Jack Martin script writer and movie reviewer

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“Ma chere Mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. And now we invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair as the dining room proudly presents – your dinner!”

Lumiere (Jerry Orbach) in Beauty and the Beast (1991, dirs. Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise)


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This Week’s Movie Menu (11 – 17 May 2026)

This Week’s Movie Menu (11 – 17 May 2026)

If you wished for a normal new week of film releases, then you’re out of luck as there’s some truly extraordinary movies coming to your screens instead, including an action-packed caper in a small snowy town, a creepy cautionary tale, and some classic big-screen adventures from our childhoods…

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