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Stories for 14 April 2006

Bournemouth Leisure

Dr Who: Genesis Of The Daleks (PG) BBC

READERS of Doctor Who magazine voted this time-travelling adventure from 1975 the best of... erm... all time.   more...

Once Upon A Time In High School (15) Premier Asia

I HAVE to confess to not being a big fan of Korean films. Indeed I'd never even heard of one, let alone watched one until now. I've been missing out, because this is fantastic entertainment.   more...

The Family Stone (12) Fox Home Entertainment

THE five lively Stone offspring are gathering for Christmas at their beguilingly bohemian parents' New England home: eldest son Everett brings his career-driven girlfriend Meredith (Sarah Jessica Parker) to meet them for the first time, planning to ask his mother to hand over "the family stone", an engagement ring she's previously promised him.   more...

The Pickwick Papers (U) DD Home Entertainment

THIS jolly 1952 romp may not be the best Dickens movie ever made, but it's still a pleasant way of passing a couple of hours - and certainly preferable to most of the drivel on telly these days.  more...

Horrors!

OUTRAGEOUS, glamorous and sexy... and that's just the audience! Yes folks, the show that has real men clambering into basques and fishnet stockings - The New Rocky Horror Show - is back in action at The Mayflower Theatre in Southampton this week.  more...

Gig guide (April 14-20)

FRIDAY APRIL 14 1812 - Jade; Amberwood, Walkford - Denial; Augustus John, Fordingbridge - Sugar Mama; Belvedere - Dave Winter; Blue Boar - Don't Untie The Drummer; Bridgehouse, Longham - Colin Meddick's Gentlemen Of Jazz; Central - Fly Casual + Support; Centre Stage - Julia Wilson & Jason Wood; Cottonwood - Jazz at the Cottonwood; Finns, Weymouth - Into The Void (Sabbath tribute); Foundry Arms, Poole - Danielle; Gander - Lady Winwood's Maggot; George Hotel, Poole - Renegade (Blues); Green Room, Portman - Shoestring Blues; Haymore - Changes ; Holme Bush, Corfe Mullen - Vicky Leane; Jazz Café Fleur - Slice Of Lemon; King Charles, Poole - Raisin' Cane; Landmarc - Lee Henry (Soul); Lord Nelson - Stone Cold Sober (Rock); Manor Arms - Live Music; Mr Kyps - Beach Boys Inc (tribute); Old Barn, New Milton - Patrick Stewart; O'Neil's - Phoenix (Rock); Railway, Blandford - Jest Two; Rising Sun, Poole - Jazz Rite; Stanwell's, Lymington - Karin Karian; Stepping Stones, Broadstone - Ocean Drive (Rock); Trip Late & Live, Bargates - 11pm Torn Apart.  more...

Nerina Pallot - Fires (Idaho)

WHEN you've had your fingers burned by the flames of major label desire, it takes a brave soul to get back into the fire.   more...

The Charlatans - Simpatico (Creole/Sanctuary)

SO, YOU'VE been at it since the dawn of time (well, 1990), you've been through more than your share of trials and tribulations, but you've licked the beefy, bluesy, funky rock `n' roll sound that's become your default setting.   more...

The Streets - Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living (679 Recordings)

WHEN Britain awoke to Mike Skinner's Original Pirate Material, things were never going to be the same.   more...

GetAmped - Postcards From Hell (Strong Like Bull)

TIME was when the 01202 STD code was pure A&R poison, bands from this town couldn't get signed for love nor money.   more...

ART EVENTS

Richard Devereaux and Susan Michie: The Sound of Time Passing, Atrium Gallery, Bournemouth University Recent work by two artists with a common interest in what they describe as "the visceral hallmarks of time". Runs until Saturday, April 29. Telephone: 01202 961224  more...

Not a Lotto taste

HERE'S a good tip: If you want to win the lottery, go on a shopping spree.   more...

Now Showing (April 14-20)

Alien Autopsy (12A) UCI, Odeon *** Ant and Dec make the leap to feature films with this amusingly lightweight yarn about the supposed alien autopsy film.  more...

