Variety in entertainment
By Rama Gaind
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang: Oscar-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson returns to the role of the magical nanny who appears when she’s needed the most to the needy Green family.
In the latest instalment, Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother, Isabel Green (Maggie Gyllenhaal), who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. Nanny McPhee discovers that Mrs. Green’s children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins.
Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and statues that come to life to dancing piglets and a baby elephant who turns up in the oddest places, Nanny McPhee uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.
And in the process provides some heart-warming entertainment.
Emma Thompson, in the title role, is also joined by Ralph Fiennes, Maggie Smith, Rhys Ifans.
Director Susannah Wise has produced a energetic sequel.
Beneath Hill 60: Directed by Jeremy Sims knowledgeably recreates the backdrop for the extraordinary true story of Oliver Woodward, in 1916, deep beneath the German lines.
Woodward and his secret platoon of Australian tunnelers fight to defend a leaking, labyrinthine tunnel system packed with enough high explosives to change the course of the war
A fine salute to our diggers.
Date Night
The onscreen pairing of Steve Carell and Tina Fey offers enjoyable adult escapism.
This couple is pursued by gunmen in a case of mistaken identity.
Just watching them extricate themselves out of their predicament is lots of fun.
