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 (1 – 7 September 2025)

This Week’s Movie Menu (1 – 7 September 2025)

The only thing scarier than the beginning of autumn – and, for some families, starting a new school year – is the frighteningly stellar new line-up of films on offer, with this week’s bunch including the final outing of a pair of paranormal investigators, a wacky detective comedy, and an all-new joint by a legendary filmmaker…

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