Maggie Smith in the Harry Potter films. Smith recently went through a battle with breast cancer that left her bald during filming.

Double Oscar winner and titan of the stage, Dame Maggie Smith says that her fight with cancer may end her theatre career Once advising Michael Palin that sarcasm didn't suit him, Dame Maggie Smith described herself as "the acid queen". She rarely gives interviews and a mysterious, intimidating aura has long surrounded her.

Dame Maggie Smith is contemplating giving up theatre acting after being "knocked sideways" fighting breast cancer.

COFFEE morning in aid of St Michael's Hospice: Will be held at the Kingsclere Village Club on Saturday, from 10am to noon, where there will be lots of things on sale FILM club: On Saturday, in the Village Club.

Our review of Hook , published March 13th, 2000, is also available. What if Peter Pan grew up? Peter Banning is a successful mergers and acquisitions lawyer with a wife, two kids, and a fear of heights.

THE SILVER screen is to make a return to Welford for the first time in 50 years.

No pain, no gain, for the frolicking twain in Spain. As a director, Alan J. Pakula was best known as the captain of commanding Hollywood vessels like Klute , All the President's Men , and Sophie's Choice - big honkin' entertainments that reaped respect, awards, and box office.

WARREN CLEMENTS w clements@globeandmail.com 'Martini Movies" remains a perplexing theme for Sony's occasional mining of its Columbia Pictures archives, but let's not look a gift horse in the mouth.

From left, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Jim Broadbent and Daniel Radcliffe star in 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.' Not to sound like a Muggle, but in a time of 'Transformers' and 'Twilight,' does Harry Potter still matter? Is Daniel Radcliffe destined to play second fiddle to Shia LaBeouf or Robert Pattinson as box-office ...

Take your seats, class: We'restarting up week3 of EWUniversitywith aweeklong look at the pop culture influences in the Harry Potter films.

Sexy nun on the run: Could Beyonce take the lead role in a film of the stage version of Sister Act? Beyonce's got religion - showbiz style - and wants to star in a movie version of the stage musical Sister Act.

The film crew remaking the Hollywood blockbuster Clash of the Titans have chosen a quarry in north Wales for some of its scenes.

The title alone told you that you needed to read no further in the Rebecca Wells novel.