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0 March 8, 2021 11:10 by Gemma Cockrell Alex Watkin The Dig, directed by Simon Stone, is based on a 2016 book of the same name by John Preston. The story dramatizes the 1939 excavation of Sutton Hoo, which resulted in a discovery that altered our perception of the dark ages. I expected the film to use the excavation as a mechanism to tell a human story, but it uses it to try and tell multiple stories. Unfortunately, it doesn’t quite work. In total, all the film leaves you with is a history lesson about archaeology and some nice cinematography. The film opens w...

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The filmmakers’ massaging of the facts tells us a lot about how middle-aged women are regarded by Hollywood

Sue Johnston There is an age gap of 15 years or so, but had Bean been older than Johnston, I am sure nobody would have considered him for the role of her father. An outrage? Maybe, but it’s simply business as usual in the entertainment industry. Not so long ago, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal said she had lost a part in a film due to her age — then 37. Why? She was apparently too decrepit to play the love interest for a 55-year-old man. It reminds me of a fabulously scurrilous Amy Schumer sketch featuring Tina Fey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Patricia Arquette called