Capote (15)

PHILIP Seymour Hoffman delivers a mesmerising, Bafta and Oscar-winning performance as Truman Capote in Bennett Miller's critically feted feature.  more...

An American Haunting (15)

BASED on true events chronicled in Brent Monahan's book, An American Haunting is a scary movie of sorts, in that the events chronicled here - an early 19th century family driven to the brink of insanity by a vengeful spirit - must have been terrifying for those involved.  more...

Scary Movie 4 (15)

THE fourth and thankfully final instalment of the Scary Movie series is the best yet.  more...

Take the Lead (12A)

MIXING elements of Mad Hot Ballroom, Strictly Ballroom and every inspirational teacher yarn ever committed to celluloid, Take The Lead is a well-choreographed drama of triumph over adversity that cannot resist frequent sashays into mawkish sentimentality.  more...

Grizzly Man (15)

WERNER Herzog's fascinating documentary examines mankind's fragile relationship with the natural world, through the life and tragic demise of wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell, a bear lover who ventured to Alaska to live among the grizzlies.  more...

Bournemouth News

DORSET NINTH IN UK FOR HOUSE PRICE INCREASES

DORSET has seen the ninth highest rise in house prices in the UK over the last 10 years, new data shows.  more...

What's up, Doc?

THE last series saw Christopher Eccleston expose the darker side of the Doctor's character.  more...

Thousands race to join the great Easter getaway

PACK up your cases and your new sponge bag because the great Easter getaway is upon us.  more...

Thousands race to join the great Easter getaway

PACK up your cases and your new sponge bag because the great Easter getaway is upon us.  more...

Thieves take garden plants worth £600

BRAZEN thieves dug up three Yucca plants from a front garden, loaded them into a waiting car and sped off, leaving a trail of dirt behind them.  more...

Where's Wallace?

A CELEBRITY pooch dog-napped from Surrey is in Dorset, according to an animal psychic.  more...

Sympathy for family as Sir Michael dies

LEADING Dorset industrialist Sir Michael Cobham has died aged 79 following a long illness.  more...

BODY IN HOUSE FOR THREE YEARS

POLICE have launched an investigation after the discovery of a woman's body, which may have been lying in a basement for up to three years.  more...

Body find was Emma

HUMAN remains found on Holton Heath have been formally identified as those of missing Poole mum Emma Palmer.  more...

Christchurch News

Tucktonia man bids to boost Silverstone

THE man who created Christchurch's famous Tucktonia model world is behind a new scheme to revamp the Silverstone motor racing circuit and inject fresh cash into the British Grand Prix.  more...

New bid to stop joyriders

VARIOUS ideas are to be chewed over by Christchurch councillors to put the brakes on high-speed joyriders screeching around Highcliffe cliff-top car park.  more...

East Dorset News

Pupils left `gutted' after theft

UPSET children at a Ferndown pre-school won't be receiving the equipment they'd been saving hard for because thieves have stolen thousands of vouchers.  more...

Poole News

Girl left stranded as doors trap mum on train

A MUM has told of her panic when the doors of a train she was on shut before her daughter could climb aboard, leaving the terrified seven-year-old alone on the deserted platform.  more...

Third attack as reward is set

FIREFIGHTERS tackled another arson attack on Canford Heath on Thursday, April 13, which destroyed nesting sites belonging to one of Britain's rarest birds.  more...

Derelict land could be student housing

A £14 MILLION student village is being proposed for Poole town centre to house 309 Bournemouth University scholars.  more...

Meet the Air team!

A CRACK team of Dorset firefighters specially trained to carry out water rescues in almost any kind of conditions is now airborne.  more...

Action on scourge of mini bikes

PLANS have been launched that could help Poole crack down on the scourge of miniature motorbikes.   more...

Purbeck News

Art exhibits the passing of time

AN EXHIBITION is offering a unique perspective on the Jurassic Coast through the eyes of local artists.  more...

  
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