Topic: Jonathan Lynn

Wild Target

The most respected assassin in London, Victor (Nighy) is an impeccably mannered, middle-aged bachelor ripe for a makeover. That starts to change when he's hired to kill Rose (Blunt), a beautiful, brazen thief who conned a slick gangster (Rupert Everett) into ...

Jonathan Lynn

He is most famous for co-creating the BBC series, Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister. A stage adaptation of Yes Prime Minister also shows in London . Lynn holds an MA in Law from Cambridge University, an Honorary MA from the University of ...

Movie reviews: Greedy

Michael J. Fox plays Daniel McTeague, a nephew of Uncle Joe (Kirk Douglas), who is drafted in by his greedy family to pressure their rich uncle into giving them all a fair share of his earnings when he finally departs for the ...
We might not have seen Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey Appleby on our TV screens for 22 years now but that doesn't mean they wouldn't be equal to the current-day political situation. Indeed, in this welcome new instalment of the ...

Malaria, AIDS, TB in retreat: Global Fund

GENEVA (Reuters) - Malaria could be eliminated as a public health problem within a decade in most countries where it is now endemic, an international organization that funds the treatment and prevention of killer diseases said on Monday."A world where no children ...

H1N1 pandemic at less severe end of spectrum: WHO

<div><p>GENEVA (Reuters) - The current H1N1 swine flu pandemic is relatively less severe than some other influenza outbreaks, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.</p><p>"This pandemic appears to be on the less severe side of the spectrum of ...

Midnight Movie: Clue at The Belcourt

Before Terry Kiser in Weekend at Bernie's, before Dennis Franz in the Dixie Chicks' " Goodbye Earl" video, there was former Fear frontman Lee Ving as Mr. Boddy, the inanimate but irksome victim of an untimely demise at a spooky old manse.

WHO sees first swine flu vaccines approved in Sept

GENEVA (Reuters) - The development of new vaccines to combat H1N1 swine flu is on schedule and first regulatory approvals are possible in September, the World Health Organization said Thursday.Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO director of the Initiative for Vaccine Research, said manufacturers had ...

Games for Family Gatherings

When you get the whole family together, sometimes it can be difficult to choose a game to play. Electronic CatchphraseFor 4 to 16 players divided into two teams (best with 6 to 12 players), ages 12 and up. Players are divided into ...

Best Games for Family Gatherings

When you get the whole family together, sometimes it can be difficult to choose a game to play. Electronic CatchphraseFor 4 to 16 players divided into two teams (best with 6 to 12 players), ages 12 and up. Players are divided into ...